When I originally decided to revamp the CFEclipse.org site I knew I wanted to use a CMS. I looked around and evaluated a few of the free versions but the available options were either too simple or overly complex. I was looking for something in the middle.

One of the blogs I frequently read is Joshua Cyr’s and at some point I noticed he worked for Savvy Software.

I spent some time digging around the Savvy site. I was especially impressed with the level of documentation they had available online as well as the video tutorials they had created which covered all aspects of the CMS – covering everything from installation, administration and general use.

Another concern was if Savvy would run on the CFEclipse server (Linux with a MySQL back end). A quick look through the online docs and I found the system requirements:

• OS: Windows 2000/2003 , Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 3.0 or 4.0, SuSE Enterprise Server 8 or 9, Sun Solaris 8+, OSX 10.3.9+
• Database: MSSQL, MySQL
• ColdFusion MX 7 or Higher (see www.adobe.com for ColdFusion requirements)

I also checked out Joshua Cyr’s CFMeetup presentation on Savvy.

Impressed I contacted Joshua to see if Savvy would be interesting in donating a copy for the CFEclipse site. Joshua indicated several of the Savvy staff used CFEclipse and that Savvy would be happy to donate a copy. I soon had a copy of the software to install!!

Next… Installation!