I'm looking at an issue to get a site up and running quickly. We are a new railroad museum and for the next 2½ years we need an online management system that can be brought in house and integrated with MS based desktops at some point after the museum is built.
Right now the "battle" seems to be my wanting to stay in the MS/IIS/SQL Server world due to long term needs vs WordPress and it's complete no cost solution. As of now I'm fighting a battle I can't win even though both solutions cost the same. Basically it comes down to someone knows Wordpress so let's go there now and worry about tomorrow later rather than look for a complete long term solution.
Right now, I'm looking for the following to solidfy my recommendation to go with DNN rather than WordPress. I need the following components to add to a DNN install that will provide us a non-profit management solution:
- A skin that is railroad themed - Immediate Need
- A Blog module to keep the site content fresh - Immediate Need
- An online newsletter module that is CAN-SPAM compliant that could interface with the modules below - Immediate Need
- A Fund Raising module to solicit donations and promote the project - 2 to 4 month need.
- A Donor Management module that will allow us to manage donations, both immediate cash and pledged, and if pledged, send period invoices - 3 to 6 month need. It should also manage seperate fund raising campaigns, such as a Capital Campaign for the building and an Annual Fund Drive for day to day operating expenses.
- A Membeship Management module that will allow us to maintain the membership base and communicate with them through an online newsletter - 5 to 8 month need
- An Event Management module that will allow us to manage special events that will occur peridocially - 4 to 6 month need
- A Project Management module that will allow us to manage the actual construction - Don't need for at least 6 months, probably longer
- A Board of Directors Management module that will allow the Board to maintain organization documents, meeting agendas and some level of online collaboration - 1 to 2 month need
Ideally the Newsletter, Donor and Membership Modules would integrate or be one module, ie a member could also donate and news letter subscribers, donors and members would all receive the same electronic newsletter without having to send it three times.
Cost is an isn't an issue; the modules don't have to be free (thoug it would be nice if they were). We don't want to pay unreasonable fees for the management modules above but realize that quality and the right solution can cost us some money in the long run.
Can anyone suggest modules that will provide our needed functionality?