I looked at Drupal along with most of the other popular CMS packages. I've been in the computer business since the mid 1970s. I went ahead and bought the BoonEx suite. The reason… the learning curve on site development is much shorter than any of the rest by a huge factor.

Sammie is almost 100% correct. There is a monster lack of documentation but that is to be expected at this stage in the BoonEx development path. There are numerous sites that have been put up by users that help fill this gap. see more But even with those sites you have to dig around and in some cases if you are a new to being a webmaster or server side control they lack understandable explanations.

The BoonEx offering has so many features and everything gets intertwined with Ray, the Ray Media Server, Orca and all the rest. So even though I run a couple of hosting servers, for my own stuff, I had BoonEx install everything. It was quick and easy with no hitches but I knew what they needed to know. If you are new to this area dig in, ask the questions from your hosting company, get the answers and Boonex will get your site installed correctly.

I’ve been digging through all of it for a couple of weeks now customizing and it is a lot of work with a lot to learn. In another couple of weeks it will be ready for human consumption… but that’s another story.

If you are looking for the easiest non computer pro package that you can get running, with some customization, in a few days or less BoonEx has it.

I have had no bad experience with BoonEx support or their applications. Maybe it is because I don’t expect a lot from any developer support. Does it take a while to get answers from them… sure. Their small team is dealing with lots of issues and questions from all sorts of users with the whole gamut of experience. So be a little calm they are doing the best they can at this stage. They have always gotten back to me in 48 hours or less. Look for the answers yourself, Look in the forums and blogs.

As for Sammie’s comments… She is a very active and valuable member of the community. Her opinion and experience stand out in the forums and posts. So if you didn’t get it she is telling you to learn, at least some of the basics, and not expect even this package to do it all for you.