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Running a website [Sticky] Content Management Systems (CMS)
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CommentAuthorandykinsey
- CommentTimeJul 23rd 2008
drupal, joomla, jadu, eibs, are all good systems, personally i prefer to build cms myself for smaller sites its not much work and usually offers the best results for a small company/indiviuals site (in my experience).
one thing i do dislike about the formentioned (branded not your own) cms systems is that you have to host and install themyourself on your own server/ftp account, you must have dv access etc, if you build your own or you use a centralised area you dont.
i found a neat and free way to get a cms as a blog, mark it as private and read the most recent rss to a page on your site, job done! no extra fee's or anything of the kind.
this said its only ever worked for one site i tried it on!
But at work we are developing something far bigger and better, its currently on one site and is in alpha still, we hope to be in beta within a few weeks and then sort any final glitches from there, but so far so good (will keep you posted if you want) -
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- CommentAuthorlivelimmitless
- CommentTimeJul 31st 2008
yes please do I would like to learn more about Content Management Systems -
What do you guys think of light/water/skyCMS?
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- CommentAuthorlizwillner
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2008
Hi all, (i changed my user name from minnie mouse) i wrote a year and a half ago trying to decide what cms to go for. i thought i would give you an update.
I started using joomla and kept going. I have now built about 10-12 sites on it and am so happy with it. there is definitely a learning curve to making templates and custom components and modules, however, its well worth the investment in time. the new version of joomla produces very nice standards based code if you set it up to do that. it has an override system so you can change the code output. it comes preinstalled with mootools, but there are plugins to remove it and add jquery if you want that.
the forum is very active and helpful.
i love joomla! -
Any thoughts on the best CMS for a custom art gallery site? The design can't be hindered by a rigid template system, it will be image heavy of course, and I would like to use some jquery effects.
I have experience with Wordpress and Joomla. I don't like the admin. interface for Joomla. I was even hired by one client to take over his joomla site updates because his staff couldn't figure it out, (defeats the purpose.)
I think I need a more flexible cms that I can plug into the bones of a site. Does such a thing exist, or must I hire a developer?
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- CommentAuthorsanchothefat
- CommentTimeOct 29th 2008
Any thoughts on the best CMS for a custom art gallery site?
I need something similar but I think I may have to code it myself because every cms I've used doesn't have sensible hooks/functions for creating and caching thumbnails of any size.
I'll start building it when my 'holiday' starts and post back here to get some beta testers/suggestions/ideas etc... -
- CommentAuthorjimpannell
- CommentTimeOct 30th 2008
For flexibility there really is only one answer in my opinion - Expression Engine. Check it out. It's the tool that I so wish I'd found years ago. It would have saved me a whole lot of time and money. -
- CommentAuthorNathan Roberts
- CommentTimeDec 10th 2008
I had a look at Expression Engine, a brief look, and I couldn't see how to generate page menus without harcoding them into the template other than that it looks like a really good system. -
Hi Nathan
Do yo mean a navigation system? You can just use 1 include of the nav for all pages and use weblog tags to bring in specific page headings. -
- CommentAuthorcleverleap
- CommentTimeApr 14th 2009
Hello,
I have just published demo of fully rewritten Typevista content management system. It is build on top of Code Igniter framework. I would like to know what you think about it. It's main benefit is that it treats content as different content objects filled with content. So you can combine articles, pictures, products etc... as opposed to CMSes which will allow you to edit just one type of content.
It is also very easy to use...
Give it a try at www.demo.typevista.com .
It will be available as free download as soon as I will finish documentation. Anybody eager to help? -
- CommentAuthorgreendesigned
- CommentTimeApr 15th 2009
I really like expressionengine, you can use a free core version to try it out.
For a freelance designer, expressionengine has given me the tools to take on bigger jobs, as it's code made sense and fitted snuggly with my sites css/XHTML
I highly recommend it, oh, great community support too. -
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CommentAuthorMartin Bean
- CommentTimeApr 17th 2009
@cleverleap Are you just here to advertise your CMS? -
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CommentAuthorolivertreend
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2009
My recommendations of Content Management Systems are:
1. Wildflower: Built upon PHP with help from the CakePHP framework, this should work on most web hosting packages. It requires a MySQL database, but that's pretty much it. It's not overly complicated to use, and gets the job done. My only concern is that the main navigation menu isn't dynamic, but statically links to the dynamic pages.
2. concrete5: Also built upon PHP and MySQL, it is reliable and flexible. It doesn't offer an 'administration area' as such, but instead allows you to click on items on your web page and edit them from within your web page - a bit like in-line editing. I guess the best way to understand it is to check out a demo. To be honest, this seems quite slow, and I don't like how it offers expert/complicated options to the average user, including the ability to change the theme of the website! Surely we don't want our clients changing the design of their website - because where would that leave us as web designers!? ;-)
3. CushyCMS: Probably the most innovative of the three. It doesn't require anything to be installed on your web server - no PHP, no MySQL. It basically is a really simple system which will allow your client to edit static HTML files via this service. CushyCMS then uploads the changes back to the web server via FTP. This is probably only suitable for very small websites - but it is the most simple to use out of the three. -
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CommentAuthorvats-thakur
- CommentTimeSep 6th 2009
Hey,
Why dont you use worpress, its really easy and lots of free plugins are available..
Best wishes, :)
Vats Thakur -
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I'm building something like Cushy but its a hosted solution. You would need to add it to your website. But from a quick glance through the forumns it looks like most of you wouldn't need this one as it will be built on Dot Net and most posts here mention PHP or Ruby.
It will be a cutdown CMS that, at the moment, will only allow text based updates (images will come in V2). There will be no admin interface. Just go to something like yoursite.com/edit and you will see your normal home page. Click on the text you want to change and just start typing.
I will probably be having a closed beta in about a month if anyone is interested.
Oh... and it wont require a database :) -
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