Rick, As a developer who has recently become involved with CMS environments, let me assure you that the introduction of a CMS by no means indicates that a developer is no longer required. I actually work full time supporting a number of web sites that all run from a CF based CMS and recently started supporting one that runs in WordPress. Even with our licensed CF CMS specifically developed for the healthcare industry, the functionality OOTB does not always meet the requirements of the end users and I find myself quite busy reworking, rewriting or introducing functionality so as to meet the requirements of the users and content managers.
The point of a CMS is to get the tedious job of content updates out of the hands of developers and into the hands of those who know what they want to change. I am quite happy developing or enhancing functionality for the site rather than making the endless, often minor, content changes that the client wants. David Phelan Web Developer IT Security & Web Technologies Emerging Health Montefiore Information Technology 3 Odell Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701 914-457-6465 Office 862-234-9109 Cell dphe...@emerginghealthit.com www.emerginghealthit.com www.montefiore.org -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:r...@whitestonemedia.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:26 PM To: cf-talk Subject: SOT: Client wants CMS that functions similar to Joomla, for example Hi, guys... Just need some recommendations from some of you who have been down this road before. I have a client that is asking for what amounts to absolute control over their site through a CMS. Among a few others they metioned, Joomla was brought up. I'm checking them out myself, but wanted to cut to the chase based on experience from those who have used CMS's that provide control such as Joomla. What have you tried? What turned out to work well? What bombed? I've always "rolled my own", and never used a ready-made CMS, so I have zero experience with them. (Joomla seems like it replaces me as a designer/developer, at first glance. If a client has a CMS that allows them to do everything that I do for them now, including selecting themes for pages they add to the site themselves (designer), manage data through Joomla functionality (developer), I wonder if I would end up as a "Joomla Installer & Maintenance" person for the client. ???) Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks for any feedback! Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356300 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
