CFML-based CMS's are also readily available: Mura: http://www.getmura.com/ ContentBox: http://www.gocontentbox.org/ Xindi: http://www.getxindi.com/
All free and open-source. They certainly do not replace a developer - instead they compliment you. They allow you to avoid needing to develop a custom CMS each time and focus on developing the uniqueness of your client's services. If you're doing e-commerce, check out Slatwall as well: http://www.getslatwall.com/ I have not personally used Joomla in a couple years but their upgrade policies were terrible at the time. Their security isn't bad, but being an open-source PHP app they are regularly targeted so patching is mandatory. You and your clients will need to stay on top of that if you choose to run with Joomla. I'd whole-heartedly recommend something CFML-based instead. Warm Regards, Jordan Michaels On 07/23/2013 01:25 PM, Rick Faircloth wrote: > > 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:356296 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
