I have and will continue to use both. They are both great for what they provide, but what they provide is very different. If Im developing a basic site with maybe a few custom plugins for display on the front-end, Mura is my choice. If Im refactoring an existing application or need to develop an app with a great deal of customization, then ContentBox is my choices.
ContentBox is a plugin for the Coldbox framework, and follows the module specifications for inheritance, which means you can extend or override just about anything in the core functionality if you need to and develop your own modules which extend its functionality. Mura, for all effective purposes, *is* the framework, so you are limited by its conventions. A basic breakdown of where each shines: Mura: - Intuitive, clean admin interface - In-page editing on the front-end of the site. (clients love this feature to make quick edits or adjustments to individual pages) - Easy template system, structure and display view extensions - Easy page layout customization and content collection displays - Simple, if somewhat limited, plugin architecture - Regular releases and: - Self-updating (ContentBox doesnt yet support this) - Multi-site capable out-of-the-box ContentBox: - Modularity and compatibility with just about anything you need to customize through Coldboxs cascading file system and access to Wirebox. - Access to the full set of Coldbox features - Fast and getting faster - ContentBox isnt yet updated to run on 4.0 but, when it does, it should scream. I find that, with caching enabled on both, ContentBox is a bit faster, though the system reserved memory required to run a medium to large ContentBox site is higher. - Nice admin dashboard - User management. I much prefer the roles/permissions administration and functionality of ContentBox to Mura Hope that helps, Jon > On Jan 26, 2015, at 1:37 PM, Dean Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm about to start a new project for a client that will require a CMS. I > would typically build out the functionality that is needed, however this > client has a limited budged and limited requirements, so I thought that I > would try utilizing either Mura or ContentBox. Does anyone have any > personal insights into what they find best about either solution? > > Thanks, > > -- > > [image: profile picture] *Dean Lawrence* > *President* > Internet Data Technology > *Phone:* 888-438-4381 x701 > *Web:* www.idatatech.com > *Email:* [email protected] > Programming | Database | Consulting | Training > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360007 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
