When I started the redesign of our university site (http://www.umr.edu/) back in February, I researched several open source PHP/MySQL CMSs. If I ever get the time, I will put together a comparison chart. I tried phpNuke/postNuke, phpWebsite, ezPublish, TYPO3 and a few smaller ones.
I wrote a case study which is now on the newly redesigned TYPO3.com: http://www.typo3.com/University_of_Missou.1384.0.html which might provide more information. I found that TYPO3 offered either the following features that the other CMSs didn't or these features in TYPO3 were more advanced then the other CMSs: (the following was taken from my case study) * Advanced page caching so pages would be generated more quickly, which would help in server performance * Ability to easily add, delete and edit content with palettes that are typical of any word processing program * Ability to integrate any Web design into TYPO3 * Images can be created and/or resized directly on the server - no need for an expensive image manipulation program * Ability to make any page searchable or restrict it from a search * Pages can be set to hide and unhide on certain days * Each part of the site can be altered to fit a specific need but still be based on one template making updating the "look" much easier * Complex page permissions - since we have several editors, we needed different accounts to the Web site with varying levels of permissions * Easy to drop in different types of content and plugins such as images, tables, filelinks, email forms, bulletin boards, polls, news, email page, and print page functions * Ability to insert content from other parts of the site into a different page, making updating pages with identical content a simple matter * A new feature is an extension manager which allows people to easily create their own extensions. These extensions are available to the community. For a quick easy-to-use portal site, I suggest using phpWebsite because I really liked this package. Actually, all the packages had some good features, but TYPO3 was the most complete for our needs. If you don't need all the extra features, you might want to go with a smaller package. I find that it is best to assess your project needs first (making sure to assess future needs) and pick the CMS that fits within the criteria. I've noticed that people tend to want to know what CMS is the best but don't give any information on what their project is. Giving that type of information will really help in making the right choice. :) Michelle On 12/12/02 4:55 AM, "Alex McLintock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For an example of a big Drupal site look at http://www.ecademy.com/ > > I'm only just starting out with the PHP option and and also want to know > the best system to start with. > It looks like people have been quite happy with phpNuke/postNUke, Typo3, > and Drupal, but I haven't yet seen a comparison of features.... > > Any takers? > > Alex > > > > From: Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [cms-list] RE: PHP-based CMS systems > Drupal is an option, http://drupal.org/ It's PHP and either MySQL or > PostgreSQL. It's GPL'd and has a very active developer community... > > > > > > Openweb Analysts Ltd, London. > Software For Complex Websites http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ > Open Source Software Companies please register here > http://www.OWAL.co.uk/oss_support/ > > -- > http://cms-list.org/ > trim your replies for good karma. > > -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
