It depends on the design of the CMS. There are certainly newer generation CMSs that support CSS and modular layout elements that allow unlimited flexibility.
With AssetNow we adopted templates and widgets. Templates are "pages" which you associate with any category or specific page in the site structure. Widgets are just like X/HTML tags and typically provide dynamic elements. You can create your own widgets or customize those provided. So there is really no limitation on visual implementation as my earlier post re: Eric Meyers light weight slide show demonstrates. Templates: http://www.assetnow.com/anx/index.cfm/1,66,html Widgets: (partial list) http://www.assetnow.com/anx/index.cfm/1,59,html Regards Johan --------------------- www.assetnow.com > ------------Original Message------------ > From: Marco van Hylckama Vlieg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, Dec-7-2004 1:04 AM > Subject: Re: [WSG CMS] General CMS consensus > > A agree completely. > This is one of the things I covered in the article posted on my blog > which I announced on this list. I have yet to discover the system that > fits my needs completely. I might eventually end up building it > myself... > > > -- > Marco van Hylckama Vlieg > > Senior Internet Developer > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://www.i-marco.nl/ > On Dec 6, 2004, at 12:54 PM, Dave Elkan wrote: > > > Does anyone else get the feeling that most CMS's are binding in the > > respect of how the end website looks and functions? > > Surely these are things that should be entirely up to the web > > designer and developer respectively? > > > > What's the consensus on this? > > > > Anyone know of any CMS's (free or otherwise) that simply manage > > content, not the website itself? > > > > TIY, > > > > ~Dave > > ********************************************************* The CMS > > discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > ********************************************************* > > ********************************************************* > The CMS discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > ********************************************************* > > > ********************************************************* The CMS discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *********************************************************
