I've used all the CMS/Bloggers mentioned above and Drupal would be my pick for CMS, TextPattern for a blog. IMHO Textpattern isn't as much of a CMS as products like Drupal or *shudder* php-nuke as it doesn't offer modules such as Forums, CRM, Event Calendars etc. that are needed to create a true community site. Also the Textpattern interface is geared towards Web Developers who know a little bit about what they're doing. Also it helps to be comfortable hacking the code a bit if you want to extend it and get full use of the available extensions ppl make. The wiki-like Textile code used for formatting content can be a bit of a hurdle for clients as well, in my experience they much prefer the idea of a MS Word-like inline WYSIWYG editor. That said, Textpattern rocks for blogging, I use it myself ;)
Drupal on the other hand is fully compliant, a cinch to install and configure, has a large and active developer community and countless modules available for download. Content administration is a breeze and requires little knowledge of web design. Creating themes is based on the PHPTemplate standard which gives the designer full control over the output. I would choose it over any of the other products mentioned. Mambo is a great CMS but still falling behind with *TML compliance. I use Jahia CMS a lot in my day job. It also gives full control over output via its API and robust templating engine, but the admin interface is far from standards-compliant. Price can be high depending on licensing requirements, but if scalability is a priority I highly recommend it. I don't know of any other Commercial standards-compliant CMS's but you'd think there'd have to be a few out there? That's my $0.02 worth... Regards, Miles. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas > Boehmer [Addictive Media] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2005 1:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WSG CMS] Open source, accessible CMS? > > Hi guys, > > I am new to this newsgroup - have been around the WSG one so > far. I'm interested to see what's going on in this one... > > What I am looking for is an open-source CMS that allows me to > create accessible websites. Is there something like that out there? > > A product I have used so far is called CM3 by Melbourne > company DDSN. Quite a nice product: it gives the developer > pretty much full control over the frontend - all I do is > insert a little placeholder function into my pages where I > want the dynamic content to appear. But the program also has > a range of bugs that I have been fighting with over the last months. > > So now I am searching for something new: PHP driven, if > possible. All our websites fulfil W3C AA or AAA, so I would > like to continue that with this CMS. Of course the best would > be if the admin could be accessible as well! > > Any recommendations? > > Cheers, > > Andreas. > > > ********************************************************* > The CMS discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > ********************************************************* > > IMPORTANT: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain private or confidential information. If you think you may not be the intended recipient, or if you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete all copies of this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not reproduce any part of this e-mail or disclose its contents to any other party. This email represents the views of the individual sender, which do not necessarily reflect those of education.au limited except where the sender expressly states otherwise. It is your responsibility to scan this email and any files transmitted with it for viruses or any other defects. education.au limited will not be liable for any loss, damage or consequence caused directly or indirectly by this email. ********************************************************* The CMS discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *********************************************************
