Hi Micky, You haven't stated whether you were looking for a paid or open source solution but I offer the same advice to you that I offer anyone looking for the 'right' CMS. Firstyly, visit CMS Matrix - www.cmsmatrix.org - narrow the scope of the matrix by searching <http://cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix?func=search> for exactly the criteria you're looking for in a content management product. It's not perfect but it's a great start. Then, try out the demo of any of the open source solutions you've narrowed it down to www.opensourcecms.org . This site only demos open source CMSs but it's also a great place to start. Basically, any of the larger/enterprise CMSs will handle your needs, mostly through the installation of third party modules. Unfortunately, as most people here know, I tend not to rate any of these either due to the fact that they'e just too over-blown for most people's needs, or have a steep learning curve which defeats the entire purpose. If you're happy to pay a developer to produce modules for some of your more specific requirements then I'd recommend taking a look at CMS Made Simple <http://cmsmadesimple.org/> (groan, they say ;0). It can currently handle most of what you want 'out of the box' and there are core developers on hand who will happily take on paid work at reasonable rates for the purpose of producing new modules for people which are then released under the GPL in a more generic form. Happy hunting!
-- Paul A Noone Webmaster, ASHM _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 14 December 2006 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: digest for [email protected] From: Micky Hulse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:19:29 -0800 Subject: Looking for CMS that meets these requirements: Please advise. Hi all, I hope your December is going well. :) Long story short, I am looking for a CMS that meets as many of the below items as possible (not really in any particular order): 0. CSS/XHTML, RSS/XML, with good to excellent template management system. As table free as possible. Light-weight. 1. Newsletter sign up: HTML format with ability to attach files (pdf, doc, txt...). 2. Member sign up: Members can edit personal content. 3. Admin member management: Admins can add/remove/edit members and member info. 4. On-line payments: Member dues, events, other. 5. Personalized member calendars: Customizable, forward events, set email reminders. 6. Polls/surveys with results: Result/poll archives? 7. Links page: Easily updated via online form (via admin back-end, see #12). 8. Blog homepage: News with ability to post photos or other dynamic content. News/blog archives are a must (via admin back-end, see #12.) 9. Photo gallery, with ability to pull galleries into other sections of site (i.e. sidebar with random image from particular gallery - when clicked, takes you to that particular gallery.) 10. Good SEO and SERPS placement: Related to #0. 12. Admin back-end. Maybe watered-down section for Client, and power-user section for the developers. Related to #3. Hopefully above list is not too confusing. Any ideas as to a CMS that would meet most of my needs? I can only code to a certain point until I am not worth the time... I fall more on the design end of the web developer spectrum anyway, so I am open to hiring a professional programmer to add/edit modules. Any CMS apps that are easily customizable? I am not a fan of, but my first thought is Joomla. I would greatly appreciate the advice. TIA, Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: Switch: BCC?: My: -- Wishlist: Switch: BCC?: My: ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************
