> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Andrew Merenbach <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Aug 1, 2010, at 5:26 AM, Simon Strandgaard wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:50 AM, rrlangly >>> <[email protected]<rrlangly%40yahoo.com>> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm curious to know what all people are using to make their websites. >> I've >>>> already got the host provider. >>>> >>>> I'm looking for a mac style, very maintainable website (tool) that I >> can >>>> edit quite often for an app I'm about to release this year, so I expect >> to >>>> have to make lots of edits while the app is being released, yet I would >> like >>>> for it to have a very professional mac style look. >>>> >>>> Simple, elegant, maintainable. I'll add screenshots, overviews, feature >>>> lists, etc... >>>> >>>> Anyone have advice, suggestions? >>>> >>> >>> I am in the process switching away from Drupal. I'm not yet clear on what >> to >>> switch to, perhaps http://typo3.com/ >>> But I cannot recommend either of them as being very >>> simple/elegant/maintainable. >>> >>> Or perhaps I just go with some makefiles + static pages. >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards >>> Simon Strandgaard - author of http://graphicdesignertoolbox.com/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> Hello, >> >> Now I'm curious: I use Drupal for multiple websites, including my own, and >> have in fact been using it for several years now. What are some of the >> downsides of Drupal for you (and anyone else)? What led you to switch away >> from it? >> > > In Drupal, links from one page to another aren't robust. By robust I mean > that if I one day change a page name, then the link breaks down. > In TYPO3, links are robust, so you can change pagenames and urlrewriting and > still have links that works. > > When I made my site I had to gaze through the Drupal code to figure out how > to integrate my php code. > Drupal is somewhat ugly non-oopish code. > > The way you make themes in TYPO3 is much more elegant than in Drupal. > > TYPO3 has a much more mature backend, but sadly also a much steeper learning > curve. > > > I don't know MODx. How is it's backend?
Now everyone has me interested. :-) The fact of the matter, is that there as many CMS/blogging apps as Carter has Liver Pills. It's no longer a matter of finding one. It's a matter of finding one that works well and suits our taste, easily "themed", adheres to standards, and SEO friendly, etc, all in a sea of other CMS scripts. Does anyone remember pMachine? (that was around probably before much else was) While it wasn't necessarily the 'best' CMS around, there was indeed one thing about it that I just loved. You could place a single php function (with parameters) on any page, and that would essentially drive your site. Each page has its own function, say for the Contact page, a Category Display, or a List, for example. It was really nice because you could utilize ANY design you wanted. Just set the function(s). Done. Of course, the thing it lacked was true SEO URLs, and plugin-ability. It was very difficult to scale. I pine for a CMS that offers that same kind of flexibility, but offers the SEO links ala' TYPO3 or WordPress, and the scalability through the use of plugins like WordPress. If anyone knows of such a CMS, please chime in. I would certainly love to see it. TIA Ray
