Some excellent OpenSource CMS systems that I have had the pleasure of
working with for real production work in various client environments
include:
1. Joomla
2. XOOPS
3. WordPress
4. PhpNuke
5. PostNuke
6. TextPattern
Joomla is currently my favorite for clients with broad needs -- say,
bbs, doc management systems, stock quotes, scheduling apps, booking
apps, et cetera -- or very industry specific needs such as an auto
sales site joomla has it pretty much as there are over 2,700 different
modules that easily plug-in to the base framework to do anything.
Also, most if not all of these CMSes are "skinable" with the option of
even allowing users to select their own custom skins in their log-in
profiles.
For a simple yet elegant blog site, WordPress is a good match.
All of these are mature projects and each is worth gaining some
knowledge of if just to know how very sophisticated these frameworks
have become and how useful.
Most frontends in these projects may be modified with just acgiod
grasp of CSS while others require some good coding experience.
As always, YMMV.
-=KuRt=-
Kurt Lovelace
MindRoot.Com
On Mar 13, 2008, at 8:16 PM, aleagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
Take a look at Drupal:
http://drupal.org
It's powerfull, it's flexible and have a lot of coll stuff and tries
to follow web standards...
Have a nice day! @:D
Luiz Gustavo Aleagi Nunes
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Sarah Simmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi Richard,
Thanks for your suggestion, MySource Matrix is already on our list of
solutions to evaluate. I didn't know Squiz has an office in Melbourne
though! Along with solid community support we're also looking for a
solution
which can supply commercial support should we need it, and MySource
Matrix
certainly fits the bill.
I'll keep your contact in mind. Thanks again!
Cheers,
Sarah
On 3/13/08, Richard Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Sarah,
I have worked with Squiz's cms for over 3 years now. They develop
an Open
Source content management system called MySource Matrix. I would
seriously
recommend having a free demonstration (they can to it online via
screen
sharing) or they have an office in Melbourne. More information
about the CMS
here:
http://matrix.squiz.net
The company Squiz is essentially a professional services company
that
offers services around the MySource Matrix product.
My contact there is Lee Bollom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1300 130 661
he's a
nice guy, feel free to give him a call...
I hope that helps.
Good luck,
Rich
On 13/03/2008, Adam Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have developed my own cms system - it does not limit designs at
all -
let your designer go wild. It is very easy to use for the end user.
100%
standards compliant (unless the person that creates the sites
templates does
not know what they are doing). I found the problem with most
solutions is
that they are bloatware - ie way to many features with no real
benefits. The
way my system works is that I can easily plugin modules as my
clients need
them - ie. Ecommerce system, blog, forum etc. I can create basic
apps in a
matter of a few hours.
It is written with PHP5 (utilising zend framework).
I think that for me the investment in time building an inhouse
solution
has been really worth it.
Cheers
Adam
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Sarah Simmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi WSGers,
We're currently looking to move all of our websites to a single
Content Management System. As part of the CMS evaluation process
we're
interested in finding out what's currently in use out there.
So my question is three fold:
1) What CMS system do you use to manage multiple websites?
2) How well has your CMS held up to expectations? Does it handle
scaling, was it easy to learn, what were the drawbacks (if any)?
3) Does your CMS solution get in the way of producing elegant,
standards compliant websites? Is there special considerations for
standards
and accessibility built into your CMS?
There's lots of solutions out there, but unfortunately for many
it's
not a simple apples-to-apples comparison.
Cheers,
Sarah
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