Cms ?

M Nabil · #1 04-05-07, 07:08 AM

Have you used a CMS before ? which one and what do you think of it ?

I would like to hear your opinions.

Brandon · #2 04-05-07, 07:42 AM

The only one I've used in the past was phpnuke, a few years ago. Since then I haven't used one.

Would Sitepoint.com be called a CMS?

M Nabil · #3 04-05-07, 08:38 AM

Why would it be called a CMS ? it is just a site.

Brandon · #4 04-05-07, 08:47 AM

I was asking if that would be considered a CMS... Content Managment System. Of course the coding is custom, but I wasn't sure if it would be considered one or not..

PHPMastermind · #5 04-05-07, 08:17 PM

I've used quite a few CMS's, the two that I liked most were PHP-Fusion and Joomla.

I'm using Joomla now and (after a while of.. hating.. it) - I'm starting to love it.

A great place to demo CMS's would be:

OpenSourceCMS - Home

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Originally Posted by Brandon

The only one I've used in the past was phpnuke, a few years ago. Since then I haven't used one.

Would Sitepoint.com be called a CMS?

Yes, I'd consider it to be one. (And yes, custom).

Geoserv · #6 04-05-07, 08:19 PM

Joomla would be my fav., though it is hard to learn, so just play around with it before putting something "Live".

Geoserv

M Nabil · #7 04-06-07, 05:52 AM

But I heard most CMSes are not good with SEO. Is that true ?

Miss Miaow · #8 04-06-07, 07:35 AM

My personal favorite is Xoops. I used Joomla before but I don't think it's for me.

Taylor Hewitt · #9 04-06-07, 02:14 PM

What types of sites are CMS used for?

Because right now on my main site, taylorhewitt.com, I update the pages by hand and it's kind of annoying.

Miss Miaow · #10 04-11-07, 12:24 PM

Taylor, you can try Wordpress. I use that blog software.

tbobker · #11 04-18-07, 08:23 AM

Most CMS systems are to bloody complicated. Especially that Joomla. They have so much time on their hands they keep adding feature after feature. If they just made what was there most efficient and user friendly it would be better.
Yes site point is a CMS, anything that manages content dynamically can be called a content management system. This is site is a content management system

Miss Miaow · #12 04-18-07, 12:47 PM

I have to disagree with you tbobker. I'm relatively new to website building and I don't think Joomla is complicated at all. Actually, CMSes make my life easier - I don't have to construct pages, and I don't even have to know PHP.

Taylor Hewitt · #13 04-18-07, 08:05 PM

Joomla sure looks sweet!

realmetrics.com · #14 04-20-07, 07:42 AM

Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications. Best of all, Joomla! is an open source solution that is freely available to everybody.

Joomla includes

# Blogging software
# Directory services
# Email newsletters
# Data collection and reporting tools
# Banner advertising systems
# Subscription services
# and many, many more..

I am using joomla for the past 2 years. You know it’s a just an Excellent CMS!!!

Here is some popular CMS

Joomla!
OpenSourceCMS - Home
WordPress › Blog Tool and Weblog Platform
drupal.org | Community plumbing
http://www.mamboo.com

For more CMS :

List of content management systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I hope this answers your question.

oKiao · #15 04-20-07, 12:35 PM

I have tried a lot of CMS scripts.
My favorite is Word Press. (To me, I feel it is considered as CMS as you can easily use it as a CMS) Others are just too feature packed or too complicated.
My sites are still in development stage, so I prefer to use Word Press more than anything else.

giovanni · #16 04-20-07, 01:33 PM

I have tried using Joomla CMS and i don't feel comfortable with them and I don't really get what they are meant to do.

charlesbw · #17 04-21-07, 09:43 AM

I have used a bunch of cms, joomla, nuke evolution, nuke platinum, e107, xoop, modx and the list goes on. Let me know what kind of site you want to make and i will give you my two cents.