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A CMS System
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:44 am
by Sephern
I wasn't quite sure where to put this, but general seemed like the most apt place. I'm currently developing a website for a person, and some of the features he desires will be reliant upon a CMS system, and an e-commerce tool. I'd like to be able to integrate this into a standard web layout, as I have a designer working on the sites design (who is used to designing normal web pages), and similarly my comfort zone is standard pages. I have knowledge of PHP and such, but I would prefer a CMS which would allow the end website to resemble a 'normal' page without having to learn a great deal. I have tried Joomla, coupled with VirtueMart, but it seems like its rather invasive upon the pages design, as you either have to have extensive knowledge of joomla's markup, or configure a pre-existing template (which I'd obviously not like to do).
In short, I need a CMS & E-commerce system which allows me to integrate it with a standard designed website with ease.
Any advice on either a suitable system to use, or any advice in regards to Joomla would be most welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Re: A CMS System
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:19 pm
by pickle
I've never used it, but Drupal is pretty popular as well.
Re: A CMS System
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:40 pm
by alex.barylski
Welcome to the crux of using existing solutions.
Frameworks, CMS, they all make assumptions based on personal experience, most of those time, those assumptions are made with inexperience.
Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, they all have horrible file naming/conventions, force you to use funny feeling methods, etc.
The short of it, roll something by hand if you don't like the way Joomla forces you to use a single template, etc.
Or look for a commercial system which support both CMS and ecommerce, at least they will be so tighly integrated, the process should be smooth, although impossible to swap with something third party later on, without serious re-work.
Re: A CMS System
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:05 pm
by Sephern
It's for a client, not me, and I can't see it getting changed in the near future to another system so the difficulty of porting it over shouldn't be a problem.
I don't really like being forced into creating something fairly limited, I'd rather just have a normal html page, and then add stuff in so it communicates with the back end where I like, rather than having to put modules in set places. I didn't know if this was possible in joomla et al, it seemed to me like it wasn't, but I may have overlooked something.
I'd rather not pay for something, as naturally it's going to cut into my profits, and I wouldn't know where to start looking into a commercial solution (obviously, I don't want to pay for something and then have the same problem).
Although I'm capable of making my own CMS system, again, I'd prefer to use a pre-existing solution as to keep to time constraints as best as possible, and I'd struggle to make an e-commerce type thing.
If anybody has any advice on CMS/e-commerce solutions that would meet my criteria, it would be post welcoming. =]
Re: A CMS System
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:20 pm
by a94060
well,you could make the CMS by hand. It should be a moderatly easy task if what you want to present is limited. As for the e-commerce, you could use zend cart which could take the work out of that. However,zend cart is another one of the "premade" soulutions, and customizing it would be hard.