Hello,
I am researching Content Management Systems at the moment, as I need to create, or use existing technology for a project i am doing.
I have never used a CMS before so this will be new to me. I have downloaded the 3 most popular it seems in Drupal, Joomla!, and Wordpress and i am looking through them at the moment.
I have a site design, which my client wishes to go with, so what i am trying to find out is, Do any of you have any suggestions of which open source CMS i could use with my ready made site design.
my site is --- http://www.numyspace.co.uk/~unn_r031923/db/home.html
many thanks.
Best CMS to use for my website?
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Harry190091
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Re: Best CMS to use for my website?
It takes far too much effort IMHO to make WordPress a flexible CMS. It can be done, but not without a great deal of turmoil.
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Harry190091
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Re: Best CMS to use for my website?
So which CMS would you suggest for me ?Theory? wrote:It takes far too much effort IMHO to make WordPress a flexible CMS. It can be done, but not without a great deal of turmoil.
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alex.barylski
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Re: Best CMS to use for my website?
WordPress is the easiest for getting your template integrated into the system, but anything more complex than simple page content and you'll get lost in the fury of the template API -- it's so confusing and promotes horrible practices. If I remember correctly there are single methods which act as both mutators/accessors - yuck.
Joomla admin is a nightmare, the concept of having a menu link associated with a viewable page is rediculous but required.
Drupal, has a cleaner codebase but good luck modifying any core code, extensions are probably like Joomla -- WordPress doesn't have a clue what a extension is...you can implement a module using a single PHP script from what I remember, which is why it's so full of holes and security issues, etc. Joomla isn't much better in this regard.
WordPress would be OK if it wasn't for it's nasty codebase...and it's template API. Fundamentally it works on a pull template whereas Joomla is more of a push approach go read up on push vs pull template strategies for more info. Joomla modules are also included quite awkwardly, you need conditionals in the template to load a certain module, which works fine for some cases but makes for confusing template code in most situations. There are apparently extensions to rectify this hiccup, but I haven't been able to find them.
That being said...I'd still go with WordPress unless you need enterprise CMS software in which case Joomla/Drupal.
Joomla admin is a nightmare, the concept of having a menu link associated with a viewable page is rediculous but required.
Drupal, has a cleaner codebase but good luck modifying any core code, extensions are probably like Joomla -- WordPress doesn't have a clue what a extension is...you can implement a module using a single PHP script from what I remember, which is why it's so full of holes and security issues, etc. Joomla isn't much better in this regard.
WordPress would be OK if it wasn't for it's nasty codebase...and it's template API. Fundamentally it works on a pull template whereas Joomla is more of a push approach go read up on push vs pull template strategies for more info. Joomla modules are also included quite awkwardly, you need conditionals in the template to load a certain module, which works fine for some cases but makes for confusing template code in most situations. There are apparently extensions to rectify this hiccup, but I haven't been able to find them.
That being said...I'd still go with WordPress unless you need enterprise CMS software in which case Joomla/Drupal.