Choosing a CMS system
April 30, 2008
Below are resources to help you find the right CMS systems. Are you currently using one? DO you recommend anyone in particular? What do you like about it?
Articles on Choosing a CMS system:
http://www.packtpub.com/article/how_to_choose_an_open_source_content_management_system
http://www.opensourcecms.com/hobbes/HowToChooseACMS.pdf
Here is an extensive list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems
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Entry Filed under: Internet Technology. Tags: CMS, open source platforms, Web 2.0.
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Ben Powell | April 30, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Since you are already using WordPress, why don’t you use that as your CMS? There are several resources on the web that describe how to do this, and you already familiar with the tools and interface.
Regards
Ben
Links:
http://bloghelper.is-there.net/using-wordpress-as-cms/
http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/22/wordpress-as-cms
http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/26/feature-5-reasons-to-use-wordpress-as-cms/
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Valeska Jacques | April 30, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Good suggestion Ben! My husband pointed out how I can use wordpress as a CMS solution as well. Just weighing my options to see what else is out there, but I am sure he will be happy to say I told you so
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Andrew Martin | April 30, 2008 at 2:30 pm
There are way too many content management systems available to suggest one without prior knowledge of expectations. Ideally CMSmatrix.org will help you narrow your search by mataching criteria you’re looking for in a content management product.
If you are considering open source products have a look at Drupal, Joomla, Typo3 and eZ publish, all open source PHP solutions which can be hosted on a shared hosting provider.
Links:
http://www.cmsmatrix.org
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Joseph Fung | April 30, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Andrew’s comments about the myriad of solutions out there is absolutely correct. However, things that you’ll also want to consider in your decision are training requirements, ongoing support requirements, and update strategy.
I always recommend first checking out the documentation provided by different Web CMS vendors and finding out what type of ongoing support options exist.
Also, a lot of the popular CMS’s are targetted by malicious scripts, so it’s critical that whatever CMS solution you install is updated regularly (either automatically, by yourself or by your web designer).
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Jonathan Lyons | April 30, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Any widely supported CMS platform can be extended with the features you want, but you need to know what you want? We are primarily a Joomla shop, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t always looking at the other offerings that are available.
Despite what the snake oil salesmen out there will say, SEO is more about what you put into your site than a feature or a formula that you are going to follow. The bottom line is that good voluminous content will draw search engines. But you don’t want search engines, you want people (users).
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Ben Powell | April 30, 2008 at 2:46 pm
To me, it would seem that you already know WordPress, so if you can use it to do what you want, it saves you having to learn how to use a new CMS.
I have a client using a very simple open source CMS called Jaws, but he also uses WordPress on another site. I honestly have to say that the WordPress solution is much better, and he wants to port his data into a new WordPress solution instead of Jaws. Quite honestly, the vast resources for peer support, free templates and widgets, give WordPress a great edge. It may still have bugs and may not scale so well, but for most people it is an excellent choice.
Anyway, good luck with your endeavour.