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 Sep 29 2006, 09:24 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 29-September 06 Member No.: 38  |
What is your favorite free CMS and why?
I use PHP-Nuke for most of my online CMS sites. It's easy to use, customizable, has lots of templates and CAN BE secure if you keep up with updates and follow some simple security standards. I also normally put in an "anti-hacker" mod if it's going to be a higher profile site. |
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Sep 29 2006, 10:29 AM
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I like sub-dreamer!
 
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Sep 29 2006, 09:08 PM
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 Moderator  Group: Moderators Posts: 893 Joined: 20-September 06 Member No.: 12 |
QUOTE(Admin @ Sep 29 2006, 03:29 PM) I like sub-dreamer!  I like free stuff.  I would go with phpnuke.. Lots of addons you can add on and modify. -------------------- |
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Oct 19 2006, 01:00 PM
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 Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 23-September 06 Member No.: 23 |
QUOTE(Admin @ Sep 29 2006, 04:29 PM) I like sub-dreamer! But subdreamer is not for free... --------------------  |
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 Oct 28 2006, 06:31 PM
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Starter Member  Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 27-September 06 Member No.: 34 |
Hi all,
I'm very new to the website design/programming game. I'm creating a travel site that will eventually contain a lot of data/information, and I'm wondering if a CMS is the way to go. So far, I've just been having a go at the design with Dreamweaver, but I'm open to anything that will make life easier in the long run. If the CMS is the way to go, which one is best? (I know there are different opinions on this, but which might be best for me - easy to use and a large user base with good support?) I'm mostly looking at Joomla, Drupal, and Mambo... Thanks!
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Oct 28 2006, 07:44 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 808 Joined: 8-October 06 Member No.: 48 |
I remember needing a CMS at some point. From what I researched, phpWCMS seemed like a fairly good one to use. It's in your Fantastico
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Nov 1 2006, 06:59 PM
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Starter Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 27-September 06 Member No.: 34 |
Thanks for the recommend, but I decided to go with Joomla! since it has such an active user base and lots of great features/extensions/templates out there.
Give it a look, it's pretty cool! http://www.joomla.org |
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Nov 1 2006, 09:12 PM
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Moderator Group: Moderators Posts: 893 Joined: 20-September 06 Member No.: 12 |
yea joomla is good to. Last week i was looking for the same thing you were looking and i found different ones. but the one i really like was jetbox.
http://jetbox.streamedge.com/ -------------------- |
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Nov 2 2006, 06:44 AM
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Starter Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 27-September 06 Member No.: 34 |
I think I'm not PHP-knowledgeable enough to take on jetbox. looks nice though
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Nov 2 2006, 05:08 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 2-November 06 From: USA Member No.: 116 |
Wordpress is nice, so is Cutenews for custom templates, I use cutenews personally, it works from a text file.
I made a thread in the other forum, I didnt see this one. Jalooma is okay, I havent used it myself but from what I read it's alright. If you want a REAL website about CMSes http://www.opensourcecms.com/ is a good one. -------------------- Blog of Josh >> www.flexicdesigns.tfcph.com/joshtessin/
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Nov 2 2006, 09:53 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 2-November 06 From: USA Member No.: 116 |
QUOTE(Conroe @ Oct 19 2006, 06:00 PM) But subdreamer is not for free... It is if you download it at wtalk.org Not that you should. -------------------- Blog of Josh >> www.flexicdesigns.tfcph.com/joshtessin/
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Nov 3 2006, 03:57 AM
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Starter Member Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 15-October 06 From: Novi Sad Member No.: 60 |
I like Mambo... Free and useful, but I am not using it any more... I do not know why... I think it is becouse I do not know how to change it's desing tattaly! It is the only problem when I look closer...
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Nov 3 2006, 02:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 23-September 06 Member No.: 23 |
QUOTE(MAr!o @ Nov 2 2006, 03:12 AM) yea joomla is good to. Last week i was looking for the same thing you were looking and i found different ones. but the one i really like was jetbox. http://jetbox.streamedge.com/ I have hearn about jetbox. But i prefer wordpress to new ones... 
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Nov 11 2006, 04:20 AM
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 Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 8-November 06 Member No.: 153 |
You should first consider the nature of your site and start asking questions like,
CONTENT Does it have dynamic content like blogs? news? forums? Are you accepting members? Or is it a presentation of a certain info? USERS Is it for people in all walks of life? For a small group or an organization? There are those heavy duty CMS that may not be suitable for you so you can go for the lighter ones. However, the bottom line still is, are you having fun with the script? -------------------- |
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Nov 11 2006, 06:22 AM
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 Professional Group: Members Posts: 685 Joined: 5-November 06 From: USA Member No.: 135 |
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times, CuteNews is for Neopets! sites, lol.
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