CMS Recommendations?

[patton]

I'm a new HostNine customer. I specifically choose HostNine to make my first stab at working with a CMS. I've been creating and maintaining sites with static HTML for... well, for an embarrassing long time. Simply put, I'd like to find out what other HostNine users recommend for a CMS "newbie." I've been trying to compare Drupal and Joomla -- and probably making myself more confused.

Thanks in advance.

[Mediapixel]

As a design company ourselves we were looking for a successful solution and came across MOD-X, once you get your head around it , its fantastic !

we have built many sites using it. and the support forums are gr8


Mod-x official site - http://modxcms.com/
mod-x demo - http://opensourcecms.com/index.php?o...101&Itemid=159

some sites we have built using mod-x

http://www.mediapixel.co.uk
http://www.mphost.co.uk

we can also provide you full technical assistance if you decided to try it out.

[patton]

Thanks. I'll take a look.

I guesss I should have specified that I'm only looking at the CMSs HostNine currently offers (Drupal, Geeklog, Joomla, Mambo Open Source, PHP-Nuke, phpWCMS, phpWebSite, Post-Nuke, Siteframe, TYPO3, Xoops).

[Mediapixel]

:S a cms is a cms doesnt matter if you install it or fantasico installs it..

just upload it and set up a database... easy

[eddus]

well... i have enough time using different CMS's.... almost all included on fantastico and many more including commercial.

best things on market actually FOR ME are drupal and joomla

Drupal: i might say that drupal is ahead with configuration and things that are very hard to get in joomla are to easy to get on drupal.

joomla: has enough components to fit every needs also buid templates for joomla is easy and components are easy too. thats what makes joomla for my the best one.

always some things turn easy on some CMS's others.. little bit complicated, i like joomla because no matter what you need ( easy or not) is possible, something that i can't say about drupal and others. also you will find a lot of templates (are easy to build), components ( are possible to build too), and a huge community if you need a hand.

actual joomla release 1.0.12, version 1.5 final release is comming which is going to end competition with drupal, and add many features more. the site http://www.joomla.org has a easy tutorials

no matter what you chose, have fun and good luck

[harrysudana]

MOD-X -> i don't know if there is english version in admin area. Is it Framework, isn it?

Another CMS is good also, it depend on what we need and the supply of their addons modul/plugins. And also always easy to update, less BUG/security hole.

And one thing, easy to costum the template......

[Mediapixel]

MOD-x is English !

if your a designer / webmaster then any cms will be easy to use.

having used almost all on the market we chose mod x for its ease of use and flexibility, the possibilities of it are endless.

[harrysudana]

Originally Posted by Mediapixel

MOD-x is English !

i try the demo version and not found languange switcher in admin area. i must be miss that one.

[bigjet]

I've been using tikiwiki cms. Fantastico installs it. Has the best forum on the net. Good cms if you need to service a group, it has tons of built-in features. May not be best choice for new designer who just wants a personal site.

Here are 2 sites I built with tiki
http://www.publicwiki.rockawaybeachl...tiki-index.php

http://www.independencepartyofqueens.com/tiki-index.php

Here is tiki homepage
http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Home

[willow]

For me its CubeCart. Its so simple to skin and easy to just strip out the cart function making it ideal as a CMS. You can see what i mean by visiting www.ansuk.com. CubeCart is used there but we simply stipped out the shopping cart