please tell me which cms is better for news publishing site
sonill
9:02 am on Apr 26, 2010 (gmt 0)
i m trying to make a website for daily news publishing company, I wanted to know which cms should i use for that purpose. I am thinking of wordpress as it is clean and simple but is there anyother simple cms for news website
bill
11:35 am on Apr 27, 2010 (gmt 0)
A great place to try out all of the free systems is at the opensourceCMS site. They have everything setup and installed. You can go try out the back end, publish some sample content and see which one appeals to you.
choster
11:54 am on Apr 27, 2010 (gmt 0)
You need to be more specific as to what you're looking for. Virtually every CMS can be used to publish news; by almost definition that's the section of any site that's most often updated, after all.
What volume of content are you looking to post-- an entire metropolitan daily, or just a few articles? What is your budget? What is your technology stack?
There are plenty of content management systems designed specifically for news publishing:
CampWare CuteNews EllingtonCMS EzyMedia PHPcow ProsePoint (based on Drupal) Saxotech
But these days, it might get more bang for the buck by customizing a generic content framework. Drupal, for instance, is running behind sites like The Onion and the New York Observer (see [groups.drupal.org...] for more).
sonill
12:08 pm on Apr 27, 2010 (gmt 0)
thank you guys, it really helped
eventus
10:43 pm on Apr 27, 2010 (gmt 0)
When you are talking about news you should really separate your decision into the CMS for the backend and what you use to output.
The very best backend CMS's are from companies like McClatchey, Saxotech and AHN. They do news cms's that are honed for the content type.
Cutenews, ellingtonCMS, phpCow, etc are cheap
nethead
6:33 am on Apr 29, 2010 (gmt 0)
u can even make wordpress into a great news site. wordpress is really simple to add and has tons of free widgets and perfect for a new related site.
makemoneyway
10:21 am on Apr 30, 2010 (gmt 0)
yes,you can make wp
it's very good,now,i uesed it
Rachels178
3:51 am on May 3, 2010 (gmt 0)
Drupal and Wordpress will be my best pick
craigbass76
2:47 pm on May 10, 2010 (gmt 0)
I was able to cram a css template and homebrew php cms into textpattern, exactly how I had it looking and acting in the previous incarnation.
scottb
11:02 pm on Jun 11, 2010 (gmt 0)
It depends in part on the size of the site. WordPress is good for a weekly or small daily newspaper. I know a number of larger newspaper sites that use Drupal, but I would recommend it only if you have tech people with available time.
I personally like ExpressionEngine for newspaper sites (not free, but only $250) especially because it works well with classifieds and categorizing content.
lorax
3:00 pm on Jun 12, 2010 (gmt 0)
You may want to have a look at Django. Not really a CMS buy you can quickly develop a very flexible one with it. It was built by a newspaper for their own uses. The modules were designed to allow for rapid development.
ergophobe
2:36 am on Jun 15, 2010 (gmt 0)
There's an idea. And you could have a look at Django CMS to use as a dev model.
Similarly with Expression Engine and Code Igniter (CI being a dev framework and EE being a CMS built upon it).
... not that I've used either one, to be honest
lorax
10:10 pm on Jun 16, 2010 (gmt 0)
Well that's cool! Is that from the original Django dev team?
(sorry for the slightly OT bend)
ergophobe
6:20 pm on Jun 17, 2010 (gmt 0)
I don't know anything about it. Despite one friend saying it's the only way to go, I've neve been bitten by the Python in any form.
