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Can anyone recommend a good CMS, Content Management Solution. I see tons out there but would like some personal experiences from friends here.
Thank you.
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[webmasterworld.com...]
Then you'll find a few more in here (and a couple of useful posts along the way):-
[webmasterworld.com...]
denisdekat came up with a useful mini-list of open-source options here:-
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Given that you've already designed your site and have your CSS templates at the ready, I'd personally start with something simple like WordPress : [wordpress.org...] (or any of the more simple open-source CMS's in denisdekat's list) and then customise it.
TJ
Well...after that and the blues, I will stick to what I am doing. I use Golive and after reading everyone's experience I do not believe it will save me much time.
That's why I love it here - real answers!
M
PS> I just looked at article live. LiveNomandic why does everyone hate ASP? Does PHP do better for SEO
For a templated system, one that's custom or *highly* modified would do better for SEO purposes - unless it doesn't matter.
Disclaimer: I'm friends with the developer.
>>Disclaimer: I'm friends with the developer.
The project is at SourceForge, and it is Open Source.
The downside to MT is that it can be real tricky to do any advanced customization if you are intimidated by techy stuff (which I am).
I did look at Article Manager from interactive tools. It looks like it has some nice features. The templates are full of tables but I'm more of a xhtml/css type guy, so I'll probably stick with MT.
Disclaimer: I used to work for the company. Maybe that's an anti-disclaimer because still think that Article Manager and interactivetools.com are great.
I'm familiar with the company, and have always been impressed with them. But for a hobby type site that isn't expected to bear revenue, or people who aren't programmers, there are different needs. Meantime, after checking all that's out there for being search engine friendly, I'll be hand-rolling the site and just using PHP includes for navigation.
There is a mod for Mambo by one of the core developers that does a URL fix - and Drupal can be adapted more easily with .htaccess, but each page needs attention to avoid the duplicate issue.
Great question - one factor why I opted away from a CMS. Are there any that produce a look other than a blog/article type look?
I have been looking at Contentor, which was mentioned in another WW thread. It has some nifty features, but I am not sure that the limitations are not too great a burden. Still playing around.
Very easy to customize the look and feel though.
WBF
Are there any that produce a look other than a blog/article type look?
Yes, I use WebGUI. The overall layout can be customized to anything you want, then you can have different page level layouts allowing you to plug-in varying content types on a page.
It's main content type (they call them wobjects) is an Article, but it can pull in XML or RSS feeds easily, it will also do a message board, event calendar, faq, poll, survey, product listing, etc. All of the content types can be further customized by the use of 'templates' that dictate their look. All of the content types have default templates, you can add your own easily. The auto-generated menus also have the same templating system, so you can easily customize those as well to get the nav scheme you want.
I've got corporate, non-profit orgs, and general informational sites running on it. (it's pretty adaptable)
Hope this helps.
LisaB
WBF
As I replied to you WBF - I did(duh), TY
To be honest, if a product is commercial, charging for their offering, it should be search engine friendly right off the shelf rather than having to pay a programmer or techie to make modifications on top of paying for the product.
Otherwise, for those who can afford, the best solution is a custom application by someone who understands search engine friendly, because then it's tailored to the individual needs and ready to roll out from the ground up.
