Community Website

Should I use CMS or not?

[TimmyMagic]

Hi,

At the moment I have a site which is all done in standard HTML. I have phpBB as the forum, and I like it.

I want to add new features to the site:

* Allow registered members of the forum to add comments to our articles/review pages

* Create a blog section - allow members to create their own blog.

I have looked at CMS like phpNuke and Drupal. They seem good, but I am not sure if I need to use a CMS or not.

Are their any mod's for phpBB which would allow the features I want? This would be my prefered route.

I think Drupal looks good but I don't like their forum. It is too basic.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Tim

[pheusion]

Generally CMS systems allow you to add other forums into it, for instance you can integrate phpbb into Joomla CMS.

Everything is component or module based, so you simply load a new module in for a new forum...

I'll never switch from a CMS, thats me though, try em out and see how it goes...

[lecter]

Do u want the Blog integrated with BBS?
Maybe there have Blog dedicated software(integrating with Phpbb?)
Joomla is a great CMS and can bridge Phpbb,integrate with many blog softwares.

[vinnydarat]

I'm a big fan of CMS as well. Particularly Joomla. the addons available are awesome.

Cheers
Vince

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[edited by: tedster at 1:33 am (utc) on April 22, 2006]