In search of a Content Management System

Writing comes easy but what about the rest.....

[friis]

I enjoy writing and publishing articles about my subject matter. Though I have a fair command of html I do not enjoy updating links. It may sound trivial, but I would soooo enjoy having a system that will help me manage my site's content.

As for budget - less is of course better - but it does not have to be free or even cheap. As long as it allows me to focus on writing.

I would appreciate any and all recommendations.

[pmkpmk]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

My choice is still Typo3. Steep learning curve, but almost infinite possibilities. Easier to learn is Mambo, but limited in flexibility in the long run.

[zulufox]

Although it is not the cheapest option ($230), I absolutely love Interspire's Articlelive. Works great right out the box and basically is a clone of sitepoint's frontend.

[friis]

This is great. I have had a brief look at all three options and I am thrilled. Thank you so much.

[zulufox]

Typo3 is awesome but it took me too long to learn even the basics and I gave up (I just want to write).

I used mambo until recently, the only problem is the hardcoded parts of mambo's layout (particularly article listings) LOOK like they are designed by programmer not a writer.

[Tigrou]

Haven't used Typo3 but Mambo is free to use and has a variety of solid modules including mod rewrite, link exchange aps etc. Runs on Linux.

Cons:
- Documentation is sparse (at least so I've found).
- Coders on mambo specific forums want high rates but you can find good mambo coders on more generic forums.
- And everyone else is saying it is infexible so, I guess that's a con too :-)

Best,
CF

[pmkpmk]

Haven't used Typo3 but Mambo is free

So is Typo3

Documentation is sparse (at least so I've found).

You get documentation galore with Typo3, however sometimes it's really hardcore stuff. The book market is catching on: in German you can get already 5 books on Typo3.

Coders on mambo specific forums want high rates but you can find good mambo coders on more generic forums.

There's a whole developer community working for free on Typo3. However you can sponsor public projects, and of course you can find service providers to do custom coding too.