Content Mangement System (CMS)

Content Mangement System (CMS) questions

[The_Warden]

What is the best Content Mangement System (CMS) to use? I would want one that is PHP based. But my main concern is, can you change the interface enitrely? I've only seen CMS setup like a news/article like layout.

I want to have a system that has user based security level access with use of MySQL and added benifits of administration tools. Also I would like to be able to see what users are logged in and what task they are doing. I guess something similar to a BBS (Bulletin Board System). Not sure if there is many people anymore that even know what a BBS is.

There seems to be very little information out there on CMS when checking out CMSs.

Any input, suggestions or comments would be grealty appreciated! Thanks!

[Knowles]

phpNuke, postNuke, myPHPwebsite. You might also check out places like hotscripts.com they should have a section called Content Mangement which would give you some systems. The problem I see you running into with a prebuilt system is making it look the exact way you want. Most are fairly cookie cutter. You could always build one?

[heini]

Another line of investigation might lead you to look into blog software.
As for the admin side software like movable type (probably slightly misspelled) does what you describe very well.
I'm thinking currently of a mixture of both types...

[mivox]

I went looking for just that sort of thing on Hotscripts.com the other day... and most of the scripts I saw that really fit the bill (as far as ease of use and flexibility) were commercial... though many were low cost. (<$100)

I ended up with one that allows me (the designer) to surround any content on the site I want to be 'editable' with proprietary comment tags, and the script will then allow that specific content to be updated through web-based forms by the site owner... so it's not restricted to a 'news' or 'blog' style of presentation. The online area is password protected with different levels of editing access, etc. I haven't actually installed or used the script yet, and it sounds like you might be looking for something a bit more complex...

...but I was looking specifically at perl scripts, so there might be other options in their PHP listings.

[The_Warden]

Thanks for the response. Sounds like that there isn't exactly the right CMS out there yet that I need. Might have to code one up myself :). Does the major CMS like PHP Nuke, Post Nuke, etc. support a user level security system and interface modification?

I was recommend to check out eZ publish. Anyone heard of it or know of places that use it?

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[Filipe]

Check out this thread:

[webmasterworld.com...]

[sun818]

Chico Digital has a free Perl script called WebTool. It is an amazing tool for generating static HTML content. You create unlimited HTML templates and insert WebTool tags like title, directory_path, content, etc.

[lorax]

The_Warden

I've written a few of these CMSs in PHP based on user rights. If you go that route I'd be happy to share what I've learned/tripped over.

Gregg