Content Management Systems

[soccrt]

For small publishers out there, Content Management Systems can be quite expensive, but is there a program out there that would work for the small guy?

[limbo]

search for "open source cms"

This will throw up a few - all free to use and have different levels of appplication.

[pmkpmk]

Hi,

there's lots of Open Source CMS out there, mostly based on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) architecture, but a few for Windows and even for Macintosh. Among the most commonly used, with numerous of installations (and therefore a quite active userbase) are:

• Typo3: steep learning curve, but after that the sky is the limit
  
• Mambo/Joomla!: much much easier to learn, but somehow limiting in the long run and quite controversially discussed due to inherent security issue
  
• Wordpress: primarily a blog solution, but thanks to a very flexible template system often used as a non-blog-CMS too, very easy to use

I would recommend to look at one of these three, but as has been said before, there's zillions of others.

[benevolent001]

Not to forget Drupal :)

[OldWolf]

Hi soccrt

There are many CMS out there but its important what you expect from a CMS?.There are CMS's for built a website and some for blogging .As a long time CMS user i care;

1- Security
2- Seo

I would tell you beware of any x nuke CMS ,i can suggest you have a look at
modxcms
drupal
Typo3 , (if you have the requirements )

[ronburk]

I bet there's a whole forum around here devoted to just CMSs.