Can anyone recommend a CMS?

I am looking for a CMS that is relativity easy to set-up. The only one I have used so far is Cushy CMS. I think that because it is very easy to use but I have nothing to compare it to.

I am basically just looking for something so I can set it up for my clients so they can easily make changes.

Just ask if you need more information

Thanks a million!

 

If you want something that "easy to change", I'd just go with a wiki and make sure only registered users can make changes.

 

If you need a small one try Wordpress or Joomla. If you need power try Drupal.

See this CMS comparison between Drupal and Joomla: cafewebmaster.com/drupal-6-vs-joomla-15-2009

 

Another site to compare cms features is : cmsmatrix.org

 

if it is blog - so worldpress is the choise
if it is site and SEO no matter - joomla
if SEO matters - drupal best option, IMHO

i my self spent plenty of time choosing CMS,
and ended with DRUPAL, DRUPAL is a bit more difficult to start, but it is extremly flexible. But if u don't have time to study smth, and ur clients don't care much about SEO and stuff - joomla will do.

 

I would suggest you to use Wordpress. It's one of the best and seo-friendly CMS around

 

I think Joomla and Wordpress are the two good content mangement system.

 

Even though its not really a CMS, wordpress does make an excellent cms. Very userfriendly dashboard, everything is right there in front of you.

 

Rather see a wiki used over something like CMS. All folks have to worry about is an Edit link. With wordpress and other blogging CMSes, you have a whole interface to deal with. With a wiki, it;s one simple link.

 

OK, thanks guys I am going to check out wiki, wordpress, joomla and drupral. I havenèt used any of them so I will just have to make a decision and learn it.

Thanks again.

 

If you need something free I would recommend Wordpress. I can name you a few large news sites that utilize Wordpress amazingly.

If you want something with a little more umph, with less need for custom coding I would recommend ExpressionEngine.

 

These 3 are most popular FREE CMS.
WP and Joomla are easier to start.
Drupal need more skills and more difficult in the begining.
all three if used right give nice results, but DRUPAL seemed more professional and powerfull IMHO.

you can check php.opensourcecms.com for reviews.

 

Keep in mind that Joomla uses resource-draining practices.

 

joomla is good. lots of components to add to your CMS

 

At the risk of being accused of self promotion, there are all-in-one solutions around that are dead easy to use and quick to set up (and no, ours isn't the only one, nor necessarily the best suited to your needs). They all have their different strengths and weaknesses, but benefit (usually) from being easy to master in a short space of time (and hence easy for clients to update). You do the set-up work, then leave them the access codes to take over the management.

 

Nice site to comparing CMS www.cmsmatrix.org

 

You can try AJ Article Directory Script, which will helps you to manage your contents and articles as you wish. Try out demo first for details.

 

Wordpress = small only?

Ive been working with it for several years (the backend aspects, not the frontend visual design.... still a noob at that), and only recently realized just how powerful it is. The mix of conditional tags, the template heirarchy, functions like query_post, tags, and custom fields give you near total control over what you can do, as far as presenting the content goes.

Wordpress 2.9.1 would be a powerful platform even for many larger companies, that have many more complex non-blogging needs.

Wordpress started out as mainly for blogs, but nothing could be further from the truth now.

This. The latest versions kick the crap out of most other (I would say all) open source platforms, for just about everything. Mainly because the open-source momentum behind it is so big & accelerating.

Agreed..... if you count Joomla as a distant second.

 

Would you mind explaining to me why the back-end of Joomla is good?

Because after examining the code that it's built on I'm not too sold.

But maybe you could change my mind.


Honestly, Joomla is horrid. It caches horribly, it isn't search engine friendly (and it's not worth downloading a "component" that will slow your load time down tremendously for a wishy-washy optimization), the templating system is a mess, among other things.

Drupal, on the other hand, is great, but has a steep learning curve. If you're okay with taking several weeks to a month to learn an intermediate level of skill.

 

I think it's design and big number of templates what makes Joomla so popular, and it is much easier to start comparing to Drupal...

try learnbythedrop.com/beginners-guide-to-drupal
15 lessons for newbie and a lot of comments on each of them... but of cause to master Drupal one will need time.