Need Help With A CMS - Advice Appreciated

First off i am kinda new to using CMS so open to all suggestions,

What i basically want to do is have a site people can log in and provide information/posts or messages, i then need to be able log in and check if anyone needs anything doing. I would also like if I could create others usernames so they can log in to see if anything needs doing.

Im not sure if this is possible or the best plan of action to take which is why I am consulting the CMS guru's out there to recommend any CMS and/or plugins/mods that will make my life easier.

Thanks for taking the time to help me out.

 

Hi bon300187

Check out:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=413796
For a good starting list of the CMS options out there.

I only have experience of drupal (http://drupal.org) and drupal is certainly capable of running the kind of site you describe.

 

Cheers for that, ill have a look at drupal and see if i can find what I am looking for. I'm not 100% how i would actually go about it lol, would I just need to get the relevant mod's available?

 

Sounds like you're talking about a support ticket CMS, where users can open tickets of things they need done.
Check out these scripts to see if they look like they'll work for you. Both are free and open-source:
http://www.osticket.com/index.php
http://www.phpsupporttickets.com/

 

I can tell you what exactly I am after to be honest, it will make it easier maybe.

I am a writer, I want to make a site where my clients can sign up/log in and send me the work they need etc. I then log into the CMS and can view all of the work that i need to get through.

I also plan on selling articles packages I have wrote.

Does this information make any CMS stand out to be favoured?

Cheers

----PS----

I've been told that paidforumposting.com has a good system if anyone know what they use.

 

Yep. Download and install the base drupal software and then add any modules you need by copying them into the modules directory and using the admin functions to switch them on.

The case tracker module might be closest to your needs for managing work assignments and you can always add the ecommerce module later if you want to sell articles straight off the site.

Drupal does take a bit of time to set-up but if you do this right, adding more functionality later is a breeze.

HTH

 

Thanks for that, I think I will begin with drupal to see how i get on.

Can you or anyone recommend the best mods to get the maximum potential from a drupal site?

Thanks

 

They use Joomla.

 

I've had a quick look at their site and saw that but couldn't find any mod's that would make it easier. It seems that they use something else for the client login and payment part of things.

 

Check out http://tips.webdesign10.com/basic-drupal-seo-on-site-optimization and http://drupalzilla.com/drupal-tutorials for some good advice on making your site SEO friendly.