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Need some help. Looking for a good FREE CMS system.

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by jfontestad, Jan 22, 2006.

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    Ok,

    I'm not sure if this is a CMS program I'm looking for or what, but this is what I'm looking for (I'm new to this.):
    A system where I can have a database of articles where users can submit there articles and it will display on my page, but have a link to the original article & author.

    Probably more options I'm looking for, but this is all I can think of off the top of my head.

    Anyone can help and possibly further explain what a CMS system is.

    Thanks,
    J Fontestad
     
    jfontestad, Jan 22, 2006 IP
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    Wordpress is very popular, you might give Drupal a look too.
     
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  4. Hon Daddy Dad

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    I'd just go with wordpress for this purpose. Its ultra easy to get set up if you have cpanel web hosting.

    Its easy for people to sign up and register their articles.
     
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  5. jfontestad

    jfontestad Well-Known Member

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    Well I may just try WordPress.
    One question, does it allow me to review the articles being submitted? Like does it have an approve decline option?
    Because I don't want to allow spammy articles or useless articles to be posted.
     
    jfontestad, Jan 22, 2006 IP
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    Yeah it sure does allow you to approve or decline. Plus if you have trusted authors you can just allow them to publish automatically should you choose.
     
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    jfontestad Well-Known Member

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    Thanks.
    I'm definately going to check it out now.
    Is it FREE ?
     
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    GetWebHost Active Member

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    You can find the lists here => http://opensourcecms.com/
     
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    Imran Notable Member

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    yeah wordpress is free..
     
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    I agree that wordpress is just unmatched for general CMS purposes. The variety of free plugins is amazing. I experimented with non-wordpress CMSs for some time before converting, but with their smaller user bases (and usually, great complexity), I wasn't happy with the results. PLUS, without naming names, a fairly popular "lite" CMS I recently used was insecure and there was no mailing list to let installers know about it. My site got hacked and my host threatened to kick me off if it happened again. That won't happen with WP, or if it does, you'll hear about it.
     
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    what about mambo? Mambo.
    At school i had a project. We created a torrent server and used mambo as cms. I really like they way it looks. have a look.
     
    Maze, Jan 25, 2006 IP
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    I would suggest Joomla if you want an CMS with a database.
     
    xiva, Apr 26, 2007 IP