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Which CMS For a Community Generated News Site?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by sammythebull, Jan 21, 2009.

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    Hi,

    I'm looking to start a community driven news site, where the users will post news and opinion.

    Which CMS is best suited to manage the user submissions and display it in a professional-looking design?
     
    sammythebull, Jan 21, 2009 IP
  2. river

    river Active Member

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    I would use joomla for that. Joomlart.com has a great looking newspaper-like template called JATeline.
     
    river, Jan 21, 2009 IP
  3. internetmarketingiq

    internetmarketingiq Well-Known Member

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    Joomla will work and so will wordpress. I'd bet Drupal will work too.

    It all depends on the template, the scale of the project, and how much time/effort you want to put into managing the project.
     
    internetmarketingiq, Jan 21, 2009 IP
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    glasswool Peon

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    Drupal anytime, I have done several in drupal and now I'm going to port my site at http://www.angelav.com to drupal... I would like advice on content and keywords....
     
    glasswool, Jan 21, 2009 IP
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    Solid_Nuts Active Member

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    Drupal! great for multi-user based type of site
     
    Solid_Nuts, Jan 21, 2009 IP
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    mythreya Greenhorn

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    Drupal is best both for stability and it is best for SEO.Joomla will not support seo as much as Drupal.
     
    mythreya, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    healthuk Peon

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    Wordpress and b2evolution are quite good though I don't know the exact number of users you can have on these.
     
    healthuk, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    daringtakers Well-Known Member

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    Drupal is the best option for creating a community driven site, infact drupal has the impression of being community cms.
     
    daringtakers, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    eventus Guest

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    Joomla Drupal, worldpress all good.

    We've just started using a free script called mini-publisher from all headline news. and it is pretty good. much simpler or a newsonly site.
     
    eventus, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    wordpress multiuser ok.
     
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    dont go for wp mu ... it is not for what you want to do... use drupal...

    im in the process of launching webdesign university with step by step tutorials on making different types of sites with wp...
    i'll pm you when launched
     
    kurtwayne, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    bnandika Well-Known Member

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    Better check this thread, it has list of examples community driven site using different cms.
     
    bnandika, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    Sapphiro Well-Known Member

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    phpbb can do that as well with a required mod, check out my site for an example. :)
     
    Sapphiro, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    One of Drupal's strengths is building communities. I'd give that a shot. It's got an abundance of community/facebook/youtube like features.
     
    802networks, Jan 23, 2009 IP