Content management systems

subodh · #1 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 04:40 AM

What you think of Content Management systems? Are you using it for your website? Do you use as a base and customize it or used it as it is available?
I am using phpfusion as CMS and customize it for my needs. It's opensource so no need to worry for modification.

yogesh · #2 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 08:18 AM

I had tried to use a few but never found any of them good, that’s why I stick to static html sites. They might be a bit problematic to update, but you can do SEO and development more easily and they don’t take up that much resources.

kingjacob · #3 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 08:39 AM

Ive tried just about every cms ever made and the only one I could stand has been mambo/joomla but I stil choose wordpress over it though Im not sure WP can qualify as a normal cms it does have all the same features and expandability of a cms.

yogesh · #4 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 02:32 PM

Yes wordpress is the best solution, sadly I don’t really know how I can use to make a conventional website, else I would have used it from the word go.

gladiator · #5 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 05:32 PM

It really depends on your site. If it is for blogging, Wordpress is a good CMS. If your site is a portal, Joomla or PHPNuke can be used.

jason12390 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 06:26 PM

I have used Ektron before and couldn't stand it.

if I had to choose a cms to use it would probably have to be phpNuke though I havent tried joomla before but I hear a lot of good things

buvo19 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 02:50 AM

I've using wordpress as my CMS. But I don't think I had a choice, as the site is a blogging site. I'm not sure what better options there were.

G11-Tech · #8 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 05:56 AM

I've currently hired a team to design a fully functioning CMS for one of my larger sites. I couldn't find a CMS that was suited to my needs, so I figured a custom one would be best. Definitely isn't cheap though!

wesley · #9 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 02:03 PM

I find that a CMS is perfect for many types of sites. The problem I have is nothing out there seems to be what I want. Specifically, they offer too many features bogging down the process and making the learning curve higher.

I would prefer a real bare bones script or CMS where I could just have an admin and enter, edit and delete data. A footer and header for graphics. A sidebar for the menu and another sidebar for ads.

That would be perfect for me but since I cannot write php or cgi or asp, I do not think I will get this any time soon - lol

gladiator · #10 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 02:30 PM

The simple CMS you're referring to can actually be offered by common CMS like Joomla or Mambo. You just have to activate the modules you need. This can be done in the admin facility of the CMS.

yogesh · #11 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 02:49 PM

How SEO friendly are these CMS’s, because from what I have seen, there is a lot of useless code in them and their url structure isn’t that good either.

wesley · #12 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 04:45 PM

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their url structure isn’t that good either.

That's the complaint I have. I am using word press for one of my sites. I opted for the plain URL tags instead of the default and all you get is
http://domain-name.com/?p=8

Why can't it at least pick up the main keyword or the title or something useful. Plus all my pages are in the supplemental results because WP cannot pick up relevant descriptions. It is picking up garbage and shows the same garbage for every page in my site.

I asked some WP people and they say this is common but I find it hard to believe everyone accepts this.

yogesh · #13 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 06:21 PM

Wesley you can implement cleaner URL’s in wordpress as long as you have Apache web server and it has mod rewrite enabled. You can choose to display post’s title as the url, for instance in my blog this is the url structure. www.contentpays.info/why-quality-content-is-bad

RovingCalypso · #14 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 07:29 PM

I am using Wordpress on two of my sites and have tried Joomla before. I planning to start a portal type of site pretty soon and I am considering Joomla for that purpose.

wesley · #15 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 10:58 PM

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you can implement cleaner URL’s in wordpress as long as you have Apache web server and it has mod rewrite enabled.

Thank you so much for the useful tip yogesh. I know I have apache and I know I can do mod rewrite so I guess I should get to it and fix this problem.

Your file structure is a perfect example of what I need - thx again

gladiator · #16 (**permalink**) 05-27-2007, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by yogesh

Wesley you can implement cleaner URL’s in wordpress as long as you have Apache web server and it has mod rewrite enabled. You can choose to display post’s title as the url, for instance in my blog this is the url structure. www.contentpays.info/why-quality-content-is-bad

How did you exactly work that out for Wordpress? I know you have to edit your .htaccess file and include some codes. However I don't how what specific codes should be placed to have that SEO friendly URL.

yogesh · #17 (**permalink**) 05-27-2007, 02:46 AM

First you need to ensure .htaccess is writable, and then log in to the admin panel of wordpress and go to options. In options click Permalink and scroll down to custom and specify option. Here enter the structure you want i.e. for the url structure I have, simply enter /%postname%/, for a detailed list of these structures check out this link http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

wesley · #18 (**permalink**) 05-28-2007, 01:33 AM

Thx again yogesh - you have been beyond helpful and I appreciate it ~!

I read that code myself on the link before you posted and I thought I misunderstood but I didn't understand that you have to go into to WP as well. I thought you added the structure to the htaccess file - lol

oh well, thank you

techcrafters · #19 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by yogesh

How SEO friendly are these CMS’s, because from what I have seen, there is a lot of useless code in them and their url structure isn’t that good either.

I've never had any problems getting sites ranked well using CMS programs - my personal favorite is Xoops and I have several sites right now done in Xoops that are ranked very highly for their primary keywords. There's also a very slick WordPress mod for Xoops, and I usually set up the front page of a site to show the latest blog entry to keep the site fresh. Works for me!

neeraj23 · #20 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 11:27 AM

It depends on the users. If the users are really non-technical and you don't need all the complex approval and staging areas of a CMS then a locked down wiki (where only registered users can edit) may be the best thing. I used JSPWiki to set up a site like this ( bhu.org.uk/bhu/wiki/Main ).