A client of mine wants me to build him a website that will mainly act like a catalog for his products. The products are in the electric niche and are scattered across a dozen categories, with different specs for each category. I cant build it as a e-commerce store because the client doesn't want to sell anything via an online form. The customers will check out the catalog and contact the store, after which the store will return with a price (the client has different pricings for each order). What I'm asking is what CMS should I use for this type of project? Should I just use Magento or some other form of e-commerce platform and go through tedious customizations or just stick to Wordpress with some neat plugins? thanks in advance guys. You're the best!
You can easily build a basic Script, i will not call it an CMS. 4 mysql tables and your`e done! (i would use users, categorys, items and suppliers).
would you need reviews on there too? if so, check out the jreviews component for joomla. If you want to see what it looks like, check out the site in my signature. (navigate to tab 'social networking scripts)
I believe this can be easily done with both Joomla and Wordpress. Choose one based on your comfortability level
i will suggest you to use joomla if you want to go with any CMS.. but would be great if you do custom creation of such an script as per your needs..
I've seem wordpress themes for this exactly kind of stuff. However, I can't find them. I'll let you know if I find them. EDIT: This theme would work nicely for you.
I would highly recommend you to try iLister Classified Software. You can test it on demo or install a trial version for free. iLister listing script will help you in creating a SEO-friendly classified ads website for your visitors to sell anything, from cars to houses, to watches, to pets, to software scripts, or to works of art. If you need a powerful business directory script, iLister is the best choice to build a popular business directory. I am sure this script fits a client of yours the best.