Best CMS for a NEWS site

(I have also asked this in marketing forum but not got a proper answer)
I'm going to start a news web site. But I do not prefer to use Wordpress as the CMS as google always considers WP platforms are blogs.
But I want to know other CMSs which I can publish feeds, commenting etc. and have most WP features on it.

Do you have any suggestions ?

 

One word JOOMLA!!! for me is really the best...

 

You can use Drupal with some modules as per your need.

You can browse all drupal modules here:
http://drupal.org/project/Modules

 

You can use Joomla or drupal.
and if u need any help with joomla, there are lots of tutorials in many websites.

 

drupal is easy for you, and joomla is too difficult to control.

 

even i feel Joomla is a bit difficult to get along with if you are an absolute beginner .. Drupal is really good for starters...

 

I'm right behind you... I'm going to get away from WordPress and try a different CSM that can handle lots of content, but yet still acts like a blog.

I'm going to give 'Article Manager' a shot for a bunch of reasons:

1. It's affordable
2. Lifetime upgrades and no monthly service charge
3. Once you buy the software you own the license
4. NO coding
5. Fully customizable
6. I think there was something about Resell Rights

I'm sure there's more but... Go ahead and do your own analysis

http://interactivetools.com

*The above is their real website and domain*

JJ

 

Joomla may be a bit difficult in beginning but its fun to work with once you're used to it

 

See this cms comparison (Joomla-Drupal). Joomla is good for beginners and Drupal for advanced users and Drupal is the best for seo.

 

Do not mind if google considers WP as a blog, care for the benefits you can take from WP. Find a magazine like theme and use it. Easier, better...

 

I recommend wordpress, with this theme

* Easily create a single-page news aggregator like Popurls or multiple-pages news aggregator like Alltop
* Widgets Ready Homepage - easily add and arrange feed blocks without touching any codes
* 4 unique widgets available
- textRSS: for normal text feeds
- photoRSS: for Flickr feeds
- videoRSS: for Youtube, Metacafe and Dailymotion feeds
- HTML: for any php or html code, including javascript (easily add banners or adsense)
* Browsing tools: resize text, toogle background color and social media sharing
* Inline Video Player for Youtube, Metacafe and Dailymotion
* Option to open link in new or current window
* Option for dofollow or nofollow feed links
* Optional 3-column widget-ready bottombar
* Optional sideblog
* Robust SimplePie RSS
* Built-in cache
* No plugins required
* Threaded & paged comments ready for WP 2.7
* Gravatar support
* Works on Wordpress v2.5 and above
* Tested on IE6/7, Firefox, Opera, Safari
* XHTML & CSS Validated
* PDF setup guide


Check mine here. Works great ! Very low maintenance.

 

Joomla is the most widely used and popular CMS, go for it.

 

Joomla is nice, but it is not the most widely used CMS by any means of the imagination.

 

I've looked at Joomla and Drupal quite a bit and rejected both of them for the following reasons:

Drupal: When you buy into a platform, you are buying into the forward compatibility of a platform, unless you like constantly redoing the application. Drupal's developers have absolutely no concept of forward compatibility, maintainability, or other concerns for their user base. In other words, it is a hobby, and I cannot see myself building a business application on top of a hobby. I have enough things going on in my life to worry about what the developers at Drupal are going to do next to break my application. It is a non-starter for me.

Joomla: Much more concern about forward compatibility but when compared to Wordpress, substantially more complexity with not much more functionality. Wordpress offers much more added functionality in stable add-ons, though the whole widget technology offered by Wordpress is somewhat unstable for me at this time. Basically, I have found that the more functionality Wordpress (or any CMS) adds, the more complexity, the more instability, and the greater problems with forward compatibility, as platform and third-party developers go crazy trying to keep all the pieces working together.

The one product that I found that seemed interesting, was ExpressionEngine, but their developers appear to be lost in another world right now, and I question their long-term viability unless they can get on track with a viable CMS strategy. The product seems to be stuck in a time warp, and the development support is more secretive than the KGB. Eventually, I gave up trying to convince myself to use the product.

On balance, my overall recommendation is to use Wordpress whenever possible. Good functionality, SEO, support, forward compatibility, security, stability. Can't say this about any of the other CMS engines out there.

Rich

 

Do you know something about what other professional news sites like Times, WSJ, WPost, ABC etc. used to manage their content ?
I have just installed Drupal and then removed it immediately as following reasons.

1. the control panel is not attractive

2. when I going to make a new post it just have a field to the header and large space to content. (I haven't found options such as making links, adding images, list, text modification etc. that are common in WP.

3. After installed I read some reviews about Drupal, some says it is the worst among CMS and hard manage for a newbie as less addons, themes and other features.

So now I moved back to WP however not tested Joomla yet.
WP announced they are focusing on another release in next month.
I'm hoping WP will comes with innovative features in future.

 

WSJ uses wordpress. Here is a list of "famous" companies, universities, and other media that use Word Press:
http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Matt/Famous_Blogs

It includes a few Government Officials, Universities like Harvard, UNC and M.I.T., Companies like Nike, Apple, and General Motors, and well known publications like People, and the WSJ.

 

wordpress is better than joomla and drupal in all meanings, by usability, accessibility and design/development...

 

Drupal ........

 

joomla with joomla news template from youjoomla and feedgator.

 

Do you want a blog or cms? There is few differences in these softwares.