During the last two months I have been looking for a CMS (content management system), which will be capable of using for commercial web development (making internet websitest for custumers). I saw tons of different systems but none of them were well-applicable. My requirements are: Simple configuration Speed Available modules (or how difficult is to make new one) Design - ergonomics Price (no more then 400$ per license) My favourite is now ExpressionEngine but I would like to know, what is your favourite CMS which you are currently using or you recommend. Thank you!
Mate look into Joomla.. basic / advanced features .. its free, its probably one of the best if not the best CMS.. WP is close and easier to use but requires more coding. I am looking for some freelance work, if you need a hand let me know and i can provide you support on msn.. Joomla & modules go hand in hand a lot of free ones.. and some great paid ones ($5- $100-) but joomla would suit you well. http://Joomla.org
I prefer Joomla, cooped with Rocketthemes.com you can't go wrong. Beautiful site designs with some fancy modules to give your site the edge.
Thank you for your opinions... and I agree (I used Joomla in some smaller projects), but I see some significant problems when you want to use joomla in big project - there are plenty of useful and nice components and modules but usually they have very different control, bad XHTML and also Joomla could be very slow. Im looking for a CMS which will be sufficient for big projects (maybe more like framework) and also simple for small projects.
Big and small u want both . A bike cannot serve a tucks purpose. I usually recommend Drupal , though its not that simple for small projects. But great for large ones if you know what u doing. Joomla is good too , but i dont find it flexible.
I'm a fan of Drupal, it's good out of box for small projects, and excellent for big projects like www.NPR.org or www.Nike.com. The sites in my sig are Drupal too.
Take a look at subdreamer - its a professional grade CMS that has a lot of features. It also has direct integration with some of the popular forums, such as VBulletin. So if you decide later on that you want to add a forum, you can plug the forum straight into the site, instead of using a bridge. Then there is PHPcow. And dont forget about VIVVO - its also a commercial grade CMS. Lets not leave expressionengine out of the list http://expressionengine.com/ For a real commercial grade website, one of the worst things you can do is to go with joomla, mambo or any other free CMS. There are too many problems, bugs, security issues, bloated code, and unchecked add-ons. Pick a CMS that is supported by a community of developers and were the developers play a role in checking the add-ons for security issues. Here is a wikipedia list of CMSs for you to look at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems When it comes time to update your site, you want to go to one place and get the updates. Not 5 or 6 sites - one for the gallery add-on, one for the blog add-on, another site for the downloads add-on.............. And joomla will result in just that. An update will be released to the core joomla module, you update it and then you find out the downloads section no longer works, or the gallery or the forum bridge does not work. A lot of the add-ons for joomla are years old and some have not had updates in ages. Talk about a security breach nightmare waiting to happen. Go ahead and spend the money on a quality CMS that offers the features that you want. I looked at the source code for the nike site and did not see and single reference to drupal. So what proof do you have that the nike website is powered by drupal?