CMS for large travel portal

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by kalseo, Dec 11, 2008.

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  1. #1
    Hi DP members,

    I am going to start a large travel & vacation portal and i am not sure which CMS to choose, there will be more than 1000 pages of static content and probably need to implement directory and forum, so i am not sure which CMS will suits best with me. I am thinking about Joomla. Do you think this will be the best choice? Please suggest any ?

    Kind regards
    Kal
     
    kalseo, Dec 11, 2008 IP
  2. antman

    antman Well-Known Member

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    Joomla should be able to help you organise content into categories or 'statically'.

    Forums can also be implemented easily with the membership system.
     
    antman, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  3. Xavier_3D

    Xavier_3D Well-Known Member

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    If you can manage and know things. Go for Joomla with a combination of vB.
     
    Xavier_3D, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  4. YSeo

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    I believe Joomla is the one for this case. It is free and has all the features you mentioned.
     
    YSeo, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  5. kalseo

    kalseo Active Member

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    I agree with everybody - implementing forum is easy, and business directory add on is not very expensive. I think i will stick Joomla
     
    kalseo, Dec 12, 2008 IP
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    There are commercial real-estate, vacation rental components for joomla which you may find useful. Check at the joomla.org extensions directory.
     
    smilingchopin, Dec 13, 2008 IP
  7. DanielTaylor

    DanielTaylor Well-Known Member

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    I think no "best choice" here, only "suitable" choice. Joomla is free and good but without official support. However, you can get help from forums like here.
     
    DanielTaylor, Dec 15, 2008 IP
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    thumbs up to joomla also :)
     
    active8, Dec 16, 2008 IP
  9. kampang

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    but joomla is bad security :D
     
    kampang, Dec 17, 2008 IP
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    joomla is great have lots of modules,components and plugins but yes security is a big concern and as you mentioned 1000 or may be more in future you can use drupal also drupal is faster than joomla more secure but less module than joomla u should have good knowledge of programming if you going for drupal
     
    rockerz, Dec 21, 2008 IP
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    silent_thunder Well-Known Member

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    I offer Joomla and phpbb3 installation and development services, I can assure you Joomla is the best.

    I use it and I can recommend it
     
    silent_thunder, Dec 21, 2008 IP
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    Hi kalseo,

    I would also recommend Drupal. It is faster then joomla and also more secure, like rokerz said. The learning curve is steeper but you have many good and professional modules. I found Drupal much more flexible with his taxonomy-structure and the CCK and Views Modules. There are many good books for this CMS and the community is also very friendly and helpful. But it always depends on what you need. Check the Modules and see some of the Sites that are made with Drupal.
     
    NeoAkira, Dec 22, 2008 IP