I've about given up on using a CMS after playing for a couple of days with Joomla, but wanted to make sure I'm not missing an alternative. Here's the problem... Half of my site is a bunch of articles, news etc - perfect for a CMS. Joomla was going to work great. The other half of my site are various php scripts like directories, rating scripts, databases etc. When I tried to put those scripts in the Joomla wrapper, I ended up with essentially framed display URL's when running the scripts. Don't want that. Any CMS system that only really takes care of articles etc., but within its framework lets you run php scripts within the general template... but without using frames? Otherwise, its off to start hard coding a site. Also... is there a good "plug in" Article/News management script that isn't an entire sitewide CMS? Thanks.
Geeklog does, you can put php in the Static Pages, and there's also an external pages plugin. And it's a great CMS!
No I don't think so. Most will allow link creation to the scripts. I am currently working on something like this. After several false starts I am approaching it from this perspective. Use the CSS file for the cms as the basis for your site design. Install the cms in a sub directory. Link to it for the features of it that you desire to use. Now for the scripts it may or may not be possible to port over the css. But does every page in your site have to look exactly the same?
IMO the answer is no, That said there must be a common theme across the whole site, this can include logo, colours etc. If you don't have that, then yu are losingout on branding the site.
I completely agree with everything you said. I also think that can be accomplished by using wordpress in a sub directory, using the CSS file of the same theme and having your main page and the links to your scripts and other content coming off of your main page. I think I got fairly close using sNews on the article section of the site in my sig line. I chose not to extend the color past the header because it would be too hard to read.
yep, welding together a few scripts into what essentially is a custom build CMS is probably the way of the future, after all isn't that what Ajax & ruby are all about. God bless rails I say.