Help selecting CMS

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by chk, Apr 1, 2010.

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    Thus far I have little CMS hands on experience so I hope people in-the-know can help me to narrow down my search.

    I am looking first and foremost for a comprehensive News Management system that can be incorporated into existing site or failing that CMS that has extended news support. It will be used by people who are not very technical so it is very important that UI and workflow are simple and intuitive.

    In terms of features I am looking for:
    - flexible template support for both full news articles and headlines sections (ability to choose from several templates)
    - easy image upload and management
    - ability to categorize news and then display them on various pages (or the same page but in different places) based on category and associated template
    - 'sticky' news - eg announcements that can be 'pinned' to page for set amount of time

    My brief research indicates that WordPress could be a candidate, possibly CMS Made Simple. Anyone can enlighten me further on the subject? thanks
     
    chk, Apr 1, 2010 IP
  2. obehi

    obehi Member

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    yea wordpress can do that :)
     
    obehi, Apr 4, 2010 IP
  3. ~Piyuush~

    ~Piyuush~ Banned

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    my vote would go for Joomla.....

    Regards
     
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  5. NickM

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    Choose Wordpress, it fully supports yours term and requirements.
    You won't even need any additional plugins + it is very popular, so u can find an answer on almost any question related to wordpress.
     
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    Thanks for all replies. Is there any good, user-friendly News Management system that can simply be embedded into existing site rather than transferring entire site to CMS? CuteNews seems to be a bit too basic.
     
    chk, Apr 7, 2010 IP