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Please recommend a simple CMS.

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  1. m0z70

    m0z70 Member

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    #21
    I require something for the absolute simplest sites where the client might like to change pricing or a contact number or something - Tree Lopping, for example. Building that in Wordpress and teaching the client would not even be worth it - it's a tiny job.

    Anything bigger than this though, yes, I use Wordpress. I was impressed with MODx too - I'm sure I'll have a need for it at some point.

    Thanks again for your helpful recommendations!
     
    m0z70, Feb 3, 2010 IP
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    #22
    Just did! This is great. Something I'd consider paying for if Orbis doesn't work out. I like the fact that Orbis is downloadable – I'm going to add some fields for meta, etc, though I can't see where SimpleCMS allows that. It's great otherwise though. Thanks again.
     
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    #23
    definitely wordPress, to save time, write a custom manual which you can use everytime?

    commercial templates may also have some advantages if you can find the right 'fit' for the project requirements.
     
    mxweb, Feb 4, 2010 IP
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    #24
    I don't understand why your clients think wordpress is too difficult
     
    chaukar, Feb 4, 2010 IP
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    #25
    I used joomla more before but now I more prefer wordpress. Easy and simple to instal and configure. And it is more secure.
     
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    #26
    I can understand someone getting a little confused by Wordpress. My mother (bless her heart) gets confused with email software and web browsers, so it's not unimaginable that someone used to a nothing more complex than a word processor would get a little lost with Wordpress (non drag-and-drop stuff inside a browser is just adding a layer of complexity that some people would have a hard time getting past).
     
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    adpoint Greenhorn

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    #28
    have you tried joomla? I think this is a great and simple CMS you can try!
    recommended CMS with many of feature ! :)
     
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  9. Blue Star Ent.

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    #29
    Wordpress is not a CMS - yet. :eek:

    Please view the post by "stevetsi". (click here)
     
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    #30
    Yeah, it's a pretty sweet powerful flexible CMS. Not many people seem to know too much about it but it's one of those CMSs that you can do amazing things with :eek:
     
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    #31
    wordpress nice CMS for beginner and pro webmaster
     
    Last edited: Feb 7, 2010
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    #33
    I will prefer you to go for Wordpress. Fairly simple and very easy. Also there is a room for expanding your website in future.
     
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    #34
    Thanks for recommending another CMS instead of just questioning why I wouldn't just use Wordpress like almost everyone else did.
     
    m0z70, Feb 8, 2010 IP
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    #35
    ya , word press is best in most of all CMS.
     
    gaurav17kumar, Feb 9, 2010 IP
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    #36
    For big business websites, I will say Joomla, Drupal or Xoops. For simple but professional websites, Wordpress is the best.
     
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    #37
    I guess I will need to say it with some bolder letters....


    Wordpress is not a CMS.

    (See post above.)
     
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    #38
    Whatever someone says in some other forum - Wordpress is skinnable, manages your content, has plugins/modules.

    In short: a SYSTEM that can be thrown up to MANAGE the CONTENT of a site in less than an hour.

    Maybe it misses something tech-specific, but this thread certainly wasn't about why Wordpress IS or ISN'T a CMS.

    And really, who cares anyway?


     
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    #39


    The same people who make your websites for you...:) If you do not care about details, why should they ? :eek:


    By the way, the guy making the post has worked with Joomla since it was Mambo... quite a few years. He has loads of experience. Much moreso than I with only two years worth. How about yourself ?
     
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    #40
    Who invited the stickler? :)

    I make my own websites and certainly do consider Wordpress a CMS. posted here to look for a simple CMS, not to argue about what a CMS is and whether Wordpress is a CMS. Pointless?


    One Extra Pixel
    , Smashing Magazine and Noupe certainly consider Wordpress a CMS.

    Anyway, let's move on. Thanks for your recommendations - I've tried, and was impressed with, Orbis - though the editor has issues in IE7 which isn't going to help me. I'm now looking further into CMS made simple and ModX.

    Thanks again to the useful commenters.
     
    m0z70, Feb 9, 2010 IP