Witch CMS for this site?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by kalle437, Jan 8, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Hello!
    I have planned to make a niche website with some articles and guides. I would like it to have a menu at the left side with categories, a header made by text, and at the end of the article, a related articles box.

    Witch CMS do you recomend for this?

    Thanks,
    Kalle :)
     
    kalle437, Jan 8, 2007 IP
  2. EJRaven

    EJRaven Active Member

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    Please visit opensourcecms to review which cms you want to use.
     
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  3. kalle437

    kalle437 Peon

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    It is quite hard for me to find a good CMS among 20 of them, with no experience. Does any of you have experience with one CMS that you could recomend, it would be good if it had a simple layout.

    Another related question that I forgot: Witch one is most SEO friendly?

    Kalle:)
     
    kalle437, Jan 8, 2007 IP
  4. ryan_uk

    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    #4
    to be honest, you're best reading some reviews and trying demos. Which CMS is best for you (at least to start off with) will depend upon your skills, not only your needs.

    Joomla is quite simple (although not as SEO-friendly as drupal), although its admin interface is not the most user-friendly, but if you have little (or no) skills with managing a website, html/php/css/javascript then you may be better off finding a simpler CMS. Also, for your needs, Joomla is probably too much right now.
     
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    Austars Active Member

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    That's true, I couldn't stand Joomla. It was so difficult to truly customize. However, it would probably be fine for the OP.
     
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    kalle437 Peon

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    That was my opinion about Joomla too, too much. Well, I will have to try some demos and read some reveiws. Thanks!
     
    kalle437, Jan 8, 2007 IP
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    Zoomla is good ..
     
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    phpcow.com seems really good for article, news publishing CMS
     
    cmstom, Jan 9, 2007 IP
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    blue_angel Well-Known Member

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    With xoops you can do many thinks If you need help pm
     
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    phpcow new version is great and can be moded for SEO
     
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    Joomla is what you need ;)
     
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    Hi kalle437,
    I have experience with sNews CMS and that's what I could recommend.
    It is very simple but powerful, it does have a simple layout, it is SEO friendly and is also template independent.

    It will easily satisfy all your needs and you will only need to mod it for it to have that related articles box you need. There is a mod on Solucija Forum that does something similar and would just have to be adjusted to show the result in a way you want it, meaning the most of the coding for the mod you need is done and if you don't have experience with PHP, ask for help at the Solucija forum where I'm sure somebody will help you - it might even be me if I manage to find some time these days...
     
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    010081 Banned

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    go for xoops its has it all you want.
     
    010081, Jan 16, 2007 IP