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jingle · 19-05-2006, 04:12

Hey y'all - I'm really desperate for some good advice on what I should do here...

I've been designing sites for 6 years, and now I'm going freelance full time things have changed since the last time I was responsible for a full site

Ye olde static doesn't cut it, but while my CSS etc. is fine, I'm really at a loose end when it comes to a CMS, hooking it up to databases and my code etc.

Could anyone recommend a good standards based CMS I could handle? I can find my way around and understand php and javascript but I'm at ground floor really.

I see a lot of people running smaller sites off wordpress, is this worth checking out even? Sounds like a stupid question even but any help would be appreciated, I feel pretty off the pace all of a sudden.

cheers

J

cam · 19-05-2006, 04:57

Wordpress was really designed as a blogging engine, but at the end of the day it is just a CMS with templates that you can customise as you see fit. Easiest way to decide if it's what you want is to go along to opensourcecms and try it out for yourself:

http://www.opensourcecms.com/

shangjay · 25-05-2006, 07:55

Ecms (php) website is WWW.PHOME.NET
sorry ,my english is poor

bvdb · 25-05-2006, 12:58

haha we can't read chinese ::p

b v · 26-05-2006, 19:15

Another popular CMS system is Joomla (aka Mambo)

http://www.joomla.org/

pgo · 26-05-2006, 22:15

I've been using www.cmsmadesimple.com - it's quite good, but not without its problems. Of course, like any tool, a CMS is only as good as the person using it.

Dusteh · 27-05-2006, 07:32

PGO and I are becoming the CMSMadeSimple crew on this forum it seems

If you only want to build small to medium straightforward site then CMSMS is brilliant, it outputs nice clean W3C compliant code and is a joy to use. As far as I can see it is better than Wordpress.

Avoid Mambo/Joomla if standards compliance is your aim.

pgo · 27-05-2006, 10:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dusteh

it outputs nice clean W3C compliant code

Compliant, but not without its problems. It's free, though. I can't complain too much.

Red Cap · 27-05-2006, 19:24

text pattern is a fine CMS, works well with standards

wazzupflow · 01-06-2006, 00:28

aye Textpattern is my cms of choice.

19-05-2006, 04:12	#1 (permalink)
jingle Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 75	CSS to CMS woes Hey y'all - I'm really desperate for some good advice on what I should do here... I've been designing sites for 6 years, and now I'm going freelance full time things have changed since the last time I was responsible for a full site Ye olde static doesn't cut it, but while my CSS etc. is fine, I'm really at a loose end when it comes to a CMS, hooking it up to databases and my code etc. Could anyone recommend a good standards based CMS I could handle? I can find my way around and understand php and javascript but I'm at ground floor really. I see a lot of people running smaller sites off wordpress, is this worth checking out even? Sounds like a stupid question even but any help would be appreciated, I feel pretty off the pace all of a sudden. cheers J

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shangjay sorry,my english is poor. Join Date: May 2006 Location: beijing,china Posts: 6	Ecms (php) website is WWW.PHOME.NET sorry ,my english is poor

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bvdb THEPRODUKT Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Netherlands, Tilburg Posts: 11	haha we can't read chinese ::p

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b v Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 462	Another popular CMS system is Joomla (aka Mambo) http://www.joomla.org/

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pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	I've been using www.cmsmadesimple.com - it's quite good, but not without its problems. Of course, like any tool, a CMS is only as good as the person using it.

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,828	PGO and I are becoming the CMSMadeSimple crew on this forum it seems If you only want to build small to medium straightforward site then CMSMS is brilliant, it outputs nice clean W3C compliant code and is a joy to use. As far as I can see it is better than Wordpress. Avoid Mambo/Joomla if standards compliance is your aim.

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Red Cap senior member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: auckland, nz Posts: 274	text pattern is a fine CMS, works well with standards

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wazzupflow Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 33	aye Textpattern is my cms of choice.

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