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Old 05-13-2007, 09:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

I tried Joomla and got bored with it as it had many things it needed added to get it where I wanted it and moving content around was not as easy at it should be.

Is there anything out there that anyone has found that would be better?

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Old 05-13-2007, 11:53 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

Sorry I don't agree. I have been using Joomla for a while, and need to do my own programming here and there, however, overall, I don't think there is anything close.
You might try looking at Drupal, here is a comparison link, with lots of other links -
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Old 05-13-2007, 01:33 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

I have had several tell me Limbo but I have not been able to get it to load properly.

I have used Joomla and it is a steeper learning curve. And I know exactly the frustration when adding or moving content.

Others have told me WordPress and Drupal are the way to go. I have not personally tried them but do plan to.
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Old 05-13-2007, 01:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

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The learning curve is what slows me down with Joomla, I don't want to learn too much, I just and want an easy way to create and monitor content sites instead of seperate sites for each one.

I will check drupal and limbo, ty.

My issue is I want something with wizards to make it simple, I don't want to be a high end designer or developer.


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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

... and for the record, it doesn't have to be open source if someone knows a great commercial product.

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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

WordPress is a Blog, and it's very simple and easy to use, however, I would not confuse it with a CMS.

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The learning curve is what slows me down with Joomla, I don't want to learn too much, I just and want an easy way to create and monitor content sites instead of seperate sites for each one.
I had the same frustration, but I've found out that sometimes simplicity is at the cost of other factors.

Drupal's plus seems to be the multi-site factor.
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

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WordPress is a Blog, and it's very simple and easy to use, however, I would not confuse it with a CMS.
It was designed and intended to be a blog but I have seen some spectacular full featured, rich content, auto updating sites using WordPress. Plus, many fabulous free and available templates.

That may perhaps be next on my list to learn as so many have told me how flexible and easy it is.

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The learning curve is what slows me down with Joomla, I don't want to learn too much, I just and want an easy way to create and monitor content sites instead of seperate sites for each one.
I am by no means a programmer or developer. The Joomla format did very much meet my needs.

As for commercial products, I used to use Microsoft FrontPage and MS Publisher. This was very limiting and restrictive to the machine it was loaded on.

CMS and Joomla offered so much flexiblility and the ability to log in from any computer in the world and update and make changes. It was absolutely exciting for me to see changes in real time rather than having to wait until I got home to the desktop.
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It was designed and intended to be a blog but I have seen some spectacular full featured, rich content, auto updating sites using WordPress. Plus, many fabulous free and available templates.

That may perhaps be next on my list to learn as so many have told me how flexible and easy it is.
Here's an autoupdating WP site of mine - http://convertcd.com/
Yes quite simple.
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Here's an autoupdating WP site of mine - http://convertcd.com/
Yes quite simple.
Very nice and thus the reason for the decision to learn this format.

Simple and feature rich is what I am after.
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Old 05-13-2007, 05:04 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

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... and for the record, it doesn't have to be open source if someone knows a great commercial product.

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If joomla or mambo is not on your level of expection. You may try tomoye, a commercial version. I know a some local goverment websites that use this cms, check it out.

My www.king.net is powered by joomla latest release. Of course, heavily customized to use for my other domains such as www.commerces.com, www.kismetwireless.com, www.GPSdrive.com etc.

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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

ditto I think Wordpress is amazing CMS even thought most people think it's for blogs..
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

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If joomla or mambo is not on your level of expection. You may try tomoye, a commercial version. I know a some local goverment websites that use this cms, check it out.

My www.king.net is powered by joomla latest release. Of course, heavily customized to use for my other domains such as www.commerces.com, www.kismetwireless.com, www.GPSdrive.com etc.
Obvious mastery of Joomla. Very impressive sites. Have been told that Mambo is outdated and almost obsolete thanks to Joomla.

Would like a link to tomoye. Did a search and numerous returns so I want to be sure to end up at the right place.

Sorry to jump in your thread -=DCG=-, but I am also interested in learning as much as I can and help shorten that learning curve.
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

No problem, jump in wherever you want, this is precisely why I created these sections.

Thanks to all that provided info, I have lots of reading to do.

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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

Im also quite happy with wordpress, but I always prefer a custom cms.
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

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WordPress is a Blog, and it's very simple and easy to use, however, I would not confuse it with a CMS.
a CMS is, by definition, anything that manages content, which a blog does. and, as of wordpress 2.0, you can make wordpress not look like a blog and do everything that drupal can do... it'll take some customization though.
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

I've tried several cms and not happy with how much i have to educate myself when in fact I'm looking for "plug and play".

That said, ive tried wordpress on non-blog sites and its been quite a pleasure with its ease of use.

If your considering wordpress Adam, shoot me a pm and i'll show you a few of my wordpress sites.
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

I have been playing with drupal and can say it's much easier than joomla, wordpress will be my next attempt, but drupal is really easy.

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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

I might just check drupal out as well. I've never even heard of it untill now.

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Checking out drupal I'm liking what I see enough to download and install to possibly use instead of the recent sites I launched with wordpress. It reminds me alot of wordpress with some extras.

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I have been playing with drupal and can say it's much easier than joomla, wordpress will be my next attempt, but drupal is really easy.

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That's encouraging. As mentioned, Joomla can be intimidating to jump in.

Do you have or do you think you need much programming experience with Drupal?
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Re: Easiest most flexible CMS to use?

Drupal is defintely good for quick sites. It does lack the power of Joomla if you want to take it further though - there are some great modules for Joomla - but it has to be the least intuitive product around..

Not trying to push my own sites, but I launched www.SciFiCentral.com a few days ago if you're interested in what Joomla can do
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