I know from personal experience that when I begin a web project it’s so easy to choose a Content Management System (CMS) that I’m already familiar with. Even more so, it’s easy for me to reach for the popular choice that’s already well established. Many times this reasoning works the best. In the past, I’ve tinkered around with Drupal, Joomla and WordPress, amongst a few others. All of them have their own distinct advantages and disadvantages.
Recently, I’ve had a chance to give SilverStripe a test drive. While it’s not perfect, it is brilliantly developed and easy to use. In this post I’ll present 5 reasons why SilverStripe may be the best option for your next big project.
* The Community
* An MVC Approach
* The CMS is Very Customizable
* AJAX Style Site Tree
* Quick Learning Curve
Content Management Systems
Submitted by david on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 23:42
Content Management Systems or CMS systems are systems or frameworks designed to allow for easy creation and consumption of dynamic content. In some cases, this content is meant for external consumption such as a company website, while in other cases the system is primarily a document management system for providing easy access, cataloging and workflow of internal documents.
There is of course a bit of cross-over in these systems. Microsoft's Sharepoint is a great example.
It's strength's lie moreso in being an internal document management system for internal consumption. It of course can also be used for a company's external facing website, but that is not where it's strength's lie.
The breed of Open Source CMS systems for designing and maintaining websites these day's include:
Please bear with us as we work to get the Development Links section of translucent development up.
We will be bringing specific resources on Wordpress, Drupal, and Joomla online. From our own personal experience with the different CMS products, Wordpress is a strong contender if you are looking to create a basic website, include blogging and the like. There is a rich theming community there, and the UI is very easy to use. Moveable Type may also be something to take a look at in this space.
If you are looking to use extensive types of dynamic content and data and want to provide multiple views of your content and want your website to almost be an extranet, Drupal or Joomla may be the correct CMS for you. With a large development community, and modules that can do many of the tasks for you, these CMS systems help build out the "application" that is your website. They of course require more development knowledge, and aren't as friendly to use. Drupal in particular is less friendly, but it's well thought out user management and permissioning make's it the leader of the two in our book because it can grow with your needs.
Content Management Systems or CMS systems are systems or frameworks designed to allow for easy creation and consumption of dynamic content. In some cases, this content is meant for external consumption such as a company website, while in other cases the system is primarily a document management system for providing easy access, cataloging and workflow of internal documents.
There is of course a bit of cross-over in these systems. Microsoft's Sharepoint is a great example.
It's strength's lie moreso in being an internal document management system for internal consumption. It of course can also be used for a company's external facing website, but that is not where it's strength's lie.
The breed of Open Source CMS systems for designing and maintaining websites these day's include:
- Wordpress
- Drupal
- Joomla
Please bear with us as we work to get the Development Links section of translucent development up.
We will be bringing specific resources on Wordpress, Drupal, and Joomla online. From our own personal experience with the different CMS products, Wordpress is a strong contender if you are looking to create a basic website, include blogging and the like. There is a rich theming community there, and the UI is very easy to use. Moveable Type may also be something to take a look at in this space.
If you are looking to use extensive types of dynamic content and data and want to provide multiple views of your content and want your website to almost be an extranet, Drupal or Joomla may be the correct CMS for you. With a large development community, and modules that can do many of the tasks for you, these CMS systems help build out the "application" that is your website. They of course require more development knowledge, and aren't as friendly to use. Drupal in particular is less friendly, but it's well thought out user management and permissioning make's it the leader of the two in our book because it can grow with your needs.
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OpenPublish is a packaged distribution of the popular open source social publishing platform, Drupal, that has been tailored to the needs of today's online publishers. OpenPublish is ideal for the implementation of a variety of media outlets. Developed by Phase2 Technology with the support of Thomson Reuters, OpenPublish is designed to leverage the power of Drupal as a social publishing platform, integrate semantic web technologies, and incorporate best practices from existing publishing sites.CMSsocial media
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Which CMS is best to use. Well, I found that I was only able to give good answers to that question after trying top CMS platforms. But do you even know which ones are in the ring? Before you fight out CMS to CMS you need to know who the players are, and a little bit about that to exclude those who don't offer the features and functionality you are after. Need a general overview. Debating ease of use versus functionality. One language over another. What to know which ones are completely Open Source versus one ones have a pay-for-premium model. This article will help you dig into the most popular CMS systems out there.bloggingCMSsocial media
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"One of the first questions a client will ask you when you are tasked to develop a website is “how can I maintain it myself”. It used to be a very daunting prospect to build in functionality allowing a novice to update their own website. Today, the only difficult part is deciding which CMS you want to use. When it comes to content management systems (CMS) and publishing platforms, there are more than enough to choose from and it all depends on what exactly you are looking to do. While many CMS’s are overly complicated and require a certain level of technical expertise you may not have, there are a growing number of light, scalable and intuitive content management systems that will help you develop a dynamic website your client can update themselves."CMS
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"From many sides I hear that Drupal sites and themes are ugly, which is partly true, but I took a closer look at Drupal.org themes and handpicked 25 best designed Drupal 6 themes, to prove that Drupal can be beautiful even using standard themes that you can find on drupal.org website."drupal
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Drupal is great with not only its flexibility, but also with how easily it can be customized to your needs by adding a free module from drupal.org. However, it could be overwhelming for beginners to find the modules that best fit their needs. Therefore, here is a little help.drupal
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Drupal 6 offers built-in actions that can be performed whenever something happens on your site. Typically, you want to use this to get an alert when someone publishes content on the site, or a new user signs up. You might even want to mimic WordPress and get an email alert every time someone leaves a comment on the site. I’m going to show you how to set this up for your site.drupal
