Comments on: Reader Input: Picking A CMS – Part 4

By: sanjeev jha

sanjeev jha — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:41:09 +0000

Nice article.But i will suggest indigloo for power mixed with simplicity.Indigloo website builder is a browser based website creator which has power of cms systems like drupal, joomla. You can create your website for free in 3 minutes.Indigloo provides advanced features like standard grid system to divide areas,power to move contents over one another,ability to create multilevel menus,Place holder for meta tags and keywords for each page etc.

http://www.indigloo.com

By: George

George — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:42:48 +0000

You should look into Osmek. Its a new kind of cms built for developers but designed for their clients. Instead of having to install a whole application and configure a database, its a Saas web application where you access your content via an API. Its a revolutionizing idea, you should check it out.

By: The problem

The problem — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:59:43 +0000

We need updates pleeease

By: Kevin Lloyd

Kevin Lloyd — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:21:04 +0000

Very good point Andy, and I have thought about it. For my purposes, I would NOT be opening up the admin section to clients. I would only give my clients permission to modify “content”. And the fact that there are some admin themes that allow you to customize SOME of the back end to the user’s need.

Thanks for the comments though.

By: Andy Walpole

Andy Walpole — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:18:53 +0000

That’s a pretty solid review of Drupal. I’ve used Drupal 6 to create a ton of sites. The biggest problem though that I have with Drupal 6 is the appalling usability of the administration backend. This should though be sorted for Drupal 7, but the idea of creating a site with Drupal 6 and expecting a client to master the admin section is laughable. It is for this reason that I’m going to spend time investigating Silverstripe as I’ve being reliably informed that their UX is really pretty sharp.
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By: Kevin Lloyd

Kevin Lloyd — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:36:05 +0000

Don’t forgot I also added Wordpress to my final list

By: Kevin Lloyd

Kevin Lloyd — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:24:42 +0000

So, I did take a quick look at CMS Made Simple again. These are the reasons why it’s a no-go for me:

Not very popular – Limited access and support for modules and themes
Smarty Templating – Just a personal preference that I don’t like
Templates In the CMS – That’s a huge problem for me. I’m used to editing my templates myself in an external editor with syntax highlighting. I understand that some may like this flexibility, but as a developer it’s the opposite way to how I work.

I’ve found These comments have also been helpful.

By: Guilherme

Guilherme — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:32:01 +0000

You forgot about CMs Made Simple.. try it out.

By: John Fiala

John Fiala — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:03:38 +0000

Well, as a Drupal developer, I think you made the right choice!

By: Nik

Nik — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:03:16 +0000

Although I am old fan of Joomla, I should give a try with Drupal after your post
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