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Hi all I have been working without a CMS for some time now, but things are becoming untenable. I am looking for a light-weight CMS on Linux-MySQL-PHP. In this forum ...
  1. 05-12-2005 #1
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    Selecting a suitable CMS

    Hi all

    I have been working without a CMS for some time now, but things are becoming untenable. I am looking for a light-weight CMS on Linux-MySQL-PHP. In this forum people speak of XOOPS and phpNuke generally, but can I find a comprehensive list or site that mentions the advantages and disadvantages of scrutinized CMSs somewhere?

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    I find this website more to my liking when it concerns sources : http://www.hotscripts.com/

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    Hmm, I have tried Drupal and MamboCMS, both are nice, but I like Mambo more.
    http://www.drupal.org/
    http://www.mamboserver.com/
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    Thanks to all.

    jvx: I have heard of Mambo and Drupal before, but deemed them too big for my purposes. I have downloaded both and they seem to be rather small nonetheless, so they are on my list now. I just would not like to have a portal system of which I use only 1% of inbred functionality.

    On a more general note: given the proliferation of CMS and data driven websites in general, it is surprising to see that so few sites are dedicated to this subject. Testimony tucows, sourceforge, hotscripts. Very useful sites indeed, but near impossible to make an informed, comparative decision.

    Any thoughts on why this would be? How does one CMS stand out above another? Why are there still developers creating CMSs, most are for free anyway?

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    http://e107.org/

    No need to look any farther.

    If you still have doubt: http://www.opensourcecms.com/ allows you to view various CMS's both as a user, and as an admin.
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    Someone did a marvelous thing there! That website opensourcecms.org is excellent.
    What would be good is a feature-by-feature breakdown of each submitted CMS, but it comes very close to that as users are able to browse and demo the offerings.

    My question still remains though, and possibly more suited for another thread, why are there so many CMSs and (how) do developers earn a living from them?

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    Different people need different things, that's honestly the best reason there are so many CMS's.

    Up until about 3-4 months ago, e107 was developed by just one person, with obvious code submissions from the community.
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    Hi septor

    Your argumentation makes sense, but if so many CMSs are Open Source, any self-respecting programmer would not think twice of creating its own version. Linux distros after all are variations around the same kernel too.

    Thanks everyone for your consideration; I decided to go for Xaraya, being a fork of PostNuke (http://www.postnuke.com) and PHPNuke (http://www.phpnuke.org), sufficiently flexible for customisation and a wide community support.

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    For the record, I have found an even more comprehensive source:
    http://www.cmsmatrix.org/

    Hope this helps


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