Content management systems

[Urban Ranger]

Has anybody used a FOSS content management system such as Drupal or XOOPS? I am looking for something that are:

1. Based on LAMP (Linux, Apahe, MySQL, PHP)
2. Doesn't need a lot of configuration to put it into production
3. Handles Unicode and multi-byte characters

Do you have any recommendations? Thanks.

[Bill3000]

Mind if I ask what exactly is a CMS?

[VetLegion]

I use e107 (www.e107.org) and it works very good.

[Urban Ranger]

Basically a CMS is a suite of programs that let you concentrate on adding contents (articles, photos, etc.) to your website without programming. Many are very complicated and handle loads of things such as blogs, RSS feeds, forums, etc.

Of course, nobody knows what exactly a CMS is. It is just slightly less fuzzy than ERP.

[VetLegion]

There is a great site at http://opensourcecms.com/ where you can test different systems and see which suits you best. I highly recommend it.

[Ted Striker]

Hey thanks for the link.

I've been looking at that too.

[Ted Striker]

dotproject was the BOMB but then a new team came in and totally changed it around into some new project with an entire new interface that sucks balls.

The orignal interface looked like Outlook and had an intutive feel too it.

I think some Linux geek was just upset that it looked too much like Microsoft product.

ZOMG not Microsoft!!!

[Urban Ranger]

Great link. Thanks Vet.

[Immortal Wombat]

Real men write their own CMS.

[Urban Ranger]

Go away, you

[Asher]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Real men write their own CMS.

QFT. Urban Ranger isn't a coder though, he's an IT monkey. Why innovate when you can duplicate.

That said, there are lots of good CMS out there. I'm surprised people still are on the PHP bandwagon, the industry is heading elsewhere.

[VetLegion]

Writing own CMS is duplicating work. No programmer whose time is worth something will repeat what has already been done very well. Better do something you enjoy or something you can sell instead.

[Mercator]

Originally posted by Asher
That said, there are lots of good CMS out there. I'm surprised people still are on the PHP bandwagon, the industry is heading elsewhere.

Oh? Where *is* it heading? AJAX? But that doesn't replace server-side scripting, does it?

(I'm not really following things too closely)

[Gangerolf]

Re: Content management systems

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Has anybody used a FOSS content management system such as Drupal or XOOPS? I am looking for something that are:

1. Based on LAMP (Linux, Apahe, MySQL, PHP)
2. Doesn't need a lot of configuration to put it into production
3. Handles Unicode and multi-byte characters

Do you have any recommendations? Thanks.

I didn't know you spoke Greek

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Writing own CMS is duplicating work. No programmer whose time is worth something will repeat what has already been done very well. Better do something you enjoy or something you can sell instead.

QFT.

Don't mind Asher. He has been desperately trying to show that he is, um, "superior."