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Hi,
I am helping a friend set up a website and manage it using a CMS software. The ISP provides Cpanel with the following CMS softwares. The idea is to set him up with one thats really easy to configure, maintain and ease of use. There are so many CMS softwares that I am not sure which to use. I use to develop a long time ago so would appreciate if anyone here can help me decide:
Drupal
Geeklog
Joomla 1.5
Joomla
Mambo
PHP-Nuke
phpWCMS
phpWebSite
Post-Nuke
Siteframe
TYPO3
Xoops
I had heard that WordPress was good and easy but the ISP does not provide it.
Thanks for the suggestions,
SG
I am helping a friend set up a website and manage it using a CMS software. The ISP provides Cpanel with the following CMS softwares. The idea is to set him up with one thats really easy to configure, maintain and ease of use. There are so many CMS softwares that I am not sure which to use. I use to develop a long time ago so would appreciate if anyone here can help me decide:
Drupal
Geeklog
Joomla 1.5
Joomla
Mambo
PHP-Nuke
phpWCMS
phpWebSite
Post-Nuke
Siteframe
TYPO3
Xoops
I had heard that WordPress was good and easy but the ISP does not provide it.
Thanks for the suggestions,
SG
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Hi Ben,
Thanks. and what about the learning curve? is it easy to setup web pages with content using joomla? I heard that it could be quite a challenge for newcomers. Since I will be helping my friend on the side and have very little time to devote to his project, kinda aware of diving in and getting stuck ! :)
TIA,
sg
Thanks. and what about the learning curve? is it easy to setup web pages with content using joomla? I heard that it could be quite a challenge for newcomers. Since I will be helping my friend on the side and have very little time to devote to his project, kinda aware of diving in and getting stuck ! :)
TIA,
sg
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As Pearl export Ben said
Joomla all the way,
I devellop myself several small and currently worknig on a big website with ecommerce inside.
Any Cms will have a learning curve but in you read the big line in the joomla manual before diving
head first and maybe get lost, you will be more then suprise of what you can do with little knowledge
of this product,
There is also a chance that like me if you like devellopping website that you will want to dive deeper in
joomla and learn couple of extra stuff that will render more beautyfull website.
I wish you good luck and "dont worry all, be happy" :-)
Hope this help choosing
Maxime
Joomla all the way,
I devellop myself several small and currently worknig on a big website with ecommerce inside.
Any Cms will have a learning curve but in you read the big line in the joomla manual before diving
head first and maybe get lost, you will be more then suprise of what you can do with little knowledge
of this product,
There is also a chance that like me if you like devellopping website that you will want to dive deeper in
joomla and learn couple of extra stuff that will render more beautyfull website.
I wish you good luck and "dont worry all, be happy" :-)
Hope this help choosing
Maxime
Examples of websites I've developed using Joomla CMS:
http://www.peachcroftcc.org
http://www.monkey-boy.co.uk
http://www.itsourspecialday.co.uk
http://www.protocolit.co.uk
Feel free to register on itsourspecialday.co.uk - i need more users :P
The longest development was protocolIT which took under 3 hours to develop.
Ben :)