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Best CMS for someone with programming/db development experience

I have been a programmer (VB) and database developer (Access, SQL) for many years. I am turning my hand to web development. I understand PHP and MySQL but I am no means an expert in either. I can carefully tinker with existing code but that is all I really want to have to do.

I have built a few sites directly from html, css and jquery and now I am aware that a CMS may make things a little easier because they big picture features like comments, articles, blogs and forums.

I have done some online courses in Drupal because it is supposedly suited to programmers but it strikes me now as fairly clunky and the sites I have developed with it are solid but a little dated looking.

Given Drupal is free it has probably been a good option to trial but with a good review here I would be happy to part with some of my hard-earned.

Most of the sites on my to-do list are primarily about ecommerce but I need the flexibility to store extra fields in all entities and used these fields in complicated discount and pricing rules. Having the other options (comments/blog/forums) at the tick of a box I imagine will also handy.

Finally, speed is a major issue as is the ability to use attractive features like transparent pop up forms, scrolling galleries etc.

Any suggestions for the next CMS I should learn,

Thanks for your time, Neil

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Scott Fell

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Panagiotis S

why to invent again the wheel !!!!

try one of the popular cms like (joomla, wordpress ...)
for ecommerce i also suggest magento

with all the above you can design anything you want there are no limitations (you can have a look to the commercial templates all )

offshorewindinwinter

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thanks panaglotiss ... I am trying Drupal ... what is your recommendation of what to try next?

I have read about magento ... I got the feeling is was primarily an ecommerce solution. Do you combine it with a cms of your choice?

which is the fastest cms + ecommerce solution (this is how customers are tending to choose)

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madunix

We use Drupal, but you can find other CMS: Alfresco, CMS Made Simple, Documentum, Drupal, e107, Joomla, Liferay, Mambo, Plone, Silva, TYPO3, WordPress

offshorewindinwinter

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Thanks for the list madunix and some reassurance that there are happy drupal users "out there".

Have you got a minute to address my 2nd Drupal quesiton

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27292306/Drupal-7-set-up-link-from-node-to-a-view-with-contextual-filter.html

Cheers, Neil

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