Suggest me a free CMS

ashthedivx · 4th April 2008, 11:20

If you are on a trial run sessions, do give a try to "Mambo".

Mamboserver.com - Home

tsk1979 · 4th April 2008, 11:25

Joomla is a fork out of mambo, so they are supposedly very similar.
I am looking at moodle.
From the feature list it looks good.

I will also try drupal 6.1 and see where have they gotten upto.

whew choices choices choices.
Choosing a distro is so simple

tsk1979 · 5th April 2008, 08:52

Installed both Drupal 6 and Joomla!
Joomla! is slick, but a little crytic.
Breadcrumb is only 2, and for little things you need to go hack the CSS file, and it lacks structure a bit.
But the good looks compensate for what is actually a pretty average product.
On the other hand drupal 6 is complicated powerful and very well structures, but looks as good as the rear end of Sus scrofa domestica.
Some theme work is needed I guess

GTO · 5th April 2008, 16:30

Did you try Subdreamer yet?

srikat · 5th April 2008, 17:35

tsk: Check out Home - OpenSourceCMS and Drupal Wins Overall 2007 Open Source CMS Award

greenhorn · 5th April 2008, 17:55

i use the sky theme for my drupal 5 install. its drupal 6 version is broken right now tho :(

srijit · 7th April 2008, 11:38

if you want your site to look good, go for Joomla. If you are a good programmer + themer, or if you have access to one, go for Drupal

Joomla is much easier than Drupal to learn and setup, IMHO. But the real winning point for me is the number of gorgeous templates that are available for Joomla. You have got JoomlaShack, JoomlArt, RocketThemes, YooTheme, JoomlaJunkie, and many many more. Unfortunately, most Drupal themes dont look as good. And clients dont want to know technical aspects of a site. All they want is for their site to look good.

tsk1979 · 7th April 2008, 12:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTO

Did you try Subdreamer yet?

I looked at the demo. I liked Joomla/Drupal better

Quote:

Originally Posted by srijit

if you want your site to look good, go for Joomla. If you are a good programmer + themer, or if you have access to one, go for Drupal

Joomla is much easier than Drupal to learn and setup, IMHO. But the real winning point for me is the number of gorgeous templates that are available for Joomla. You have got JoomlaShack, JoomlArt, RocketThemes, YooTheme, JoomlaJunkie, and many many more. Unfortunately, most Drupal themes dont look as good. And clients dont want to know technical aspects of a site. All they want is for their site to look good.

Yup, Joomla sure looks good.
But I am the programmer, I am the installer. Its me me me.
And I don't like editing css files for changing the header image or small layout changes.
The Joomla thing lacks structure, and makes up for it in eye candy.
I think I will run both for a while, parallel site maintenance, and then dump one of them.
As of now its drupal all the way, who know I may go ahead with something else altogether someday.

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tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	Joomla is a fork out of mambo, so they are supposedly very similar. I am looking at moodle. From the feature list it looks good. I will also try drupal 6.1 and see where have they gotten upto. whew choices choices choices. Choosing a distro is so simple
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5th April 2008, 08:52	#18
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	Installed both Drupal 6 and Joomla! Joomla! is slick, but a little crytic. Breadcrumb is only 2, and for little things you need to go hack the CSS file, and it lacks structure a bit. But the good looks compensate for what is actually a pretty average product. On the other hand drupal 6 is complicated powerful and very well structures, but looks as good as the rear end of Sus scrofa domestica. Some theme work is needed I guess
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greenhorn Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,745 Thanked: 4,401 Times View My Garage	i use the sky theme for my drupal 5 install. its drupal 6 version is broken right now tho :(
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srijit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 598 Thanked: 8 Times	if you want your site to look good, go for Joomla. If you are a good programmer + themer, or if you have access to one, go for Drupal Joomla is much easier than Drupal to learn and setup, IMHO. But the real winning point for me is the number of gorgeous templates that are available for Joomla. You have got JoomlaShack, JoomlArt, RocketThemes, YooTheme, JoomlaJunkie, and many many more. Unfortunately, most Drupal themes dont look as good. And clients dont want to know technical aspects of a site. All they want is for their site to look good.
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