Simple Content Management System (CMS)

Hello,

I am looking for a simple content management system to implement on a
UNIX server. It doesn't need to have very many bells and whistles. It
is for someone with no knowledge of HTML to be able to edit their
8-page informational site and to be able to easily add links and update
their news page. It can be PHP or CGI, or anything else that would work
with a simple HTML (or PHP) web site. I have looked around at both. It
seems like a lot of the PHP CMS systems are much more than what I need.
I used a CMS a couple of years ago called EditTag that was CGI-based,
but that was very clunky and sometimes didn't do what I needed it to
do. I have looked at Bricolage and FCKeditor, as well as a few others
within the past week, but those seem like so much more than what I
need. It doesn't have to be free if it's good. I will pay up to $100
for a good, simple system.

I am somewhat new to CMS, so please bear with me! I hope someone has
some suggestions. Thanks!

"Angela" <angelarohner (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in
news:1111702671.426557.120410 (AT) o13g2000cwo (DOT) googlegroups.com:

Hello,

I am looking for a simple content management system to
implement on a UNIX server. It doesn't need to have very
many bells and whistles. It is for someone with no
knowledge of HTML to be able to edit their 8-page
informational site and to be able to easily add links and
update their news page. It can be PHP or CGI, or anything
else that would work with a simple HTML (or PHP) web site.
I have looked around at both. It seems like a lot of the
PHP CMS systems are much more than what I need. I used a
CMS a couple of years ago called EditTag that was
CGI-based, but that was very clunky and sometimes didn't do
what I needed it to do. I have looked at Bricolage and
FCKeditor, as well as a few others within the past week,
but those seem like so much more than what I need. It
doesn't have to be free if it's good. I will pay up to $100
for a good, simple system.

I am somewhat new to CMS, so please bear with me! I hope
someone has some suggestions. Thanks!

There are many fine products out there, I would suggest that
you first see what options your hosting provider offers. If
none, and that is unlikely, then look at the links bellow..
Visit the sites, read the docs, look at the demo, if there,
and then decide.

http://www.opensourcecms.com is a site that reviews many of
the packages out there, so this would be a good starting
point.

I personally am developing sites using
http://www.xoops.org which is quite substantial, but
reasonably easy to master and use. If you decide to use
XOOPS and want to develop locally (then upload) then there is
also the option of downloading a full WAMP+XOOPS development
environment (if you are using Windows).
http://xsas.sourceforge.net/

Then there is phpCMS, much simpler, but can be effective for
more limited sites.
http://www.phpcms.de/index.en.html

Good luck..

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Angela wrote:

I am looking for a simple content management system to implement on a
UNIX server. It doesn't need to have very many bells and whistles. It
is for someone with no knowledge of HTML to be able to edit their
8-page informational site and to be able to easily add links and update
their news page.

I've had good luck with Mambo: http://www.mamboserver.com/

It has some bells and whistles, but you don't need to use them all. I've
used it to quickly set up and maintain sites for small businesses,
non-profits, etc. There's a bit of learning curve involved, but not
nearly as much as for one of the larger CMS products, such as TYPO3.
Mambo is PHP-based and has a rather large user/developer community
with forums, template libraries, etc. -- very helpful when getting
started.

Mike


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Thank you all for your suggestions. I am going to look at the web sites
you have recommended! )

I am somewhat new to CMS, so please bear with me! I hope someone has
some suggestions. Thanks!

Hi,
I am confused as to exactly what CMS can be used to accomplish. I do have
dreamweaver, and use the dynamic templating system, which updates all pages
at once. Is cms similar, or server side assembly, or what?

I'm considering learning server-side dynamic page authoring via php, but I
honestly don't have any need for such a thing at this point. My hosting
provider does not provide server side cgi/php etc, and I'm wondering how to
get around this, if I am going to try my hand at it.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
geo

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
geo

After wading through the mud and the muck, I may have it. CMS appears to
be software, installed on a server, to manage online content, using only a
web browser. Some such cms software allows building and publishing of web
pages and sites, using only the CMS software via your browser.

Any suggestions appreciated.

geo

"Surely" <surely (AT) nospam (DOT) tv> wrote

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
geo



After wading through the mud and the muck, I may have it. CMS appears to
be software, installed on a server, to manage online content, using only a
web browser. Some such cms software allows building and publishing of web
pages and sites, using only the CMS software via your browser.

Any suggestions appreciated.

geo

That's pretty much it. PhpNuke, CPGNuke, Mambo, TYPO3 etc.

After wading through the mud and the muck, I may have it. CMS appears to
be software, installed on a server, to manage online content, using only a
web browser. Some such cms software allows building and publishing of web
pages and sites, using only the CMS software via your browser.

Any suggestions appreciated.

That's pretty much it. PhpNuke, CPGNuke, Mambo, TYPO3 etc.

I make changes to my website offline and then upload the changes to my
server via FTP. What advantages does a CMS have over that method?

M.L. wrote:

After wading through the mud and the muck, I may have it. CMS appears to
be software, installed on a server, to manage online content, using only a
web browser. Some such cms software allows building and publishing of web
pages and sites, using only the CMS software via your browser.

Any suggestions appreciated.


That's pretty much it. PhpNuke, CPGNuke, Mambo, TYPO3 etc.


I make changes to my website offline and then upload the changes to my
server via FTP. What advantages does a CMS have over that method?

Somebody asked this on another group. I think the answer is, a CMS has
several purposes. It might allow non-HTML users to create web pages
that look consistent and more professional than most of us will ever do
using HTML et al. by ourselves. For example, a sales department could
edit the Sales page, and wouldn't have to worry about the logo, the
buttons down the side, or other features that appear on every page of
the corporate web site. For a more advanced user, I found CMS's that do
things like creating buttons for links on the fly (instead of opening
another separate graphics program, for example).

I'm interested in trying one. I only have a few pages up at my own site
(www.techlanguage.com) and I want to add about 6 more, while keeping the
same look and at the same time keeping it flexible so that I can change
the content quickly. At the rate I'm going it will take a l-o-o-o-n-g time.

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I only have a few pages up at my own site
(www.techlanguage.com) and I want to add about 6 more, while keeping
the same look and at the same time keeping it flexible so that I can
change the content quickly. At the rate I'm going it will take a
l-o-o-o-n-g time.

You'll shave a lot of time off if you stop using tables for layout and let
CSS handle it. You would also do better to use semantic markup, use
headings instead of presentational markup. Make a template, and use
includes for the menu. Since you're on Apache, use PHP.

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