Perch CMS
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- doctor
Does anybody have any experience with Perch? Looks really simple and quick to setup. Is it worth the money, I wonder?
- canuck0
looks like cushycms
- doctor0
Maybe a little smoother than Cushy though. You don't have to change your mark-up with Perch (adding HTML classes etc.).
And it looks like Cushy runs on a remote server(?), whereas Perch runs locally, which might be an advantage, given you don't mind a tiny bit of setup.
- Dancer0
Drew said he is going to set up a Demo environment, I am yet to see it though.
- falcadia0
Looking pretty cool to me. Might have to give it a try on a project.
- Dancer0
BTW doctor, how did you find out about it?
- doctor0
I'm also considering taking Perch for a spin, though I'm more of an Open Source kinda guy. :-)
Dancer: I learned about Perch from Jon Hicks, http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk
- lukus_W0
Is there any point is paying for CMS .. you pay a small price - but you're tied to the reach of the owner's enthusiasm and their desire to solve your problems. Once you've paid.. are they really likely to care that much?
- lukus_W0
I heard that modx is a good straightforward CMS, but I haven't used it for a project yet
- doctor0
lukus_W: That is pretty much why I'm asking if it's worth the money. :-)
Tons of other (free) CMS's out there, but this one seems extra light weight and simple in it's design, compared to most of them. But I can only judge it from its packaging, which isn't very sufficient.
- Dancer0
lukus_W, I do not have a problem with paying a small fee, after all it was hard work and time that were used to create it. It is more worth while for them to invest and develop Perch as it good be an alternative and worthwhile revenue stream. Plus I imagine the support is very good. Bit like Expression Engine.
- Once they have their money - they will most likely loose interest and move on to something else, imolukus_W
- doctor0
Yes, vendor support... There's always that.
BUT has anybody tried Perch for real? Share your insights, please! :)
- shakingpaper0
I had a play with a test version and found it quite good - am going to use it for small jobs as the interface is dead simple and I don't have to create a bunch of templates.
- welded0
I like the looks of and will certainly keep it in mind for smaller projects.
- forcetwelve0
so if you buy it do you install the files on your server? or does it stay with them like cushy?
- itsmitch0
This looks fantastic, exactly what I was looking for ... except ... it seems like they want a fee for each client (server) I use it on. I'm more than willing to pay for the license - just not over and over again. I've e-mailed the company for clarification but it seems that the steep fee is per server. For the cost of paying $57/client I use this on, I might as well just pay a developer to create my own version.
- true datforcetwelve
- You'd pay a developer $57 dollars to build you a CMS?welded
- Wait, I see. Still, the point remains: if this does the job it's still cheaper than me. ;)welded
- slappy0
This looks pretty cool, I might give it a bash for a new client site Im building.
- kelpie0
how does this thing work? to what extent will it manage a site?
is it just a means for a client to change text in fixed instances across a design or will it drive a news listings DB, create pages on the fly, populate templates?
- eg, if I have 2 news stories on teh homepage, I don't want those manually updated, I want them pulling the top 2 from a DB and displaying them automaticallykelpie
- ...displaying them automatically. If I create a gallery page, I want my client to be able to populate galleries in the back end and see them update in a listing on the pagekelpie
- ...them update in a listing on the gallery page etc etc etckelpie
- moth0
Looks nice and simple, but I think you'd be fucked if your/your clients needs outgrew the feature set (not a problem with wordpress).
I see no scope for extendability. For that alone, I'd give it a wide berth (at least for clients).