what CMS to use?
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- phatrick
ok, so here's the deal: i'm in search of a good, FREE cms to basically be the backend to a somewhat generic media "page". by generic i mean that the site will house only videos and photo galleries created by in-house users via some idiot-proof frontend, and by "page" i mean that it will in fact be a site, but will appear as simply the media gallery page from a site of much more.
what i'd like it to be capable of: allow uploads for media, assign to category (that'd be pre-specified), fully searchable by multiple criteria.
what else it should be: totally free, somewhat easy to install, use a mysql database...
while i realize there are tons of cms apps to use, and that my criteria is somewhat vague, i guess what i'd like to see are some cms' in action with a note of which cms it is....
tall order i know...but thanks so much -- you're all fantastic!
- sherman0
did you try using the find button?
- phatrick0
well i figured people would help me out as opposed to responding with attitude....
- digilee0
here's some facking attitude for ya ...
Try Nucleus - http://nucleuscms.org
It's dead easy to set up, has multi members/ multi cat/ plug-ins etc ...
I use it all the time.
gggrrr!!!
:)
- Seff0
the developer i work with loves this
http://typo3.com/not sure what the learning curve is tho
- joyride0
well i figured people would help me out as opposed to responding with attitude....
phatrick
(Jan 3 07, 17:16)*looks around
this is NT right?do a search, someone posted a link that compares a lot of CMS'
I just don't remember what it was or I'd post it
- Seff0
http://www.pmachine.com/
another one a developer i know likes to use
- ldww0
check out drupal
but i normally make my own,
- ********0
sorry to come up with a 'non answer', but in my experience of clients that just want a 'simple' cms, by the time you've got something off the shelf, got your head around the installation, and dug into the code enough to make it customizable for the client needs, then actually bolted it on, and fiddled around enough to get it working, it takes far more time than just knocking together a few mysql tables, and some administering php logic pages that u know the entire workings of..
At the other end of the scale, an ongoing project I've got involves a CMS that is at least as complex as any that come packaged, and althought obviously I would build it differently were I to do it again, its something I know intimately, have learned a great deal from, and is on-goingly perfect for the client..The only time I really use anything like that off the shelf, free or otherwise is for forums, where you can spend your time tweaking and skinning, or oscomm. or zencart where you're actually going to be using all the complexity there to make the area under the learning curve profitable for you..
Sorry, as I say, for it being a non-answer in the sense you wanted, but if you're going to be doing this kinda thing on a longterm basis, a nice thick php/mysql type book sat just to hand, well-thumbed, read in the toilet, on the train, in the garden, if need be, is by far the most valuable use of your time..imho..
Oh dear, I didnt mean to talk about myself that much, just using my experience to highlight what I meant..
- skambidt0
You should check http://textpattern.com/ out. Really easy to setup, use and design for + it's based on W3C's standards.
I think there is a specific plugin to let users that don't have CMS access upload files for validation. Look here: http://textpattern.org/plugins
- tomkat0
I either use custom CMS or typo3.. maybe wordpress, if it suits the requirements
- ********0
I agree with miko, we built our own, nd it develops each time a new client comes along...
ours now offers subscribers / category managment / flv /mov uploads etc...
if you have the time i'd deffo recommend dipping your toe
- madirish0
i can offer some pretty detailed advice on the subject, but you will need to lay out more details of several things before i/we can help explicitly.
i work exclusively with "FREE" CMSs and one in particular. i have been a very active member in several open source communities over the years so would love to help.
- what DSL's are you or your developer comfortable and /or fluent in?
- what data model will you employ for the sql database? are you looking to use a mySql one specifically, or do you just know that brand and are using it here to describe the datastore?
- do you have a discovery outlining any sort of workflow or permissions for particular administrators of the site, or will there be one 'dragon master' so to speak?
- are you limited in any way by hosting environment to what technologies or servers you can be running and their processor cycles?
- what are you looking to fully 'control' w/ the CMS? ie- you want to not only be able to upload movies (file type?) but also assign search parameters, content associated, titles, descriptions, etc?
- are you looking for the CMS to contol the entire site, or particular portions?
- what are the front-end display design requirements of the site?
these are just a couple off the top of my head, but like looking for a "NSA, SWF for the night"; more you give, more we give. ;)
hope that helps....