CMS for portfolio site
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- skeletonboy
(Probably been asked before but ...)
Can anyone recommend a good customizable CMS for a design portfolio site (lots of images and quicktimes)?
I currently use Indexhibit but was wondering if there is any others that are good?
Danke!
- Ruffian0
Carg0C0llective
Perch http://grabaperch.com/
Concrete5 http://www.concrete5.org/
StaceyApp http://www.staceyapp.com/
Surreal CMS http://surrealcms.com/
Pulse CMS http://pulsecms.com/
Unify http://unify.unitinteractive.com…
Berta http://berta.hungry.lv/- Thanks :)
skeletonboy - Just had a play around with Perch and it's really nice and simple.pillhead
- Thanks :)
- Continuity0
concrete5
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skeletonboy - lets take it back to the concrete streets!23kon
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- bigtrick0
- Merciskeletonboy
- email me if you would like the files; they've been inactive for some time now.d_rek
- huh - didn't know that, d_rek. sounds like an unwise idea to set up with it then.bigtrick
- Cheers for the offer - maybe not a good idea if its not supported any more?skeletonboy
- It's supported. They just pulled the files so they can charge.chalk
- skeletonboy0
Does anyone use Indxr or Core?
Is Indxr still supported?- Tried Indxr but it was buggy. Maybe it was my fault maybe not.Ruffian
- Hmmm looking for the most stable / easy to use really ...
Thanks!skeletonboy - Core is good. Has limits.meffid
- d_rek0
I use core: http://derekapa.com
It's a great CMS, easy to setup, easy to customize - the only problem is the creators have gone AWOL for almost a year now. The support forum is still pretty active and you could probably get a reply there from another user without too much waiting if you needed it.
That said I haven't had any major issues with the CMS itself - outside of breaking it myself a couple of times trying to do naughty things.
But again, if you're looking for something a little more current, supported, there are certainly other CMS's out there.
There's also this: thesecretary.org but the install got all wonky on me after messing with it for only a few minutes so use at your caution.
- d_rek0
Well, to be honest with you these 'lite' or 'small'' CMS's seem to come and go pretty frequently. It's not uncommon for support for them to flatline 6 mos-1 year after they're released...
I guess it's a matter of how much customization you plan on doing and if you really need the support or not. Basically if you are in sweet with a PHP guru then you really don't need the support of any of the creators anyhow... but that's just opining :)
- 4ormat0
Or you can try 4ormat http://4ormat.com
and tell us how we can improve.- Thanks
skeletonboy - Does this support Flash based websites?utopian
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- skeletonboy0
Anybody use C0re?
- WeLoveNoise0
i used to use cushycms - never had an issue with it but had its limitations
- skeletonboy0
Hmmm guess I'm not cool enough for Carg0 or COre ... no invites *sniff* :(
- airey0
subfolio is another.
- inteliboy0
Core is great. Quick to setup, quick to change around with some CSS. Is very very basic though.
- ukit0
Just to play devil's advocate here, why not build your own site?
The time spent mastering a CMS can instead be put into learning some very basic PHP/ Codeignitor, Ruby on Rails or Python/ Django (my drug of choice). While that might sound intimidating, the truth is that getting a basic site + admin area going with one of the aforementioned frameworks isn't a hell of a lot more difficult than trying to work your way around the idiosyncrancies of many of the CMSes mentioned above. And then you will have an actual new skill you can tout in your portfolio.
- good advice but presumes enough technical ability to do that - a lot of designers don't know HTML let alone...ckentish
- yeah, that's a solid point.airey
- Kind of agree & disagree - have used Indexhibit in thepast and feel that whilst it takes time to master at least it gets me half way there to start with ...skeletonboy
- inteliboy0
ukit - thought about this... may jump the gun one day...
can easily put together php files... though ruby or python are very intimidating.
- dijitaq0
i agree with ukit. i've actually have taken that route and taught myself to use kohanaphp to create a custom cms. though not much, but it's enough to serve the purpose that i need.
- Well done - out of interest how many hours did it take you to get what you were after?
skeletonboy
- Well done - out of interest how many hours did it take you to get what you were after?
- skeletonboy0
Hmmm - how tricky would it be to buils a carg0-esque site using a Python / Django ...?
- ukit0
Depends on your experience I guess. But if you have a server to mess around on and some spare time (if you want something quick, by all means, use a CMS!;), wouldn't hurt to just download Django, install it, and see.
Then you could install one of the many preexisting "frameworks within a framework" on top of it, like this one:
If you can manage that (and admittedly, installing this stuff can be surprisingly daunting sometimes), you've got a pretty solid base to build from without needing to learn the entire language inside and out. OK, maybe the above example isn't the most "portfolio like", but you could reverse engineer it by taking the blog section of the site and convert that into a list of projects.
- Thanks for the advice - will see if I have time to get stuck in later :)skeletonboy
- Yeah, whatever makes sense - hopefully this is helpful to others tooukit
- ukit0
Or actually, this might help to get a quick site running in Django:
http://www.wilsonminer.com/posts…
Anyway, a CMS might well be the ticket a lot of times. Only point I was trying to make is, once you leverage what's already out there, it all becomes a lot easier than you'd think.
- meffid0
Core is SEXY.
- yeah? do u use?skeletonboy
- I got it 3 days after I signed for C4rgo and paid. Sticking with C4rgo for now.meffid