What CMS do you use?

[WebHostingBuzz - Matt]

Hello all,

I thought it would be interesting to discuss popular CMSes and why they are used.

I'm a personal fan of WordPress and have 25+ WordPress sites doing a variety of things. I've used Joomla too, but for speed of deployment and the sheer number of themes and addons, I find WordPress hard to beat.

Matt

[webhostuk]

Hello,

First preference for wordpress, then joomla and 3rd Drupal.

[FreelanceSoftwareDeveloper]

I voted for Other as I mainly do bespoke CMS design to fit more complex sites/page layouts.

There are plenty of great CMS products and credit to those who develop them but as a purist I don't like the idea of using 3000 files to build a 5 page website when the only CMS functionality required is to edit the page content and set the SEO page titles and meta data.

I will make a suggestion though for people to check out, Concrete5, Front End Administration (a bit like the 1and1 advert on TV, click a paragraph or pic to edit it), very intuitive and smart rather than a hacked up blog

[WebHostingBuzz - Matt]

Originally Posted by FreelanceSoftwareDeveloper

I voted for Other as I mainly do bespoke CMS design to fit more complex sites/page layouts.

There are plenty of great CMS products and credit to those who develop them but as a purist I don't like the idea of using 3000 files to build a 5 page website when the only CMS functionality required is to edit the page content and set the SEO page titles and meta data.

I will make a suggestion though for people to check out, Concrete5, Front End Administration (a bit like the 1and1 advert on TV, click a paragraph or pic to edit it), very intuitive and smart rather than a hacked up blog

I definitely agree that for simple page content changes, WordPress can be overwhelming to the novice user and Joomla even worse. But the ability to fast-deploy sites and get content up is attractive for the more savvy user.

If only all our WordPress clients would keep their blogs regularly updated...

[Esk247]

Must say..i'm a Wordpress convert. It's a bit bulky as mentioned but if you have a start up business that you know will expand when funds allow, Wordpress is simple (once setup) and allows you to bolt on ecommerce, SEO and other little bits and pieces either for free or very cheaply. Add to that the ability to build your own wordpress skins (themes) and you have a powerful box of tricks.

Bit easy to hack though, thats a downside, constantly having to install updates to keep it secure.

I've used Prestashop and Magento in the past. Magento has always been a bit of a pig for me, hassle to install, very long uploading time (personally). Found Prestashop easier but has little bugs and hasn't got the range of themes that Wordpress has.

[WebHostingBuzz - Matt]

Originally Posted by Esk247

Must say..i'm a Wordpress convert. It's a bit bulky as mentioned but if you have a start up business that you know will expand when funds allow, Wordpress is simple (once setup) and allows you to bolt on ecommerce, SEO and other little bits and pieces either for free or very cheaply. Add to that the ability to build your own wordpress skins (themes) and you have a powerful box of tricks.

Bit easy to hack though, thats a downside, constantly having to install updates to keep it secure.

I've used Prestashop and Magento in the past. Magento has always been a bit of a pig for me, hassle to install, very long uploading time (personally). Found Prestashop easier but has little bugs and hasn't got the range of themes that Wordpress has.

Favourite WordPress plugin?

Magento is a beast... it has its pros and cons. I prefer Zen / Cube cart from a user (and a web hosts!) perspective, but for pure features, Magento can be hard to beat.

[astutiumRob]

Our CMS is highly custom based on a fork of Etomite.

[mobyme]

Bespoke all the way because like others that have posted I like to keep them lean and mean. If I had to plump for one of the "off the shelf" ones it would probably be Drupal.

[fineform]

obviously wordpress. wordpress is superb as compareto other CMS .

[thebiznizdotcom]

Drupal for us.