[Phpwm] 'Enterprise' CMS?

pete graham petegraham1 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 4 12:03:57 BST 2008


2008/6/4 Phil Beynon <phil at infolinkelectronics.co.uk>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking to plug a gap between brochureware sites where we'd use CMS
>> Made
>> Simple - that we find to be a very capable tool that we're comfortable
>> extending but it can struggle when the requirements are more complex - and
>> bespoke dev where we go the Symfony route.
>>
>> What's the lists opinion on the best 'enterprise' PHP based CMS out there?
>> Joomla/Mambo or Drupal seem to be the most popular and I'm leaning towards
>> Joomla currently based on its claim to be a 'CMS & Web Application
>> Framework' which I find intriguing although the cynic in me is waiting to
>> be
>> convinced.
>>
>> I'm about to start some more detailed investigations and my mind is still
>> open so any recommendations or war stories gratefully received.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> --
>> Darren Beale
>>
>> Siftware
>> 1 North Works
>> London Lane
>> Upton-upon-Severn
>> WR8 0HH
>>
>> t: 01684 59 49 59
>> m: 07711 716 197
>>
>> w: http://siftware.co.uk
>> b: http://bealers.com
>
> The main problem with Joomla / Drupal sites is that is what they always look
> like without extensive work.
> Customer then later discovers the s/w was free and wonders just what they
> paid for.......... :-)
>
> Phil
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Drupal isn't hard to skin http://drupal.org/project/Themes

Also it's theming system is fairly easy to pick up too, if you want to
really customise a site.

Pete



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