I have been looking around for days for a CMS system that really works and is free. I have come to the conclusion that this is going to be a very hard task. But I have found one its called TYPO3 is one of the easyest and most configurable CMS systems out there. I think you should go and cheack it out might help you in the long run.

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Link?

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I will be making a content mangement system from scratch soon. I will send it out to all the forum memebers in the tutorial section. I jsut need to get some bugs out. I have built it once but I find that if I build it from scratch multiple times i catch my mistakes.

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If you need a good CMS, e107 is really good.

All you need is;
1 mySQL DB
About 20mb disk space
FTP Server

And guess what, Trap17 offers all that+ more.

You can get it at http://e107.org
I use it on my own site infact, you can check with the link from my signature.

It's a lot like phpNuke but SO much easier to configure, I really like it.

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I've went through many CMSs, but only found one that's easy to learn and use, and that actually worked on my computer. It also has a nice layout. It's exactly how the name suggest: CMS Made Simple.

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I use to use Postnuke long back. Its a very good cms.
Although I haven't checked the updates for a very long time..

Anyone knows where I can get free themes for postnuke or even phpnuke?

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It all depends on what kind of website you are running, I use WebSpell for clan websites for example (www.qla6.com / www.team-fortuna.be), but there are various other CMSes to be used for different type of websites, the nuke series are good if you want a website with proper forums I guess.

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I guess e107cms is one of the better Content Management Systems around but...

1. the distro is big
2. too complicated admin panel
3. the themes are not that easy to change (for me the process is just too complicated)

I would cast my vote for Drupal because

1. the distro is small, easy to install and configure
2. the distro is all you need for a website although you can still extend it
3. very easy interface
4. themes that are not complicated to change.

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here is a list of free cms and others stuff like this
i think this will help you decide

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If you like a user friendly yet powerful CMS, you really can't go past Joomla! It has many excellent features, including:

* Administrative Interface: Powerful and easy to use graphical interface allowing the website to be maintained (i.e. text modified, images added, etc.) by a person with little technical knowledge.
* Content Display Scheduling: Going out of town but want a store sale announcement to be published on your website while you are away? Joomla! allows designating a date as to when to publish the content.
* Search Functionality: Add a search box to your website to allow customers to search using keywords.
* Pluggable Components: Number of components, such as discussion groups (aka forums), picture galleries, event calendar, and many others are available to compliment Joomla's functionality.
* Authoring vs. Publishing: Allow one person in the company to author/write your website's verbiage, while another person approves and publishes it.

There is also a lot of support behind it, with an official extensions page containing hundreds of extensions. It loads professional-looking sample content allowing you to modify it to suit your needs, yet maintain its professional look. Visit the official page at www.joomla.org

You can find a live demo site there too.

If you don't mind investing extra time as well as a less user-friendly interface, with less professional sample content, you should try Drupal. It has a far greater potential than Joomla!, provided that you are experienced and understand CMS's. If you fit these criterion, you should use Drupal instead of Joomla!

* you want a rock solid & high quality platform for your sites
* you want or need a real multi-site-feature (only one installation for several sites)
* you need any kind of user groups & user permissions
* you need to run also membership- and community sites, not only CMS etc
* you want a Powerful templating system
* you're ready to invest a bit of your time in order to realize all the huge possibilities of Drupal
* you understand the meaning of clear, high quality code and API (easy to integrate with other solutions etc)
* you want flexibility and don't like limitations

You will need a server that supports PHP (preferably safe mode off) and MySQL. Trap17 has both of these requirements, a major part of the reasons I chose them for my hosting. I plan to use a CMS once I get my account, but personally I am still tossing up between Joomla! and Drupal. I believe both can be installed through Fantastico in Trap17, although I'm not sure whethere Fantastico installs Mambo (the former name of Joomla!) or the current version of Joomla!. Can someone help me out?

 

 

 

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