I was wondering what sort of CMS you guys like/use. I remember talking about it awhile back, but I couldn't find the thread.

WordPress is hands down the best CMS out there.

Wordpress is only a CMS if you use the right theme, of which there are few that make it a good CMS (Revolution being one, but it costs $60 or so, but is well worth it)

Joomla is a good CMS, as is ModeX -- though they can be daunting.

Just stay away from Post...anything.

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

You can download Revolution from Mininova. Why pay for software? Heh.

Edit:
I spoke in haste, Vanamar has a point, it probably is stupid do DL PHP Apps from torrent sites. =P

It may be worth buying it. =)

Because it's not software? And the guy who writes it deserves money for his work?

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

Also, you do understand that downloading PHP code (which is what a wordpress theme is) from a site about piracy is fucking retarded right? That's an easy, easy way for your site to get owned and owned hard.

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Nah, this is stuff I am recommending to my customers or installing for people. I can't be pirating it.

I know what PHP code (I was a Sr. Web developer for 4 years) is. =P

I don't think it's retarded, but I could see how someone could easily alter the code to perform malicious things and steal identities. I'm not daft.

Yet you still endorse it.

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

Huh?

If I were going to use the revolution thing, I would pay for it. I might try it from a torrent just to see what it is, but If I were going to really use it, I would pay for it.

Joomla is pretty nice~

any thoughts on drupal? I installed it.. still fiddling with it. Joomla seems ok so far too.

what kinda site are you going for??? personal blog, church blog, pure cms for a tech blog? etc??

I'm just setting up demo stuff for customers to look at that want a CMS. I am looking for the versatility, ease of use, available resources (widgets, templates, blocks, etc.,) and security.

I want to do everything from integrate photogalleries to ecommerce into them. Not looking for a huge hassle to do it though.

For example, our gaming site uses PHP-Nuke... I don't anything about CMS but everybody here says how shittastic it is... I just don't want to offer crappy stuff to folks who are looking for a site.

Well, look--

For people for who know even a TINY bit about web development / etc -- if you can upload it, or edit a few files, then you can fix it -- but for those who are new users to your site, they may want something they can get up and go with, w/o having to fuck with anything.

See what I mean? What kinda service are you running? If you're offering a "total" package, then you need to find something that fits your needs. If you're simply offering MySQL compatibility, that they can use their own software/apps with, then... that's all you need.

Are you a web hosting provider? Are you a local server trying to farm users from your church website? Etc. Who is your target customer?