[mdlug] CMS opinions

[Michael Newman]

I would really recommend Django. It's quick fun and scalable. I found  
with multiple people working on php would leave database calls open  
and the load on the server was always be high.

Python and Django are fun to learn simple and when there is an error  
it tells you exactly what it is. Everything is naturally modular so  
taking pieces in and out is really easy.  Building database models  
make sense and the source code (if you need to look at it) is easy to  
read. The project is about to go to 1.0 and the community is really  
great and a book just came out. If you follow it step by step you  
would have a very complex CMS customized for your needs.

Also of you need a hand to get started i am in the .01 stages of a  
news CMS  that I could easily pass off you.

That being said if you need to stay with php I would recommend drupal  
over any of the other ones because of better update scedule and larger  
community as well as better db closing.

Michael Newman
Web journalist and developer
WDIV Local 4 Detroit and ClickOnDetroit.com
Cell (717) 332-7758
Work (313) 222-0644

On Jan 25, 2008, at 6:08 PM, "Jesse J. Salens" <jjsalens at typotech.net>  
wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Robert Adkins wrote:
>
>> The are both very promising and quite full featured, although I am  
>> going to
>> be going with Mambo, due to the ease of locating more information  
>> regarding
>> configuration, setup and customization, all out on the net.
>
> Joomla and Mambo are originally from the same code base. Joomla  
> forked because
> Mambo wasn't staying true to the open source ideals at the time.
>
> That said, I'm a big fan of joomla though I'm not running anything  
> on it now.
> Easy to use, lots of extensions to wrap it all together. They just  
> released
> version 1.5, but I would stay with 1.0x if you want to use a  
> majority of the
> current plugins.
>
> ---
> Jesse J. Salens
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