RE: [PHP] Best PHP CMS

Also look at http://www.caravelcms.org Quoting Matt Schroebel <MSchroebel@hsus.org>: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anthony [mailto:atampone@attechcomputer.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:52 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] Best PHP CMS > > > > > > I'm just looking for some opinions. I've been going though > > sourceforge > > looking at different CMS systems. There are a lot of really good CMS > > projects out there. I'm looking for some opinions on the > > best ones out > > there. I'm obviously looking at something PHP based and using mySQL > > backend. Some of the features that I'd like are an easy template > > implementation, blog features, media gallery and something > > that's easy to > > build custom modules to add features. So far I'm looking at > > about 6 CMS > > systems, I like certain things in each of them..... so what's > > your opinion. > I've looked at these: > > http://www.midgard-project.org/ > Midgard looked good but I couldn't get the admin to work right, and it > requires php-4.2.2 or lower (which drove me a little nuts at first). > It's optimized for php as it's functions are written in C and become > built in php functions with --with-midgard, plus it has a mod_midgard to > link into apache. Midgard allows lots of customization and you could > place php code just about anywhere. Runs on *nix only and requires > access to add modules to php and apache. > > http://www.tikiwiki.org/ > TikiWiki had lots of cool features. It looked to me to be more suitable > for a community CMS (baseball team etc) rather than a general CMS. All > php. > > http://www.geeklog.net/ > There's also GeekLog, with a similar community slant as TikiWiki, and it > was reviewed in last months php-architect magazine. All php. > > http://www.typo3.org > I agree with what Nick Tabbet said. Of these 4 CMSs, this one has the > most refined user interface, and most general purpose features. It's > written in all object oriented php and will easily install on an ISP > hosted system. Quick setup 1-2-3, and your ready to go. It does have a > long learning curve, but anything complex does. Since it's all OO, has > it's own TypoScript code to design content and big, it will really > benefit if run with a php accelerator to cache the intermediate code. > Has good tutorial for getting started, and another good intro to it's > templates. It's more for small to mid-sized sites, as anything larger > should be written in native C, C++, etc. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/