Re: Looking for CMS advice

You are referring to this page : http://www.opensourcecms.com/ Regards, Kim Steinhaug - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.easywebshop.no/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> To: "Erik Gyepes" <erik.gyepes@depi.sk> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Looking for CMS advice > On Mon, August 22, 2005 3:48 am, Erik Gyepes wrote: > > Zachary Kessin wrote: > > > >> I am about to start on a project that seems like it would be right > >> for > >> a CMS system. It will be about 80% rather boring stuff with about > >> 20% > >> custom database work. I have looked at XOOPS and a few others. > >> However > >> I can not seem to find one rather important thing about XOOPS. I > >> understand how to use a module that someone else wrote, but I have > >> not > >> found any documentation on how to build my own blocks or application > >> components. > >> > >> I am not yet committed to XOOPS, so if there is different system > >> that > >> would be better that could work as well > > There is a pretty cool site "out there" that lets you kick the tires > on a BUNCH of different PHP/MySQL CMS products/projects. > > opencms.org or something like that. > > I always have a tough time finding it with Google and whatnot, but > it's there. > > Anyway, they basically installed a couple dozen CMS systems, and you > can set yourself up with your own sandbox install on THEIR server with > just a click of a button, then administer it and play with it, and > then they wipe it out in about 2 hours. > > So you get a chance to play with it to see if you like each CMS, and > you've got 2 hours to check it out -- Or more, since you can start > over with a new sandbox. They just don't want you to try to run your > site through theirs. > > I doubt that it will actually let you write/upload arbitrary PHP for > the missing 20%, but they MIGHT have some examples or user comments on > their site on these issues, and at least you can play with the 80% to > see if the features you need for that part are there. > > HTH > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >