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arch13 · 09-24-2005, 11:41 PM

I went and stuck my foot in my mouth by offering to do the front end for a non-profit's website not realizing they had never had a site not run by yahoo groups before. Now they want to know what I can whip together in my spare time.

I'm looking for CMS solutions in PHP that have the following:
- News front page
- Calender (With export for Palm/PPC is preferable either native or via add-in module
- Job listings (Via add-in/module is fine)
- Newsletter/Broadcast email component
- File Manager
- Photo Album (Via module or native)
- Forum (Preferable if it will attatch itself to PHPBB instaed of native)

I have been looking into PHP-Nuke and phpWebsite and wanted opinions on either or what else is available.

phpWebsite looks good and more feature rich, but seems to have limited community behind it.
I have been looking at http://www.opensourcecms.com for reveiws and such, but wanted to hear what those on the TFP recomend.

ratbastid · 09-25-2005, 05:22 AM

I don't have any good ones to recomment, but I have an anti-recommendation. I steer clear of the *nuke options. In my experience, they're a nightmare to install, they're in permanent "kit project" status--you have to hack ugly PHP to add modules, make design changes, etc. Not beginner friendly in the slightest, and not what I would call a polished project.

zero_media · 09-25-2005, 01:07 PM

cms
http://www.mamboserver.com/

crm
http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/

Rawb · 09-25-2005, 02:00 PM

I will double-up on what ratbastid is saying. I work with a *nuke project, along with some custom written modules on a daily basis. While I have gotten it working pretty good, how I did it was moving most of the day-to-day operations into the custom written module.

*Nuke did it wrong, with every module basically being it's own island, sharing nothing between the modules. Permissions quickly turn into a nightmare, and your whole site has crazy looking url's.

Right now, I am writing my own CMS to use, If I get it approved for dual licence release (AKA, THE COMPANY owns everything, and can do whatever they want with it. But if you want to play with it, you have to use the GPL rules) I'll let you all have a shot with it.

hober · 10-01-2005, 10:04 AM

I'll second the recommendation for Mambo. It's a well-developed piece of work.

If you haven't seen Opensourcecms.com check it out. It has live demos of many CMS's.

arch13 · 10-05-2005, 09:23 PM

I have seen OpenSourceCMS.com and have been using it for research.

What I'm really aiming for here is a system in PHP that is highly similar to Yahoo Groups but with the control in the groups hands, not Yahoo's.

A full fledged BB is not needed at first, a message board would do, though the idea that the message board can be swapped out for a full BB is attractive.

Really it just needs:
+News page- Posts by admins and power users
+Jobs Page- Posts by anyone
+Email of the days news and messages
+message board- anyone can post & reply

I like Mambo and PHPwebsite, but both seem overpowered a little.
I'm trying to keep in mind that this needs to have content added regularly by people who do not want to have to mess with settings or admin the page on a daily basis.
In other words, KISS.

I may give PHPwebsite a run for it's money, but if anyone knows of php software that functions much like Yahoo Groups, please mention it.

gh0ti · 10-06-2005, 07:34 PM

Have you checked out Drupal? Very nice CMS, and it's very customizable.

arch13 · 10-07-2005, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gh0ti

Have you checked out Drupal? Very nice CMS, and it's very customizable.

Ohhh, that is nice.
That is going in the sandbox this weekend!

gh0ti · 10-10-2005, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arch13

Ohhh, that is nice.
That is going in the sandbox this weekend!

Yep, I've used it for smaller project's where someone just wants a website they can edit themselves. They have modules for many common features/enhancements, and for someone who hasn't touched PHP since the /FI days, it was very easy to get running.

arch13 · 10-10-2005, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gh0ti

Yep, I've used it for smaller project's where someone just wants a website they can edit themselves. They have modules for many common features/enhancements, and for someone who hasn't touched PHP since the /FI days, it was very easy to get running.

I'll say it's nice. It spent the weekend in the sandbox, and is on an external server being put through paces right now.
Very quick to-live time, and great community support. Exactly what is needed in good open-source software.

09-24-2005, 11:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	PHP CMS options I went and stuck my foot in my mouth by offering to do the front end for a non-profit's website not realizing they had never had a site not run by yahoo groups before. Now they want to know what I can whip together in my spare time. I'm looking for CMS solutions in PHP that have the following: - News front page - Calender (With export for Palm/PPC is preferable either native or via add-in module - Job listings (Via add-in/module is fine) - Newsletter/Broadcast email component - File Manager - Photo Album (Via module or native) - Forum (Preferable if it will attatch itself to PHPBB instaed of native) I have been looking into PHP-Nuke and phpWebsite and wanted opinions on either or what else is available. phpWebsite looks good and more feature rich, but seems to have limited community behind it. I have been looking at http://www.opensourcecms.com for reveiws and such, but wanted to hear what those on the TFP recomend. __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever

10-05-2005, 09:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	I have seen OpenSourceCMS.com and have been using it for research. What I'm really aiming for here is a system in PHP that is highly similar to Yahoo Groups but with the control in the groups hands, not Yahoo's. A full fledged BB is not needed at first, a message board would do, though the idea that the message board can be swapped out for a full BB is attractive. Really it just needs: +News page- Posts by admins and power users +Jobs Page- Posts by anyone +Email of the days news and messages +message board- anyone can post & reply I like Mambo and PHPwebsite, but both seem overpowered a little. I'm trying to keep in mind that this needs to have content added regularly by people who do not want to have to mess with settings or admin the page on a daily basis. In other words, KISS. I may give PHPwebsite a run for it's money, but if anyone knows of php software that functions much like Yahoo Groups, please mention it. __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever

10-06-2005, 07:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
gh0ti Crazy	Have you checked out Drupal? Very nice CMS, and it's very customizable. __________________ I ain't often right but I've never been wrong It seldom turns out the way it does in the song Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right

09-25-2005, 05:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	I don't have any good ones to recomment, but I have an anti-recommendation. I steer clear of the *nuke options. In my experience, they're a nightmare to install, they're in permanent "kit project" status--you have to hack ugly PHP to add modules, make design changes, etc. Not beginner friendly in the slightest, and not what I would call a polished project.

09-25-2005, 01:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
zero_media Upright	cms http://www.mamboserver.com/ crm http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/

09-25-2005, 02:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
Rawb Crazy Location: Salt Town, UT	I will double-up on what ratbastid is saying. I work with a nuke project, along with some custom written modules on a daily basis. While I have gotten it working pretty good, how I did it was moving most of the day-to-day operations into the custom written module. Nuke did it wrong, with every module basically being it's own island, sharing nothing between the modules. Permissions quickly turn into a nightmare, and your whole site has crazy looking url's. Right now, I am writing my own CMS to use, If I get it approved for dual licence release (AKA, THE COMPANY owns everything, and can do whatever they want with it. But if you want to play with it, you have to use the GPL rules) I'll let you all have a shot with it.

10-01-2005, 10:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
hober Insane	I'll second the recommendation for Mambo. It's a well-developed piece of work. If you haven't seen Opensourcecms.com check it out. It has live demos of many CMS's.