Content Management Software

[Billy]

Hello everyone -

I'm building a site in which I want to install "regional" sections, wherein users from particular regions would be able to have a section devoted to them (aka atlanta.mysite.com, twincities.mysite.com, etc.)

 

Some of the things I desire:

1) each section must be independent, but retain the main site's header and style, appearance, whatever. That's the easy part.

2) the software must be simple enough to be managed by a novice. I don't consider php-Nuke to be simple enough.

3) More than just a bulletin board, it should have sections unto itself, i.e. links, downloads, calendar.

4) free to use

5) i'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty, as long as it will be easy for someone else to manage in the long run.

6) obviously, the installation can't involve executing a command-line script on the server.

 

Some stuff i tried and don't think is right for this:

 

phpwcms - too complicated

phpnuke - nice, but not easy enough, too content-rich and buggy

invisionboard, phpbb - both slick, but i don't want the sites to be forums, per se.

 

i appreciate any suggestions, whether helpful or devastating.

thanks

Billy

[boxfire]

Honestly, I think phpnuke is the best (and easiest) out there. It has a slight learning curve but there are a lot of sites out there that use it and you would never know unless you knew what to look for.

 

I've never had any real bug problems with it -- except trying to modify themes -- you have to do that very carefully and most of hte WYSIWYG editors can easily destroy the pages....

 

I use Movabletype for content management, but it is not simple from the admin end, though it's very flexible and powerful.

 

Keep working with nuke, you might be able to get it to do what you want. Good luck.

 

Justin

[boxfire]

But maybe this link will help you...

 

Justin

[frederik]

As a website builder I use the free website generator of http://freehostshop.com

It is a nice website manager with free templates, html editor and flash effects.

[jacobw]

I know this is an old post and all, but I'm new to the community here and thought I'd add my comments.

 

I tried to build a site with PHP-Nuke once. I found it too difficult. I think it did what I wanted it to, but it was too much trouble to make it look less like a generic PHP-Nuke site.

 

I'm currently looking into Land Down Under, a "website engine" built on PHP/mySQL. It looks pretty promising.