Staple Design - Gwilym GJ » cms http://www.staple.co.nz ...think, design, build, enjoy, think, evolve..... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:02:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The compex world of LAMP content management systems http://www.staple.co.nz/2009/06/the-compex-world-of-lamp-content-management-systems/ http://www.staple.co.nz/2009/06/the-compex-world-of-lamp-content-management-systems/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:55:35 +0000 Gwilym http://ubuntuguy/wp/wordpress/?p=53 Well if webdesign, scripting and databases isn’t complex enough – navigating through the many CMS (Content management systems) options available now is getting to be a real headache. At least they all seem to be converging to a degree, MVC architecture, easy install routinues and better documentation.

A few weeks ago I was looking at exporting a Virtuemart shop into Drupal/Ubercart and was liking the Ver 6 Drupal setup a lot. The Drupal world has it’s own language but once you get their concepts it starts to make sense.

Last week I was playing with www.concrete5.org which is a newcomer and in some ways beats the pants off Joomla and Drupal. But I can’t help thinking that it is not better enough for people to migrate. It also suffers (or benefits) from a very strong design vision by the core team which leaves a visitor thinking that the small number of modules (or blocks in their parlance) is kinda like a feature lock down. I guess it is just age.

Today I installed the latest WordPress, and that is really impressing. A nice UI and excellent documentation for development. I haven’t played with building modules yet but will be having a look over the next few weeks.

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