Mambo
I installed Mambo for a new domain I bought that I'm going to turn into a portal for this sleepy little burg I live outside of.
I'm working on an article about my experience with it from the perspective of someone used to using Nuke. Here are my main praises and grumbles:
The Mambo template system blew me away! I've never seen something so genius. I like how tight the code is; the Mambo developers are able to do more with a single file than Nuke does with three directories. The ability to modify the template php and css through the backend id kinda cool, but I still find myself breaking out my ftp-enabled text editor.
It seems to be built for people who are clueless about PHP, this is good for them, but I've found that making code mods is trickier than it needs to be because the user interface was designed to be so user friendly. I also despise the extensive use of javascript on the backend. Operating the backend seems to take far too many clicks to get something done.
I'm willing to admit that many of my dislikes so far may be due to my "nuke mentality".
I do see a lot of potential with Mambo, and despite my occasional threats to my monitor to install nuke over mambo and forget all about it, I think I'm going to stick it out and see how it goes.
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