Content Management System

[richkoi]

Can anyone recommend a good CSS based CMS? I am trying to come up with a standard tool to use for creating new websites, particularly websites that need ecommerce.

My programmer tried out Joomla but hated it because of the lack of CSS and abuse of tables.

Thanks in advance!

[patrickkidda]

having a lot of experience with EXACTLY what you are talking about & continuing Google ranking for terms like 'Texas Holdem', 'Internet Poker', etc,..I can tell you your answer. (BTW, don't let programmers tell you about CSS)

You need to simply code out your template in css & modify the modules, components, etc that are creating these tables. Modify them just like you would a tables site you are pulling into css, but you have to realize that the different parts of the cms all need to be updated. If you get a new module that you download from somewhere, update it & use it in the future.

Easy

[mike]

I'm really liking Drupal.

[patrickkidda]

Originally Posted by mike

I'm really liking Drupal.

Cool! I just checked it out. Looks like a good alternative to Joomla.

I did notice these 2 recent posts FYI to the original poster
http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.p...sk=view&id=132

Drupal was the best CMS I had ever used. I was going to set it up for a client and when I did it jacked up the original install.

Turns out, you can't install more than one copy of
this on a shared server. Like this http://www.yourserver.us/firstinstall http://www.yourserver.us/secondinstall

They say that you can install multiple drupals on the same server, but I tried and it didn't work. Had to go back to e107. Good for me.

Posted by Rev jeff henderson, whose homepage is here on 01/30/2007 at 13:54
I am doing a large project at the moment and find Drupal to be very frustrating at the moment. The reason is the lag of time that is occurring to get the plug-in mods from version 4.7 to 5.0
While I could use version 4.7, it would mean that I would have to port it over to version 5 when and if all the mods get updated.


Good Luck!

[bj]

ModX is without a doubt the best for being able to make the xhtml/css jump through hoops.

And it's easy to figure out how to use the frontend, unlike some I could mention. The luddites and noobs love it.

I should mention though, that the ecommerce module is still under development. Some folks have gotten sites up and running with it, though.

[weslinda]

Well, I think a lot depends on the features you are looking for, and the budget you have to work with. If you're clients are only willing to spend $1,000-$2,000.00 US for a site, then you will need to go with an open source system.

If your clients have a bigger budget, you can go with a more established solution. One that I've found very attractive is Hannon Hill. Their base features are quite nice, and all styling is actually controlled via XML Stylesheets.

Of course, their product starts at $15,000 so...it's a different animal. Now there are some ways to reduce that cost, or spread it out among your clients, but that would be something I'd want to talk about offline. I don't want to give away all my business secrets.

[richkoi]

Thank you all for your suggestions! I am going to try some of the open source options and will let you know what works out for me.