CMS Services?

[The Confused]

I have been trying to find a solution where clients can update their own content. Most of my clients have no editing experience.

Godaddy currently uses various CMS's. I have no server side coding knowledge at all. I am curious if anyone out there knows which CMS works best? I have been looking at Drupal, Joomla, Xoops and CMS made easy(not on godaddy).

I had also thought of giving my clients Adobe contribute, but I dont want to pay for it and dont think they do either.

Thank you very much for your input.

[webhost.uk.net]

Try Drupal is really secure and best.

[The Confused]

How easy is Drupal to use with already premade Sites with html and CSS? Don't you need to use Drupal's own code?

[nthampi]

From my understanding of your requirement, I think you (or your clients) need to use something like Adobe DreamWeaver or Microsoft Expression Web.

[claybutler]

For adding some CMS to a static site I highly recommend Free and simple CMS CushyCMS

It's free and super easy. You can literally make a static page editable in 5 minutes.

Converting a complete static site into a full top to bottom CMS is never a pleasant experience. Cushy CMS is a really elegant halfway solution.

[HHI_Golf_Guy]

There are many good CMS systems out there, but I prefer Joomla over them all. What's great about Joomla is its community of developers. There are some great extensions and templates out there, many of them free. Even the paid extensions are usually inexpensive.

[moonviper]

Nothing in the world can compete with wordpress... they've got plugins that will do anything in the world, and most of my clients are able to figure out how to use it without even a moment of training.

[tkershaw]

The CMS I am familiar with is called WebsiteBaker and has served our new site well.


Tony.

[Uncle Dog]

a solution where clients can update their own content.

You need to decide/ascertain how much control you want to give them/they want to take. CMS ranges from just editing the text on existing pages (easy) all the way through to redesigning/restructuring entire sites.

I often design sites with a little homegrown CMS so that the owner can quickly update the text on existing pages (prices, dates, special offers, events etc). It costs virtually nothing to have this kind of functionality.

[The Confused]

Thank you all for your input. I am leaning toward "Nvu". Rather than reinvent the wheel and learn all the pertinent coding languages for Drupal, wordpress, Joomala, etc.. I think giving the client this Nvu client would be easier on me.

I have also found with services such as CushyCMS, pagebreeze, soholaunch, flyspec, etc.. you need to pay for these items monthly. You could opt for the free versions but these free versions are loaded with other offers making it very easy for clients to choose another developer\hosting provider.

Thanks again.