[UFO Chicago] open source CMS recommendations

[Brian Sobolak]

As it turns out, she'll be using Wordpress. Since some of the others  
were supreme overkill for what she needs.

Also-the Holland brewing Company, where I am enjoying beer and free wi- 
fi, has a great oatmeal stout.

Brian

Ps sjk- the coffeeshop looks great. We'll stop by sometime.


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On May 26, 2008, at 22:15, sjk <sjk at cupacoffee.net> wrote:

> Take a look at CMS Made Simple (http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/) --  
> very user friendly, easily modified for business sites.
>
> --sjk
>
> Brian Sobolak wrote:
>> Hi --
>> My wife is doing some work with a not-for-profit.  They would like to
>> upgrade their website from their current situation, where a designer
>> delivered a bunch of beautiful looking things but no way to update  
>> it.
>> (Surprise!  They still don't have a website.)
>> She thought either Joomla or Drupal seemed like decent candidates.
>> Are there others she missed?
>> Her requirements are:
>>  - free as in beer
>>  - will work on most major hosting platforms
>>  - will allow her to create 8-12 pages
>>  - can be easily updated by someone who does not know HTML
>> Suggestions?
>> Our initial thoughts were that Joomla seemed easier to work with and
>> perhaps more user-friendly than Drupal, but we have littled (and
>> outdated) experience with either.
>> brian
>
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