Fwd: [UFO Chicago] open source CMS recommendations

[Samir F]

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From: Samir F <samir.list at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, May 31, 2008 at 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] open source CMS recommendations
To: politikdurden at yahoo.com


I've used both to a limited extent, it seems to me that drupal can do more
if you spend enough times playing with the addons.  Joomla seems to work a
lot better out of the box.  I also found joomla's interface far more
friendly.

As usual, try both.. see which one you like best.

--
Samir



On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:45 PM, Politik Durden <politikdurden at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> http://www.cmsmatrix.org/
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> I think someone on this list posted this site before, no ?
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> --- On *Mon, 5/26/08, Brian Sobolak <sobolak at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> From: Brian Sobolak <sobolak at gmail.com>
> Subject: [UFO Chicago] open source CMS recommendations
> To: "UFO Chicago Mailing List" <ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us>
> Date: Monday, May 26, 2008, 9:46 PM
>
> 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 outdated) experience with either.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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>
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> Brian Sobolakhttp://www.planetshwoop.com/
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