Content management can be beautiful, or terrible.
The idea of a Content Management System is attractive, you do the design, let the client handle the minor tweaking. But everyone who has used a CMS realizes that they’re not always designer nirvana. They all have limitations, complications, and problem areas.
That’s why it’s important to choose the right one for the project. The CMS Design Resource is a place for designers to read quality CMS reviews, articles, and news. So you can get recommendations and stay informed about the best content management systems. We don’t claim to be the experts on every single one, but we’re hoping that those of you who have experienced the joys and pitfalls of using content management for their own sites will leave some CMS reviews for the benefit of all the rest of us.
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The latest CMS news from around the world
Feb
25
Wordpress 3.0 Features
A new post over at the Wordpress Dev Blog, and some information dug up by WP Beginner reveals some of the most exciting upcoming features in Wordpress 3.0.
First off, Wordpress MU (or “multi-user” will be merging with Wordpress core. This basically means that you can set up multiple Wordpress sites on one install. Second, custom post types will be easily added, so for example along with Posts, Pages, and Media, you could add another kind of content. This will be big for Wordpress’ CMS capabilities.
Third, WooThemes has agreed to donate their custom navigation building plugin to be included as a part of the core. It will help mix Pages, Categories, Tags, Posts, and external links all into one easily editable menu. Fourth, there will be a new default theme, appropriately titled “2010″. This apparently means that there will be a new default theme every year. To find out more about these new features and others, head over to WP Beginner’s article.
Feb
23
New Review Posted
We’ve posted the first of a few reviews we’ve got in the works. This one is for Preation’s Eden Platform, a newer CMS that is focused on personal and small businesses primarily. Check it out, and if you’ve used it before, give it a review!
Feb
16
News Cleanup
Not a ton of huge news for CMS’s that we’re following currently, but enough to warrant a quick clean-up post for a few of them: Wordpress released version 2.9.2 which is a security release that fixes a problem for logged in users being able to see other’s trash bins. Symphony announced upcoming plans for version 2.1. ExpressionEngine released another round of public betas today that clean up outstanding issues. And remember kids, World Plone Day is coming up on April 28th.
Feb
3
Heard of Harmony?
Anybody heard of Harmony? It looks like a Ruby On Rails based CMS that is currently in beta. We just saw some first Twitter postings about it and have been checking out the website. It looks like a sweet interface that would be fun to work in while also being nicely functional. Worth checking out, we’ll let you know more when as they tell us more!
Jan
31
How to Choose a CMS
A well written article similar in nature to our own How to choose a CMS has been written over at the website Webmaster format. The article gives some good advice about how it can be a “make or break decision” as to which one you choose. It outlines the problem well with some do’s, don’ts and a little bit about defining your needs.
Jan
28
Monk Development Updates
The guys at Monk Development have been hard at work. A brand new 3.2.6 version of the “total church web solution” named Ekklesia 360 comes with brand new features: a new uploader, embedded video support, and a WYSIWYG image manager as well as 90 other features, improvements, and fixes. In addition, they’re doing a soft launch of Church Website Optimizer, a new service for ministries that could use some help on their websites.
