What is the best CMS?

[nickburns]

I am shopping around for and opensource CMS. Any suggestions?

Hoping for php with mysql backend.

[DeadSuperHero]

Well, there's Joomla! and Xoops. Both are excellent options for a CMS.

[songshu]

there is no best, only a suitable one to your needs.

problem is that there are many to choose from..what exactly do you want with it now and be able to do with it in the future?
below is a good site to see what each can do
http://www.cmsmatrix.org/

[miggols99]

I prefer Drupal. I think it is better than Joomla because it feels cleaner and it is much easier to theme. It works with PHP and mySQL. It comes with a nice default theme which colours can be changed to your liking. The admin centre is much more friendlier than the Joomla one. I got lost in the Joomla admin centre!

http://drupal.org

[curuxz]

joomla...take it from a web developer. Its the best.

[WinterWeaver]

There are many out there, and I think at the end of the day, each has it's uses. I've played a bit with joomla and would like to peek a bit into Django also.

The main CMS which I've been doing most of my work in is Plone. It's in the Repos. It runs of zope.

www.plone.org
www.zope.org

have fun!

WW

[LookTJ]

I highly recommend Drupal

[michaelzap]

If you want total control over your HTML output and the ability to integrate pretty much any PHP code that you need in a moduar fashion, check out MODx (http://modxcms.com). It's a web developer's dream system. Joomla and Drupal are also very good and they both have more pre-existing modules that you can plug into them, but I always run into their limitations and MODx has never limited me in any way.

[frrobert]

There are several good cms that use php and mysql. My favorite at the moment is joomla for general use and zencart for online stores.

Go to www.opensourcecms.com and test drive

They have working demos of most popular cms including the ability to login as admin and test drive the back end.

Hope this helps.

[mech7]

Joomla is pretty good

[az]

Drupal's code is a lot cleaner that Joomla's, if you are a web developer.

Drupal is Search Engine Friendly out-of-the-box, while the others mentioned are not.

Drupal is not only open source, but it is free software. And that goes for its modules as well. Joomla relies a lot on non-free third-party modules.

You can easily run several sites with Drupal out-of-the-box. That way, to keep your installation up-to-date, you only have to update the code in one place.

But, depending on your needs, you may find another CMS is better for you. It all depends. What features do you need?

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