Basic CMS To Develop Quick Websites

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Ok, I know the big G likes sites with the "Sitemap", "contact us" "privacy policy" etc. so it doesn't look like a piece of shit. My question to you guys is, what CMS do you use, if any? Is there a template somewhere I can get? So far I have been doing all of these by hand and it is a pain in the ass. Something basic is all I need, just something that works with templates or something.

Please make a few suggestions, thanks!
 


maybe there is a wordpress theme that can do this? something that can bang stuff out quick and is VERY simple?
 
Wordpress for simple sites.

Joomla for somewhat bigger sites. Many plugins, etc.

Drupal for big sites with many users. The most secure system for handing permissions, etc. but not very easy to learn.
 
x2c667 said:
Ok, I know the big G likes sites with the "Sitemap", "contact us" "privacy policy" etc. so it doesn't look like a piece of shit. My question to you guys is, what CMS do you use, if any? Is there a template somewhere I can get? So far I have been doing all of these by hand and it is a pain in the ass. Something basic is all I need, just something that works with templates or something.

Please make a few suggestions, thanks!
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Couldn't you just make an installer that installs wordpress then adds the generic privacy policy page, contact us page, and installs the sitemaps plugin?
 
It really depends on your needs of course, but WordPress and CMS Made Simple are some of the best platforms out there. Most of what you're talking about doing you can store as generic data in text files and then import into a page of the site with the relevant variables like site name and contact data filled out. There's no real need for a "privacy page plugin" or something like that.

If you like flat file storage, Thingamablog is cool but it's a bitch to template and support is next to non-existent. There's an excellent themeable flat file CMS here but unless you're good with source code you might not want to mess with it. I have several sites built on it and it works well, but you have to roll your own for a lot of features that WP users take for granted.

Have you spent any time at Open Source CMS? They have virtually every current CMS available for live demo. Might be worth some time spent browsing and testing.


Frank
 
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