Which site editor software?

[wyerstuff]

Hi there, 1st post

My wife wants to have built (or have me build) a website which she can run herself and I need to find the right software.
She has always had a passion for cooking and wants to have a website where other like minded people can share recipes, ideas etc.

The most important criteria are that it is social media friendly, that can be integrated with twitter, you tube, digg etc.
We want to make sure that it is easy to set up and modify on a regular basis.
She also wants at some stage to add affiliate product pages.

I have a couple of websites which use joomla software which we both use to alter content occasionally, I also have some software called "xsitepro" which is designed for internet marketing but I read on another forum that it is awkward to set up for social media use.

So, does anyone have any suggestions as to which software, website editor would be best for the job?

Many thanks

Steve

 

[-God-]

I would use Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress. I'd probably lean more towards Joomla or Drupal as they'd lend themselves more fully towards future mods and growth.

Fuck web editing software, just get some decent templates and bob's your uncle.

Watch out for the dickrolls.

 

[dchuk]

Hi there, 1st post

My wife wants to have built (or have me build) a website which she can run herself and I need to find the right software.
She has always had a passion for cooking and wants to have a website where other like minded people can share recipes, ideas etc.

The most important criteria are that it is social media friendly, that can be integrated with twitter, you tube, digg etc.
We want to make sure that it is easy to set up and modify on a regular basis.
She also wants at some stage to add affiliate product pages.

I have a couple of websites which use joomla software which we both use to alter content occasionally, I also have some software called "xsitepro" which is designed for internet marketing but I read on another forum that it is awkward to set up for social media use.

So, does anyone have any suggestions as to which software, website editor would be best for the job?

Many thanks

Steve

If you guys are the only ones updating the site, I would go with Wordpress. Get yourself a nice theme on Themeforest.net and just starting posting content.

If you want group participation, you might want to look into the Buddypress extension for Wordpress, it allows you to add social aspects to your Wordpress sites. That might help you out a bit.

 

[dchuk]

Oh, and by the way, this:

is fucking epic

 

[moomycow]

Agreed with the votes for Wordpress; if you don't have any development experience, you can achieve pretty much well everything you want through its front-end and with the myriad of plugins out there as well.

 

[benwoods]

I vote for WordPress too. And take a look at the BuddyPress plugin to get a few ideas on how other users could post and share recipes.