Looking for a CMS framework

Question

Hello,

I'm looking for a framework to create a CMS. It will not be used to manage the frontend, but only to fill the database. Preferably it has build-in interfaces for uploading images, resizing images, WYSIWYG editor etc. I've got some experience with Drupal, but the learning curve is pretty steep. I've seen promising demos with Django but don't know whether that is hard to setup and learn. I've played around with CakePHP but at that time the framework was a little inmature.

Are there any other frameworks I should try? The database behind the framework should not be too hard because front-end developers will manually pull all the data from it.

Answer 1

Joomla?

Answer 2

Based on that description your best bet is perhaps using PEAR. Not so much a framework as a bunch of components, but at least everything and the kitchen sink is included.

Answer 3

Alternatively, read this book and see how you can roll your own:

http://books.slashdot.org/story/08/10/15/1458210/PHP5-CMS-Framework-Development

Probably not as efficient, but it's more fun and you'll learn a lot on the way. At least reading the book should be interesting for you.