cms

Framework for making a web-application who's content is managed

Is there a system (such as a development framework, Wiki or CMS) that enables you to build rich web applications, but where you can make all the text of the application content-managed? For example, there might be screens that display charts and statistics, and a data entry form, and a form for modifying properties of something. The un...

What is the best Open Source CMS System?

From the Developer (web dev/designer) point of view (POV). Not from the guy paying the bill POV. Please read below: Our company is looking for a good CMS system to develop our new website. We are looking for: Easy maintainability of the content Well kept MVC model Widely supported We want something that will give us the flex...

What factors exist to choose to develop a website or to use a CMS?

Hello SO Team: We are in the process of starting a new company website and the question was brought to use or not a Content Management Solution. What will be the factors to consider to be able to debate between this two options. Both of them have pros/cons, but I am sure that there has to be a few people out there that will have an ex...

Can MVC routing be used to create a dynamic content management system with dynamic pages stored in db rather than in view pages

Are there any good examples of mvc routing wherein every 404 page not found request is routed to a standard view in MVC which basically pulls the content from the database. ...

Any good alternative for sharepoint ? Ofcourse opensource

We are a small company and would like to have a Content & Doc management (with version control, custom lists, workflow ,alerts,Feeds,blogs,wikis,forums,Good Integrated Search ) features which are most commonly found in SharePoint, we cannt have SharPoint for its Cost,complexity and High maintenance. Search feature which supports most co...

Want to create a script that takes backup of entire database and downloads it

Hi guys, I've built a simple cms with an admin section. I want to create something like a backup system which would take a backup of the information on the website, and also a restore system which would restore backups taken. I'm assuming backups to be SQL files generated of the tables used. I'm using PHP and MySQL here - any idea how ...

Building CMS architecture - centralised or not

I have a dedicated server and I'm in need for building new version of my personal PHP5 CMS for my customers. Setting aside questions whether i should consider using open source, i need your opinions regarding CMS architecture. First approach (since the server is completely in my control) is to build a centralized system that can support...

WordPress as a CMS option

I have been tasked with converting an ASP.NET website to a CMS. We are currently planning on using a hosted WordPress solution. (I have been told that WordPress is a blogging software, but that it is a great CMS for making entire sites, not necessarily just blogs) We need to convert to a CMS in order to make it really easy for office ...

web-based content management system where users have their own home page?

Need multiple users Each user needs own home page upon login, need to be able to edit their own home page, their own contents I tried to use drupal and joomla. They all have the 'shared' information model - i.e. all users share the information (same home page for all users, no private content for each user) ...

CMS Storage Systems

How do you prefer to manage the contents of your site , XSLT , SQL , Sharepoint or ... or maybe a mixed version , For example you have articles , products , blogs I saw in different codes that every developer used a different mechanism to store their data , What is yours ? what do you prefer in different cases ? what is the reason ? ...

Are there any real benefits to using a RDBMS vs. flat files on a simple Web doc system (or basic CMS)?

The Project I've been asked to work on an interesting project -- what amounts to a basic Web CMS -- that uses HTML/CSS/jQuery with PHP. However, one requirement is that there won't be a database to house the data (they want flat files for the documents/pages -- preferable in JSON format). In a very basic sense, it'll be used to genera...

Should I store my system's notifications in a db or filesystem?

I'm refactoring an older online catalog system where the various messages sent to users - things like 'Thank you for registering with our store', 'Thank you for your order', 'Your order has shipped' - were all stored as text fields in the database. It's worked well enough and it's nice to have the CMS subsystem be able to simply pull a ...

"ASP.NET MVC" CMS in Sharepoint Services

I'm evaluating the options for a CMS in ASP.NET MVC. I'm currently working on a multi-tenant app that requires CMS funtionality. I've been looking at N2, Mojoportal etc, but I'm also interested in what SharePoint Services could bring to the table. Specifically I don't want a SharePoint site but rather I'd like to potentially use the shar...

Magnolia CMS under Glassfish v3

Does anybody knows how to install Magnolia CMS on Glassfish? I tryed and i get an error. Or you can to advice me another CMS on Java. ...

Do I need a full fledge content management system?

So I have this website that I'm building and they are wanting to be able to change content and pictures on any page throughout the website. I'm not too familiar with content management systems and don't know if I need a full fledged content management system( joomla/drupal ) or I should just create something. Any suggestions? Also, what ...

Editable through admin panel website templates (HTML, CSS, JS..) Good or bad?

This question is for web developers and architects. How do you think is it a good or bad idea to have a website where you're able to edit all the templates (HTML, CSS, JS, images..) right from the admin panel? In this case if you update website often, you don't need to search for a local version of your website on you development machi...

asp.net MVC portals available?

Does anyone know of an asp.net MVC portal that is either commercially available or Open Source? Thanks Update I am defining a portal as a Content Management System where I can develop modules that can run from within the portal. Examples are DotNetNuke, Mojo Portal, Drop Things, Rainbow portal. ...

Adding pages "on the fly" with a CMS system

Hi, I am in the process of building a website content management system for one of my clients. It's a highly customized system, so I cannot use any "of the shelve" solution. I need to allow my client to add pages to the website on the fly. I have two options here: (1) Create a database driven page in the format of www.mycompany.com/pa...

howto use wordpress sub pages to view posts?

I'm new to WordPress. I have my site (CMS) divided to several pages in a tree hierarchy. I'm trying to view posts in a specific category within a subpage. But for some reason event the simple "the loop": <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); the_content(); endwhile; endif; ?> Shows ONLY (!!) th...

Anyone know of an Asp.Net C# CMS type system with a Forms Module

We have a large internal data collection website. I don't have time to create form based data collection pages for every department. I was thinking that there might be some kind of WYSIWYG forms creation module that could be run on top of our website. System would be like a cms, but one that allows custom pages to be created. All the for...