Real good content management system ?

Hello everyone,

I'm getting somewhat annoyed about how many cms's
there are in PHP/MySQL while so few are really good.
Yesterday I started to like ezPublish, until I decided
the template language is ugly and the process for creating
a maintenance template for a content class is not logical.

I'm starting to think I should write my own cms, but that
will increase the leadtime for my site enormously.
So I would like to know from you if you know a cms that ..

- Is free and open source
- Is PHP/MySQL based ( usable with just about any host )
- Doesn't enforce site/navigation structure
- Has a WYSIWYG editor or one can easily be plugged in
- Has a forum module
- Is also an application framework with good
separation of content, code and layout.
- Does not have its own insane template language
- Supports a moderation process for content
- Has an intuitive process for creating maintenance forms
for posting and maintaining content.

I think Zope comes close, but that's Python :-(

Best regards,

Eric

Eric Veltman wrote:

typo3, but the template language is insane :)

Try looking through http://www.opensourcecms.com/ for some ideas. e107 is
pretty nice. Then there's Mambo, which has a big following.

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"Eric Veltman" <eric@[RemoveThis]veltman.nu> wrote in message
news:100i32qi1g6ls07@corp.supernews.com...[color=blue]
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm getting somewhat annoyed about how many cms's
> there are in PHP/MySQL while so few are really good.
> Yesterday I started to like ezPublish, until I decided
> the template language is ugly and the process for creating
> a maintenance template for a content class is not logical.
>
> I'm starting to think I should write my own cms, but that
> will increase the leadtime for my site enormously.
> So I would like to know from you if you know a cms that ..
>
> - Is free and open source
> - Is PHP/MySQL based ( usable with just about any host )
> - Doesn't enforce site/navigation structure
> - Has a WYSIWYG editor or one can easily be plugged in
> - Has a forum module
> - Is also an application framework with good
> separation of content, code and layout.
> - Does not have its own insane template language
> - Supports a moderation process for content
> - Has an intuitive process for creating maintenance forms
> for posting and maintaining content.
>
> I think Zope comes close, but that's Python :-(
>
> Best regards,
>
> Eric
>
>[/color]

Eric Veltman wrote:[color=blue]
>
> So I would like to know from you if you know a cms that ..
> - Doesn't enforce site/navigation structure[/color]

Is this even possible? I do not see how it can be a CMS if it has no
navigation structure. Explain, please?
[color=blue]
> - Has a WYSIWYG editor or one can easily be plugged in[/color]

I have never seen one worth a damn.

bblackmoor
2004-01-21