What is the best PHP CMS database driven???

Hi!

I'm looking for a good php/mysql content management system (CMS). I've
been searching the web for good one but get slightly confused beacause
of the different definitions of CMS itself and just what the different
CMSs can do.

This is what I need.

* A basic picture/text administration for each web page
* The ability to add/remove pages. Preferably with a "for review" or
"unofficial" function.
* The possibility to choose from a certain set of layout templates
that I define myself.
* The ability to make new templates online would be desirable, but not
necessary
* A neat function would be to be able to make "objects" that can be
handled like pictures/text upon administration of a web page
* A basic user administration with different levels of access levels
* A menu administration interface with the ability to assign web pages
to menu items, order and remove and so on

I need the CMS for a non commercial site so I basically want it to be
"free" or GNU licensed.

I have programmer/database skills, but my experience using PHP is
limited.

Grateful for any tips of what comes close to the above. Reply to group
plz.

Regards,
"Indy"

re: What is the best PHP CMS database driven???

indy wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> I'm looking for a good php/mysql content management system (CMS). I've
> been searching the web for good one but get slightly confused beacause
> of the different definitions of CMS itself and just what the different
> CMSs can do.
>
> This is what I need.
>
> * A basic picture/text administration for each web page
> * The ability to add/remove pages. Preferably with a "for review" or
> "unofficial" function.
> * The possibility to choose from a certain set of layout templates
> that I define myself.
> * The ability to make new templates online would be desirable, but not
> necessary
> * A neat function would be to be able to make "objects" that can be
> handled like pictures/text upon administration of a web page
> * A basic user administration with different levels of access levels
> * A menu administration interface with the ability to assign web pages
> to menu items, order and remove and so on
>
> I need the CMS for a non commercial site so I basically want it to be
> "free" or GNU licensed.
>
> I have programmer/database skills, but my experience using PHP is
> limited.
>
> Grateful for any tips of what comes close to the above. Reply to group
> plz.
>
> Regards,
> "Indy"[/color]
The last CMS I tried was Mambo. It's different from the others due to
it's purpose. Many CMS rely upon a large user-group that contributes to
the site. Mambo on the other hand is more a site management system,
where only admins (customisable) add content.

Give it a try!

re: What is the best PHP CMS database driven???

indy wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> I'm looking for a good php/mysql content management system (CMS). I've
> been searching the web for good one but get slightly confused beacause
> of the different definitions of CMS itself and just what the different
> CMSs can do.
>
> This is what I need.
>
> * A basic picture/text administration for each web page
> * The ability to add/remove pages. Preferably with a "for review" or
> "unofficial" function.
> * The possibility to choose from a certain set of layout templates
> that I define myself.
> * The ability to make new templates online would be desirable, but not
> necessary
> * A neat function would be to be able to make "objects" that can be
> handled like pictures/text upon administration of a web page
> * A basic user administration with different levels of access levels
> * A menu administration interface with the ability to assign web pages
> to menu items, order and remove and so on
>
> I need the CMS for a non commercial site so I basically want it to be
> "free" or GNU licensed.
>
> I have programmer/database skills, but my experience using PHP is
> limited.
>
> Grateful for any tips of what comes close to the above. Reply to group
> plz.
>
> Regards,
> "Indy"[/color]
etomite is the only one that I know of that offers multiple concurrent
templates. And it does everything on your list, I reckon.

It's my favourite, tii!

Steve

re: What is the best PHP CMS database driven???

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:58:38 +1300, Steve <ThisOne@Aint.valid> wrote:[color=blue]
>etomite is the only one that I know of that offers multiple concurrent
>templates. And it does everything on your list, I reckon.
>
>It's my favourite, tii![/color]

"The Etomite Project has been discontinued - for more information,
please read the announcement in the forums."

http://www.etomite.org/

Joe.

re: What is the best PHP CMS database driven???

You can use Xoops CMS for this.. http://xoops.org. You can do most of
the things with xoops.

Sharma
Php programmer, Hyderabad, India

Joe wrote:[color=blue]
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:58:38 +1300, Steve <ThisOne@Aint.valid> wrote:[color=green]
> >etomite is the only one that I know of that offers multiple[/color][/color]
concurrent[color=blue][color=green]
> >templates. And it does everything on your list, I reckon.
> >
> >It's my favourite, tii![/color]
>
> "The Etomite Project has been discontinued - for more information,
> please read the announcement in the forums."
>
> http://www.etomite.org/
>
> Joe.[/color]

re: What is the best PHP CMS database driven???

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:35:02 -0800, indy wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> I'm looking for a good php/mysql content management system (CMS). I've
> been searching the web for good one but get slightly confused beacause of
> the different definitions of CMS itself and just what the different CMSs
> can do.
>[/color]

This website lists about 25 CMS's and lets you demo them all.

http://opensourcecms.com/

I ended up using php-fusion. Mambo was too much for my current purposes.