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Simplest CMS For Clients?

by terryd
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I'm looking for recommendations for a simple CMS system that a client can use easily to add pages and content if they wanted to. I would prefer that they are only limited to that function and do not have any other functionality (such as adding categories etc).

Does anybody here know of such a set up?

Thanks
#clients #cms #simplest
  • Profile picture of the author edhan
    Try wordpress. You can limit them not to have the functions of adding categories, etc when you sign in as administrator. Create a user account for them.
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    • Profile picture of the author terryd
      Originally Posted by edhan View Post

      Try wordpress. You can limit them not to have the functions of adding categories, etc when you sign in as administrator. Create a user account for them.
      I was thinking wordpress initially but I didn't think it was that simple, are you sure that by creating a user account you limit them to only adding pages?
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  • Profile picture of the author WillDee
    You could also try CMS Builder, which is basically a CMS generator. In other words, you build the CMS and control access for your clients. The nice thing is that it's something you can rebrand and onsell.
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  • Profile picture of the author Quentin
    What Edhan says is correct and wordpress is a great platform for doing this and we do it all the time.

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  • Profile picture of the author michellegreen
    Hey Quentin, do you still have the link to Blogdesk on one of your websites?

    It's a program that allows you to post content direct to your website without having to log into the Wordpress Admin area - you just type what you want, click on the website and category you want to post to, and off it goes!

    Very easy and no risk of them getting into "bad" areas!
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  • Profile picture of the author Gog
    Wordress is the easiest to customise and use and you can set-up login names and limit user privileges if you only want them to be able to change certain parts of the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author MichaelHiles
    The fawning love for Wordpress on this site cracks me up. There are far, far better solutions.

    DotNetNuke.

    It's built on a far superior database.
    It's "compiled", so it runs much faster.
    It's a real application framework, not some publishing system where you have to weld everything together.

    Oh yeah, one installed codebase can run thousands of client websites on the same IP address because if IIS header record magic.
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    • Profile picture of the author djbbiz
      Originally Posted by MichaelHiles View Post

      The fawning love for Wordpress on this site cracks me up. There are far, far better solutions.

      DotNetNuke.

      It's built on a far superior database.
      It's "compiled", so it runs much faster.
      It's a real application framework, not some publishing system where you have to weld everything together.

      Oh yeah, one installed codebase can run thousands of client websites on the same IP address because if IIS header record magic.
      You are right but most people start with no money so they get the cheaper open source products and open source tools that don't require MS tools or platforms. As such, they really don't know the difference as they have never used the products or learned the language because it is more difficult and it is more robust.

      Most of them don't really know the difference between a compiled product or Linux/Apache server platform or a CMS. There is no way that the simplest product for people to use would be the most robust or flexible, just easy. But to everyone's satisfaction they can get it up and running but they don't realize until they become more technical just how much more they could be doing. It is just a learning curve that can take months and years to learn.
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  • Profile picture of the author GoGetta
    I would say Wordpress. Easy to setup and easy to teach! And above all easy to use!

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  • Profile picture of the author eMarketing_Tips
    Wordpress, Typepad or Joomla are generally good starts
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul1234
    Originally Posted by terryd View Post

    I'm looking for recommendations for a simple CMS system that a client can use easily to add pages and content if they wanted to. I would prefer that they are only limited to that function and do not have any other functionality (such as adding categories etc).

    Does anybody here know of such a set up?

    Thanks
    The simplest CMS I've seen is Portello. It allows designated users to edit the content areas you decide (using Portello CMS Admin), with a single push of a button in their IE browser (using Portello CMS).
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  • Profile picture of the author djbbiz
    Originally Posted by stateless View Post

    Wordpress is the logical option.
    Not for everybody in every situation. Those that have 12-15-20 years of programming wisdom will tell you otherwise. Those who cannot afford a more robust higher end product and do not understand the difference between languages like php or C# answer with what they know and is simple, usually WordPress.

    Wordpress does what it does well but it is definitely a rookie's choice for a content management system for a portal or website. It is one of the best choices for a blog. Once you start pushing it into a full website it starts to look like a more cobbled together programming code project without the benefit of a highly structured framework for programming.
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