What's your Favorite CMS?

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What is your favorite Content Management Solution? I like Wordpress personally. However, I used to use Drupal for some projects, but noticed it hogged alot of bandwidth. I hope the haters don't flag this post down too because it seems like everything I post here gets flagged. I think this is a valid question and one that should NOT be flagged. Here goes nothing Warriors. So, with my fingers crossed that I don't get flagged again, what's your favorite CMS?
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  • I use mostly WordPress with WooCommerce, though I have create several sites with DNN (formerly DotNetNuke)
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  • Profile picture of the author Steryle
    It depends on your needs and programming skills.
    Some time ago I had the same problem and was looking for good CMS.
    The first one I tried was WordPress, but I really have no technical skills and got lost in all possibilities. As a result I couldn't create anything nice.
    I wanted to create a car related website so I found a specialized CMS for it. It is called GazZup.

    If your website is not automotive like mine I would recommend you to look for specialized CMS for your needs: ecommerce, community, blog, forum, etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hermes Urbanus
      I have a decent amount of coding experience so I prefer platforms that are easy to tweak and customize.

      For a basic content site, I prefer a heavily customized and security-hardened version of Joomla. Fast, responsive, and simple.

      For a community or member site, I've tried all sorts of popular forum platforms and, nothing beats vBulletin software. It's one of the most secure platforms available if setup correctly. And because of all the mods and hacks available for it there is almost an endless list of variations and possibilities.

      Ironically, a customized version of vBulletin is also
      being used for the forums you're currently reading this on.
      Yup, seems WF likes it, too!



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    • Profile picture of the author allegandro
      Originally Posted by Steryle View Post

      It depends on your needs and programming skills.
      Some time ago I had the same problem and was looking for good CMS.
      The first one I tried was WordPress, but I really have no technical skills and got lost in all possibilities. As a result I couldn't create anything nice.
      I wanted to create a car related website so I found a specialized CMS for it. It is called GazZup.

      If your website is not automotive like mine I would recommend you to look for specialized CMS for your needs: ecommerce, community, blog, forum, etc.
      Thanks for the compliment, we are working on the software everyday.
      If you have any questions about it, just ask me.
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  • Profile picture of the author abderrezak31
    i have an experience of 10 years on the scripts and SEO stuff, so i really recommend you to use WordPress, it's so perfect to manage your content and your hole website including SEO facts, you have the liberty to choose your appropriate plugins and get periodic updates and much more for your online project as webmaster
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  • Profile picture of the author georgec77
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    Well I really like the versatility of Expresion Engine- it literally lets you change any aspect of your site's layout and content output as you see fit. Problem is the lack of plugins compared to Wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
    Originally Posted by greatness008 View Post

    What is your favorite Content Management Solution? I like Wordpress personally. However, I used to use Drupal for some projects, but noticed it hogged alot of bandwidth.
    Personally I like Opencart and we also use a lot of Wordpress...

    ...but another that I was sort of forced into using but grew to like quite a lot was ModX
    MODX Web Content Management System and Platform

    If even just to add a less than the commonly discussed solutions that also has great functionality.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hackingdom
    Strange as it may sound, there really is no 'best' CMS. Obviously, topping the popularity charts and with huge fanbases, WordPress, Joomla and Drupal really hog a large share of the market, but none of them can be called the best. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses. These are three completely different systems with three completely different skill levels. Of the thousands of content management systems available in the market, each has its uniques USP, its own strength. While there are some that are better suited to blogging, others are great for complicated projects requiring more of a framework and yet some others that are better for multilingual websites, and that's just describing a few use cases. WordPress for example, is first and foremost, a blogging platform, irrespective of what many would like to believe. Also, WP is highly dependent on plugins. It is virtually impossible to run WordPress without installing at minimum 5 plugins from the plugin directory. Simply put, the more plugins you install, the more your website performance suffers. Sadly, even plugins developed by Automattic (the mother company of WordPress) can cause massive slowdowns in load time and performance. While the intentions of the developers who are releasing the plugins are good, this often leaves those running WordPress with the task of updating plugins constantly. Similarly, Joomla, even considering the fact that their community has helped spread awareness about open source products on the market, Joomla suffers from the exact same issue that WordPress suffers from when it comes to plugins. They also attract a high rate of hacking attempts on their platform. It too, cannt be considered the best CMS out there. The point here is that there is really no 'best crm' out there. It will work well for you if you are clear about what your objective is. Do not go by reviews and top 10 awards listings. It will work in your favour to do some research and review alternatives till you find one that is best suited to your purpose. Hope that helps!
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