best CMS for client websites?

14 years ago

Hi,
Try Drupal, you can find various free themes on the net.
At the beginning maybe it is not so easy, but it is intuitive and easy to learn to use it.

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romika

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ish

Hi...

I have recently setup my offline business for creating websites for local clients.
I want a website builder that is easy to use (i don't know anything about html or css) but also allows me to create great looking sites quickly.

Also the client needs to be able to access the site in order to make changes themselves.

I tried weebly, but the themes they provide are very amateurish and plain.

Any suggestions?

thanks

Hello you can choose wordpress which is robust platform for creating the websites. Also it is very easy to use there is thousands of free plugins and themes available even you can learn wordpress online by seeing the some Youtube vidoes and that's enough to deliver the websites to your clients.

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Andrew H

14 years ago

Personally I love Joomla because it is very flexible and good for creating complex websites.

But, Wordpress is also a great platform and is dead simply to learn if you don't have a lot of time.

Google: Wordpress vs Joomla

Good luck.

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Ukiepro

14 years ago

Hello,
It's very hard to tell which is the best! Everything depend on clients needs.
From my past experience I can tell you that my award goes to:
1st - developing website from scratch with own CMS.
+ you can improve it as you wish.
2 - Drupal
+ large companies prefer to use this CMS for their websites.
3 - WordPress - it grown up from Blog into very powerful CMS.
- It have some problems with security. And you can fix it using plugin
+ there are plenty templates, plugins and apps for it which are very simple to install.
- if you insall few plugins - you can have conflict between them.
+ there are a lot of programmers (cheap) who will help you to adjust WP
+ nice platform for small and middle size projects
4 - Joomla (I had very bad experience and do not recommend Joomla for large projects and even for small)

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Nathan Joshua

14 years ago

WordPress is your best bet, there are 1000's of nice templates out there, Drupal is a bit more advanced.

Originally Posted by ish

(i don't know anything about html or css)

This could be a problem if your clients want a specific change on their website.

Look at W3schools to at least learn the basics

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dantehicks

14 years ago

There are several hosted solutions out there (SaaS options). Although they typically come with a monthly per-site fee, if you lack design/development chops they will let you hit the ground running using a drag & drop interface. They also make it pretty simple for your client to get around and manage content. That way you can focus your energy on building business and marketing.

Check out:
piJnz (pijnz.com)
MobiFriendly* (mobifriendly.com)
Brick & Mobile* (brickandmobile.com)
*these two are powered by the same technology
BiznessApps (biznessapps.com)
MoFuse (mofuse.com)

Good luck!

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Nauman K

14 years ago

I thins WordPress is the best choice as its simple and most importantly you get plugins for almost all basic functionality like contact us,join now, download our brochure etc.
so my first and last choice is wordpress.

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socialbookmark

14 years ago

If you don't know anything about CMS platforms and want to manage it yourself, Wordpress is the simplest CMS you can use and Joomla is another one but its a bit more difficult and also gives you more features and Drupal is another one but working with it needs experience and takes time to learn. I suggest you choose a simple CMS according to your knowledge and experience to don't face problems.

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Bewley

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ish

Hi...

I have recently setup my offline business for creating websites for local clients.
I want a website builder that is easy to use (i don't know anything about html or css) but also allows me to create great looking sites quickly.

Also the client needs to be able to access the site in order to make changes themselves.

I tried weebly, but the themes they provide are very amateurish and plain.

Any suggestions?

thanks

Wow! I can't quite get my head around the concept of you setting yourself up as a web designer/developer - but know diddly-squat about how to develop/design websites using HTML or CSS! It's analogous to somebody setting themselves up as a plumber, who does not know how to fix a leaky tap or join two pieces of copper pipe together - unbelievable!

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Earnie Boyd

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Bewley

Wow! I can't quite get my head around the concept of you setting yourself up as a web designer/developer - but know diddly-squat about how to develop/design websites using HTML or CSS! It's analogous to somebody setting themselves up as a plumber, who does not know how to fix a leaky tap or join two pieces of copper pipe together - unbelievable!

+2 ....

You need basic knowledge of how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript and a scripting language such as PHP. And that's just a start. If you don't have the basic background then CMS frameworks aren't going to help you much because you still need to theme the data.

But good luck with your endeavor, just because you don't have a handle on these things doesn't mean you can't have some basics in hand within a few months. Study via the internet and libraries and you'll soon to prove to yourself which CMS is best; there are many.

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Andrew H

14 years ago

Wow! I can't quite get my head around the concept of you setting yourself up as a web designer/developer - but know diddly-squat about how to develop/design websites using HTML or CSS! It's analogous to somebody setting themselves up as a plumber, who does not know how to fix a leaky tap or join two pieces of copper pipe together - unbelievable!

+1

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htmlthis

14 years ago

Learn HTML, CSS, PHP and JS/jQuery, then you can start doing websites

. The bare minimum would be HTML/CSS and PHP. Without PHP there is no way you can successfully modify any CMS (they are all built with PHP).

Good luck!

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ish

14 years ago

I appreciate that I should learn html/css...I will outsource the site design once I get enough clients.

Just needed to get started with an easy system to make sites for my first few clients. I have tried wordpress but I have run into alot of issues with themes not displaying properly.

I will look at all the suggestions you guys have mentioned...thanks

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rosiebrown0

14 years ago

WordPress is the best platform.As it is very user friendly and easy to customize..

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14 years ago

Wordpress, of course! I'm in love with it! It has so many plug-ins and wigets!

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texas319

14 years ago

Wordpress => Squeeze Page / Blog - Simple
Joomla => Corporate / Complex Website - Flexible

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addlinkweb

14 years ago

wordpress is best and used for all CMS purposes.
learn it thoroughly and it will do all the required stuff

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carolynross09

14 years ago

Drupal CMS is the best one for building a website

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YongC

14 years ago

I know a another cms, it's very easy to install and use, it's don't need sql and have very much theme for free :

Try it : FlatPress » What is FlatPress?

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

Wow! I can't quite get my head around the concept of you setting yourself up as a web designer/developer - but know diddly-squat about how to develop/design websites using HTML or CSS! It's analogous to somebody setting themselves up as a plumber, who does not know how to fix a leaky tap or join two pieces of copper pipe together - unbelievable!

+3!

I feel sorry for your clients...
(no CMS will save them from scammers!)