FamYon — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:22:09 +0000

Tried the Envolution CMS after someone earlier mentioning it and I must agree it's the best by far that I have tired of the CMS around, bit worried about it's similarity to postnuke and their forums being identicall to PHPBB.

However it does let you play about with the layout far more and if the need arise that I have to use a CMS site for a client then this would be the one I would probably consider.

disaster-master — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:14:14 +0000

Which one are you talking about taff? I didn't do any of the php nuke sites in my portfolio if that is what you are referring to. My partner did those.

taff — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:43:38 +0000

I haven't used PHPNuke myself but I do agree on the *sameness* of its output. Sonia, you nailed it when you pointed out that many of your projects do not require all the functionality of PHPNuke - why would you take such elaborate measures for a little static 5 page brochure, for example.

liam_tmt7 — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:41:57 +0000

im not the biggest fan of either of the programs
the programs limit your design, and although have some cool features and allow a lot of staff members to add stuff online it leaves little room for creativity

i have used it once, but most sites that use it look so similar,. annoying really

but hey, its only my opinion

Liam :batman:

FamYon — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:51:21 +0000

Yeah postnuke does have it's limitations with your control over the design of a template.

I did a few gaming sites a while back and all with postnuke, I found the CMS very easy to work with and quite stable but like they say you can tell a nuke site from the layout straight away.

I hope for the future that CMS will think more of new template layouts rather than loads of new themes for the same layout.
It's on my wish list anyway.

Mark Hensler — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 08:30:30 +0000

As soon as I can find the original copy, I'll let you know.

Yes, using DW is much easier than messing with templates. vB utilizes templates, and it has a learning curve. But once you find which template goes where, it's fairly easy to work with. But like you said, it is restrains in your ability to design 'outside the box'.

disaster-master — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 01:20:28 +0000

Thanks for all the input on this.

I suppose that it is just all new to me and it seems (at the moment) much faster to open up the old standby, Dreamweaver, rather than sit down and learn how to modify modules and make them work.

Hey Mark, where can i get a copy of your brain?!!

Suzanne — Sun, 05 Jan 2003 16:27:57 +0000

*grin* well that should have read in small print "unless you're Mark Hensler and can customize the CMS, not just the templates..."

Mark Hensler — Sun, 05 Jan 2003 07:05:29 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Suzanne
you have to conform at least in part to how it's outputting the content.

hehe, that's true for the most part. I have a client has a site utilizing the PHP-Nuke core. But it is now severely mangled. And the site will no longer work with PHP-Nuke compatable themes.

necrotic — Sun, 05 Jan 2003 05:55:19 +0000

Also, http://www.gammasoft.co.uk is very customizable. He has a hosted site that looks nothing like a CMS and it uses IonPanel.