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fusionx · 12-18-2006, 07:14 PM

I've seen some pretty interesting sites using WordPress as a CMS, with a sticky front page and custom category pages.

What's the most interesting or innovative use of blog software you've seen? Anything that really stands out?

Here's a really nice example of Wordpress as a CMS that goes beyond the sticky front page model: http://cms.bos89.nl/

It's just a demo of a somewhat unfinished system, but it's cool...

DjSap · 12-18-2006, 07:21 PM

If you want a CMS get a CMS, if you want a blog get a blog, trying to get a blog to act like an cms is kind of a waste of time seeing that there are so many good CMS out there.

Oracle Porn · 12-18-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DjSap

If you want a CMS get a CMS, if you want a blog get a blog, trying to get a blog to act like an cms is kind of a waste of time seeing that there are so many good CMS out there.

which are the best and most USER FRIENDLY?

DjSap · 12-18-2006, 07:28 PM

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which are the best and most USER FRIENDLY?

If you are looking for open source then Joomla is the best out there, it may not be the most user friendly but that is mainly because it can do so much and beginners find the admin overwhelming.

It really depends on what your requirements are, Joomla would be overkill for a site that needs a news section and a few static pages, for that there's stuff like websitebaker.

fusionx · 12-18-2006, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DjSap

If you want a CMS get a CMS, if you want a blog get a blog, trying to get a blog to act like an cms is kind of a waste of time seeing that there are so many good CMS out there.

Not even. How about a "CMS-Lite", not to be confused with the CMS that carries that name?

WordPress has so many cool plugins for just about everything from SEO to navigation. I think it "could" make an excellent simple CMS.

And "Good CMS" - what's good? Joomla? Overkill, as you mentioned. PHP-Nuke? Bloated.. Drupal? Maybe if you are a taxonomy expert and a coder. Websitebaker is pretty damn slick, but it has nowhere the addons that Wordpress has.

Anyway, the subject is "interesting uses of wordpress" - the CMS was one that came to mind.

Oracle Porn · 12-18-2006, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DjSap

If you are looking for open source then Joomla is the best out there, it may not be the most user friendly but that is mainly because it can do so much and beginners find the admin overwhelming.

It really depends on what your requirements are, Joomla would be overkill for a site that needs a news section and a few static pages, for that there's stuff like websitebaker.

what do you think about mambo?

Oracle Porn · 12-18-2006, 07:39 PM

i was thinking too of using wordpress as a simle cms....i dont see a problem

fusionx · 12-18-2006, 07:50 PM

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i was thinking too of using wordpress as a simle cms....i dont see a problem

Mambo, Joomla, etc - are user centric. Wordpress is much more reader centric.

I think WordPress would make a great article site, for example.

If you need full featured user accounts and a bunch of pre-configured modules, then yeah - a full-blown CMS would be better. For displaying articles and news, WordPress in a CMS format would be just about perfect.

It's simple enough for anyone to post articles.
It's simple enough for almost anyone to install, customize, and use.
It has hundreds of mature plugins for doing everything from SEO optimizations to importing rss feeds to stopping spam to rewriting URLS to.. you get the point.
It creates an RSS feed, and with a simple plugin can create RSS feeds by category.
It has a plugin framework. heh. Extremely extendable.
It has a built-in comments system.
It has a simple user account system for other authors or validated readers, etc.

and on and on.

DjSap · 12-18-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Oracle Porn

i was thinking too of using wordpress as a simle cms....i dont see a problem

tell me your exact needs and i can recommend the best one for you, wordpress can be used as a "CMS", really does depend on what you are planniing on doing...

crockett · 12-18-2006, 08:03 PM

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what do you think about mambo?

mombo/joombla or what ever they are called are too much of a resource hog. As for using WP as a CMS I think it's a waste.

This one was posted on another board seems pretty cool. http://modxcms.com/ I'm going to give it a try at somepoint because it seems to have a multi-domain hack so you can use one admin for several sites.

That and it's the only CMS I've seen that makes use of Ajax.

Jace · 12-18-2006, 08:07 PM

http://www.gizcore.com/

example post
http://www.gizcore.com/2006/12/03/2advanced-studios/

BSleazy · 12-18-2006, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fusionx

I've seen some pretty interesting sites using WordPress as a CMS, with a sticky front page and custom category pages.

What's the most interesting or innovative use of blog software you've seen? Anything that really stands out?

Here's a really nice example of Wordpress as a CMS that goes beyond the sticky front page model: http://cms.bos89.nl/

It's just a demo of a somewhat unfinished system, but it's cool...

There's no download available from your example. Do you know of a ready to go package that's available?

Brujah · 12-18-2006, 08:32 PM

fusionx.. agreed man.. WP has gotten so much better and easier to use as a CMS instead of a blog. Drupal is fantastic too but a lot harder to use if you don't get the lingo and taxonomy, etc..

NemesiS876 · 12-18-2006, 08:34 PM

I steel do not use any

Oracle Porn · 12-18-2006, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DjSap

tell me your exact needs and i can recommend the best one for you, wordpress can be used as a "CMS", really does depend on what you are planniing on doing...

sologirl portal with picutres, videos, interviews bla bla bla....

crockett · 12-18-2006, 08:50 PM

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sologirl portal with picutres, videos, interviews bla bla bla....

You should take a look at the one I posted.. I haven't tried it yet, but it was supposedly built with SEO in mind.

fusionx · 12-18-2006, 09:30 PM

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There's no download available from your example. Do you know of a ready to go package that's available?

Yeah - it's here: http://www.bos89.nl/1131/

Don't know why he didn't update that link

fusionx · 12-18-2006, 09:37 PM

I'll post an example blog using that CMS theme soon. I installed it on a test site in about 10 minutes and made a few pages. I had to make a few tweaks to the templates to let some existing plugins work (formatting stuff) but it was trivially easy to get a CMS working while retaining the original blog functionality along with it.

The beauty of this is that I now have a CMS that does everything WordPress can do, including pulling and parsing RSS feeds, etc..

I can't post the link just yet - the stuff I was testing isn't ready for release quite yet

DaddyHalbucks · 12-18-2006, 09:48 PM

I have a few Word Press blogs and I like it.

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fusionx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Olongapo City, Philippines Posts: 4,618	I'll post an example blog using that CMS theme soon. I installed it on a test site in about 10 minutes and made a few pages. I had to make a few tweaks to the templates to let some existing plugins work (formatting stuff) but it was trivially easy to get a CMS working while retaining the original blog functionality along with it. The beauty of this is that I now have a CMS that does everything WordPress can do, including pulling and parsing RSS feeds, etc.. I can't post the link just yet - the stuff I was testing isn't ready for release quite yet