Members area CMS. Suggestions - Reviews - Critiques please
 

I've got a friend who I've talked into moving his site to NATS and a content management system...just wondering who are you using for your CMS and if you had any suggestions or recommendations.

TIA

http://www.mansionproductions.com/mas/

This is all you need

Has anyone called you "TIA" yet? :1orglaugh

LOL no but I meant thanks in advance. :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I caught that but at initial glance it looked a little strange

I agree MAS is awesome I use it with NATS and love it

:thumbsup :thumbsup

Anyone have any experience with carma?
http://www.toomuchmedia.com/products/carma/

bumpin' uglies

Check Sig. Does public and members. Very robust.

I use Xtract Management System from http://ecoders.biz

All the great features of the big boys, great support, affordable (you can even get the source code if you want it).

Definitely worth checking out.
http://www.ecoders.biz

bumping again, just wondering if anyone has had any experience with Carma from toomuchmedia.

probably too early to get much response since they just released it - but boris demo'd it for me in vegas and it looks fantastic :-)

www.SiteDepth.com

:)

I heard about some compatibility issues with site depth if you have anything but a very basic gallery template they charge you more to mod the software !!!

cool to hear.

thanks - this CMS looks very slick. looks equal or better than SiteDepth and the source code comes cheap.

:thumbsup :thumbsup

I like the NATS cms also but I find MAS just a bit better

Umm.. of course they charge you to modify the software.. why would they do it for free?
You can do pretty complex templates with it, but you do need more than just very basic skills...

Hi Ice,

just out of curiosity, what do you like better about MAS?

Fabian

I love MAS and the support was/is great too. Was installed in no time, designs implemented quickly, and content adding no problem. Good stuff!

I can't say that it compares to MAS or CARMA, but it's easy to work with and the source code option gives you something to work with.

They've got a new version that's soon to be released, that will include a desktop application for you to put to work. Not sure what the timeframe for that is, but last I spoke with them it was coming down the pipe.

I did get a chance to take a look at Carma the other day and I was impressed.
That's what I'm leaning towards.

http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ ... great site with *lots* of CMS's reviewed, ranked and commented on.

I agree SiteDepth is the way to go def.lly the best there is :thumbsup

I have been setting up the new version of sitedepth for my paysite for a few days now, and it is a breeze. I haven't gotten to templating yet, but I have been loading content in and doing the basic design.

I love it so far, so many options and it is all pretty easy and has every feature I could need.

www.sitedepth.com

Nats is the best thing going :2 cents:

hmmm double post some how... see response below :)

Hello Fabian... I just checked out carma again and it is a very good CMS. What I like a bit better about MAS is the layout and interface. Also I like how MAS will scan for new content automatically.

I don't know if you have that feature as there is nothing on your features page or in the demo about that.
http://www.toomuchmedia.com/products.../features.html

Again they both seem to be on the same level as far as features, etc.. so it would come down to personal preference once a person takes a demo of both CMS's.

NATS is not a CMS :1orglaugh

is your bot going nuts today man?

I've read the features of MAS and CARMA - nothing special in either that I saw. This Ecoders one may do what I need and I can get my own programmer to add features I want. It seems to be on par with SiteDepth reading the features on their site BUT i can't know that until Ecoders sends me an email with a demo login :mad:

Do you have ICQ or an email for them?

Straight up, Carma is beyond the other listed CMS's.. The others may have a few features Carma doesn't yet have, however since Carma uses PHP Smarty Templates and the way Carma uses those templates, you are able to 100% customize every aspect of the site. If you can think of it, then it's possible to build with Carma.