[Hidden-tech] My First CMS Site

[Daniel Fried]

Scott,

Joomla and Drupal are both very popular and well supported.  I've only
worked with Joomla myself, but both seem to be great solutions for a lot of
problems.

That being said if you're planning on doing a lot of customization you might
want to look at something like .NET Nuke, which will better match your skill
set (unless you want to expand into PHP).  If you can make do with the vast
array of plug-ins available for the big two, then that would certainly make
things easier for you.

Another thing to think about is that Joomla, Drupal and .NET Nuke are all
general purpose solutions and can be somewhat unwieldy.  If your need is for
something more focused, you might want to look into more specialized
solutions like WordPress for Blogging or an ECommerce solution (many of
which have enough CMS functionality built in to manage a primarily ECommerce
site)

I am not a big believer in one size fits all solutions.

-Dan

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Scott Main <scott at mainconsultingservices.com
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>  Hello All:  I’m new to the group.
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> I’m interested in developing “my first” content management site.
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> Can anyone tell me what the best technology for me to begin with is between
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> My experience includes .asp, .aspx sites, vb.net, ms access, vba,
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> I’m interested in simplicity in terms of learning at the beginners level as
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