Comments on: Using A CMS For A Content-Rich Website

By: Sam Denial

Sam Denial — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:46:00 +0000

WordPress is a good cms indeed and I am having a website on it. My experience with this is amazing.

By: MarcTLA

MarcTLA — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:47:00 +0000

Sorry, Ruri. Not true. WordPress is optimized (and started life) as a blogging tool, but it can render a broad range of website styles and structures. And the huge community of plug-in developers has made adding sophisticated features a breeze, even for non-techies.

By: MarcTLA

MarcTLA — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:45:00 +0000

@Chris – while some may not be SEO-friendly, WordPress certainly is. And you can optimize really ANY site with the proper keyword, naming and content strategy. So, IMO, SEO should never be the primary factor in deciding on a CMS – ease of use, customization (as needed), low cost, reasonable security – and the CMS’ ability to display your site design and content faithfully are the only important factors.

By: yss6594

yss6594 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:25:00 +0000

hi… i am new to CMS. I have some experience with asp. Now i have to develop an e-commerce website for my client. Would you be able to tell me if i should stick to asp or use some CMS?

By: Mort Fertel

Mort Fertel — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:27:22 +0000

Wow, as I read this article I couldn’t help but think that my humble friend WordPress would be relegated to another of those things suitable only for the blue collar ‘Net tinker who couldn’t appreciate the niceties of a REAL CMS. Good to know that my suspicions about WP were in agreement with yours; a fantastic CMS for $0 (although there admittedly can be quite a steep learning curve as you adopt widgets and plugins).

By: Mark-Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Partner

Mark-Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Partner — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:24:44 +0000

Great CMS post. We love wordpress.

By: Ram

Ram — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:42:12 +0000

Hi,

It was a very interesting topic you brought there. We are using Joomla as well. We have tried drupal but it didn’t work out well the way we wanted it. I agree to one of the comments, maybe you give up on Joomla too easily. Anyway thank you for the additional knowledge that you have imparted with us. This can help a lot for starters who want to engage in online businesses.

Cheers!

By: Unmotivated Genius

Unmotivated Genius — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:24:41 +0000

If you’re just blogging WordPress is definitely the way to go, especially if you’re an entry level user. The problem lies when people think wordpress is the answer to every one of their problems as a full blown cms, which it is not. One more thing, I think you gave up on joomla too easily.

By: Krista McRae

Krista McRae — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:03:22 +0000

Oooh Marcus. I’ve got to get in to the CMS side of design. Us artists are good with the custom flashy designs, but the tech side is lagging behind, thanks for the tips.
Krista

By: Owain Lewis

Owain Lewis — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:14:07 +0000

I have experimented with so many CMS systems over the years but finally settled on Expression Engine and Modx as my primary tools of choice. The only downside to Expression Enginge is convincing people to pay for the license. Modx is definitely worth checking out. WordPress is still a great option for simple blogs and it’s easy to theme which is nice.

By: Marcus Hochstadt

Marcus Hochstadt — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:18:55 +0000

Thanks, Gary. But isn’t it funny that you, too, didn’t list WordPress?

That’s the idiosyncrasy with most CMS popularity or comparison tables — they still consider WordPress a pure blogging platform and thus refrain from including it in their comparison.

~Marcus

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:19:25 +0000

Hi Marcus good list and well tested. If you want to go by what CMS are the most commonly used, which is a good indicator of which one might be best please have a look at
http://trends.builtwith.com/cms

It looks the top CMS systems and their usage.

Thanks,

Gary

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:38:36 +0000

I actually prefer Drupal over WordPress, but WordPress was the first I used.

By: Santella Austin

Santella Austin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:20:20 +0000

Well I must admit I had never heard of CMS before and reading how it works I am very surprised. Thanks for the info

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zoya nail polish — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:47:53 +0000

This is very useful information, especially for web developer. Thanks!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:54:55 +0000

Hi Marcus,
Your article on CMS is illuminating. I completely agree with you. Using a CMS is a must if you are going to manage content. Free form pages would eventually be a nightmare. CMS applications like wordpress, joomla, or drupal offer not only ways to manage you content but also offer plugins to help disperse content making it very viral and more likely to gain followers and recognition. The easy integration combined with easy content management make CMS systems a must have for large amounts of content or really any website with more than 5 pages.

By: Herman Swan

Herman Swan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:46:50 +0000

Hi Marcus, I like your first hand analysis of all the available CMSs in this single post. I also have done such a comparison for my website and concluded that wordpress is the only best as of now.

- Herman Swan

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:01:12 +0000

I also tried plenty of CMS software.It was also a very long and tedious process.Eventually I just went with wordpress.It is in my opinion,a lot easier to learn than drupal or some other cms software.

By: dan

dan — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:29 +0000

Hmm im still new to this stuff. Not so familiar with wordpress but I definitely would like to be. any post about it in detials?

By: Anokimchen

Anokimchen — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:30 +0000

I think WordPress is really a good CMS
I’m now gonna shift from free blogspot to wordpress cuz its more customizable.
Thanks for the informative blog