As content management systems go, Joomla is a good one, but it doesn't replace a programmer for anything other than changing the content on the site, which is something I usually want to give to the users anyhow.
Joomla requires installation and security updates, and some degree of training, I don't know of anyone who can use it effectively "out of the box". The user manager in Joomla can be problematic if you require validation, as some sites, notably Yahoo, have the default validation messages blocked as spam. You may need to get the domain white listed to avoid this, or at bare minimum, do a custom validation messages. If extensive user management, or a community type site is needed, the JomSocial plugin works well, but it's not free. On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: > > Hi, guys... > > Just need some recommendations from some of you who have been > down this road before. > > I have a client that is asking for what amounts to absolute control > over their site through a CMS. Among a few others they metioned, > Joomla was brought up. > > I'm checking them out myself, but wanted to cut to the chase based > on experience from those who have used CMS's that provide control > such as Joomla. > > What have you tried? What turned out to work well? What bombed? > I've always "rolled my own", and never used a ready-made CMS, so > I have zero experience with them. > > (Joomla seems like it replaces me as a designer/developer, at first glance. > If a client has a CMS that allows them to do everything that I do > for them now, including selecting themes for pages they add to the > site themselves (designer), manage data through Joomla functionality > (developer), > I wonder if I would end up as a "Joomla Installer & Maintenance" person > for the client. ???) > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > Thanks for any feedback! > > Rick > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356295 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
