Cameron and Jon, thank you so much for your input. Jon, your breakdown of uses is great. I do have a question though regarding the customization of ContentBox. My biggest stumbling block with the use of a CMS is the customized site functionality that I typically require being just managing page content and blogs. As an example, adding a product catalog or membership management. Can the ColdBox admin be modified to roll the management of these area into a unified interface? I briefly looked at SlatWall and it seemed like a separate administration just linked to from within the ContentBox admin, not actually managed there. So there is separate users for both admins. Is it possible to create extended functionality like a product catalog, but have it use the ContentBox admin and users as well?
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Jon Clausen <jon_clau...@silowebworks.com> wrote: > > I have and will continue to use both. They are both great for what they > provide, but what they provide is very different. If Iâm developing a > basic site with maybe a few custom plugins for display on the front-end, > Mura is my choice. If Iâm refactoring an existing application or need to > develop an app with a great deal of customization, then ContentBox is my > choices. > > ContentBox is a plugin for the Coldbox framework, and follows the module > specifications for inheritance, which means you can extend or override just > about anything in the core functionality if you need to and develop your > own modules which extend its functionality. Mura, for all effective > purposes, *is* the framework, so you are limited by its conventions. A > basic breakdown of where each shines: > > Mura: > - Intuitive, clean admin interface > - In-page editing on the front-end of the site. (clients love this feature > to make quick edits or adjustments to individual pages) > - Easy template system, structure and display view extensions > - Easy page layout customization and content collection displays > - Simple, if somewhat limited, plugin architecture > - Regular releases and: > - Self-updating (ContentBox doesnât yet support this) > - Multi-site capable out-of-the-box > > ContentBox: > - Modularity and compatibility with just about anything you need to > customize through Coldboxâs cascading file system and access to Wirebox. > - Access to the full set of Coldbox features > - Fast and getting faster - ContentBox isnât yet updated to run on 4.0 > but, when it does, it should scream. I find that, with caching enabled on > both, ContentBox is a bit faster, though the system reserved memory > required to run a medium to large ContentBox site is higher. > - Nice admin dashboard > - User management. I much prefer the roles/permissions administration and > functionality of ContentBox to Mura > > Hope that helps, > > Jon > > [image: profile picture] *Dean Lawrence* *President* Internet Data Technology *Phone:* 888-438-4381 x701 *Web:* www.idatatech.com *Email:* d...@idatatech.com Programming | Database | Consulting | Training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360033 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
