Which Content Management System?

[b0redom]

Hi All,
I need to knock up a few websites quickly. I'm rubbish at web design, so a CMS system seems to be the way forward. I've been playing with Drupal, but it seems to have relativly few pre-done skins.

Can anyone recommend another easy to use CMS? I've looked at XOOPS, but it's looks way more complicated.

Cheers...

Tom

[ultim8um]

Erm there seem to be plenty of skins (or themes) here:
http://drupal.org/project/Themes
http://cyberdash.com/preconfigured-x...ins-for-drupal

[Nick F]

Joomla is the way to go, easy to install and use and the best supported one out there.

[kidzer]

Beat me to it Nick, i've used Joomla in the past, and its very good.

Easy setup, very easy to use from its web interface, and lots of plug-ins for it ("Mambots" if I remember correctly!).

I took a while to get my head round how to have a non-static front page, but its not too hard to work out

[UltraMagnus]

i looked into joomla myself, but the lack of any decent forum module really does seem..... stupid!

i use E107 here myself, terrible name, but its a great, reliable, free CMS, with quite a few free skins and loads of modules

[DavidM]

Can anyone recommend another easy to use CMS? I've looked at XOOPS, but it's looks way more complicated.

Cheers...

Tom

Tom - drop me a PM if you're dabbling with Xoops... as one of the support people involved with the project ... I'm not being too big-headed when I say I know my way around it

[Zathras]

I'd say WebDeck, but it's probably a bit too expensive

[Nick F]

i looked into joomla myself, but the lack of any decent forum module really does seem..... stupid!

i use E107 here myself, terrible name, but its a great, reliable, free CMS, with quite a few free skins and loads of modules

You can install Simple Machine Forum and get a "Bridge" that links the two systems together, they work really well these days and I have been using them for the past year.

You can even get SMF themes that match your site theme. I use http://www.rockettheme.com/ for all my themese etc.

[UltraMagnus]

You can install Simple Machine Forum and get a "Bridge" that links the two systems together, they work really well these days and I have been using them for the past year.

You can even get SMF themes that match your site theme. I use http://www.rockettheme.com/ for all my themese etc.

for a first time user, that sort of thing is very intimidating, and having the forum intergrated as a module has many benefits when it comes to managment and maintainance

[Nick F]

Its actually a very easy process to install. There ia great FAQ and install manual on the SMF website.

Took me me five minutes to do.

[DavidM]

Yes - we've recently had a SMF bridge added to Xoops as well.