adipalmer123 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hi All I'm in the process of re-designing a site for a company. I am going to be having a CMS for the site also. My question - is it better to use a ready made CMS like Joomla (because i believe its the best) or to write a custom CMS? I would only want the CMS to be able to edit certain parts of the site, upload images to specific image holders or galleries and maybe add or delete pages. Finally, with say Joomla, is it possible to install Joomla onto an existing site, and just somehow select the areas of the site you want to change?? Look forward to your replies Adi Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/232875-custom-cms-vs-joomla/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
drisate Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 i would go for a custome CMS. It's gona be A LOT less complicated for the client to take care of his website. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/232875-custom-cms-vs-joomla/#findComment-1198155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adipalmer123 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 I've come across a CMS called Perch. It seems to do all that I want. Has anyone heard anything good about it? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/232875-custom-cms-vs-joomla/#findComment-1198220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cssfreakie Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I don't know how much time you have and what your client is expecting, but making a complete cms yourself that works on multiple boxes will take you years and a lot of experience. As for Joomla, whatever people say about it, it's a great system, for average companies that pretty much works out of the box. And you can customize it yourself and prepare a custom backend administration for your client. Building templates for Joomla is also pretty doable too. But than again, you never worked with it, as far as i can make up out of the above. If your in a rush, take a week to try out joomla. read the security best practices, and try it out. You wont be able to make that 1800+ file (and counting) system your self in that time. Just make sure you subscribe to the security announcements, because here and than you need to patch it. And don't just install any component, google for vulnerabilities. Since it's opensource, everyone can deliver stuff including alot of crap. But that's not true for the core files Good luck! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/232875-custom-cms-vs-joomla/#findComment-1198847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.php47 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Go for joomla ! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/232875-custom-cms-vs-joomla/#findComment-1209331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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