Comments on: CMS vs Code It Yourself

By: David March

David March — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:33:52 +0000

I also used to build web sites with DNN, but then I found Kentico CMS and I just love it – it has the browser-based development like DNN, but it’s thousand times more flexible, powerful and easier to use. And it has dozens of built-in modules, including shopping cart and community features. It’s not open source, but they also have a free edition that works pretty well for smaller web sites.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:47:59 +0000

I’ve actually looked at it several times, but never installed it because the site doesn’t tell me what pre-built extensions are available for it (if any. there must be, right?).

The point of using a tool like DNN or WordPress is that most of the code I need is already written.

By: Ismail

Ismail — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:49:07 +0000

Dave,

You mention DNN, have you tried umbraco (www.umbraco.org) opensource .net cms?

Regards

Ismail

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:16:31 +0000

Because the point is deciding what tool to use given the tools you have available, not what tools you should use and definitely not how to use WordPress.

There are pleanty of plug-in list availble by searching the big G.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:49:25 +0000

Thanks for the “Just by way of example, here are some of the plug-ins I’ve used” list. How about taking the next step and naming the plug-ins that the list refers to

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