Which if you guys' opinion would be the best opensource CMS considering in mind we all are web hosts.

I do not like the php nuke and the large cluttered CMS inspired by php nuke.

Do let me know your experiences with php based cms which would suit a web host companies needs and is clean and good looking. Also, let me have the URL to your sites or any other sites which use CMS for their web hosting business site.

Cheers!

why do you need a CMS for a webhost site?

there is not too much "content" to go on it, except maybe the support section where you could base it around the knowledge base from perldesk.

yes, but still a cms would be good to manage whatever content one had, makes it easier to update existing packages; add new ones; run special offers from time-to-time. Just want to know what CMS ppl have been using or have contemplated using.

Just use *cough, cough, hack* Front Page and set up areas with includes. Or use SSI.

Using a CMS for the reasons you mentioned is a bit of overkill IMHO.

Or just find a nice simple news manager script that lets you add articles or update content.

I like http://www.gwscripts.com

I am using both the current version and the beta on different sites.

Regards,

Pete Stoermer
TotalHosting.com

http://www.gwscripts.com doesnt resolve for me, pls chk.

Also, pls explain how you use SSI for dynamic pages, any demo.

learn php and use the "include" statement.

you can design your site around a series of included files.

These files could even be updated via an ickle interface.. all basic stuff.

HostChamp:

Not sure what problems you have reaching the site. I just clicked the link again and it worked fine for me :confused:

As far as examples of SSI, a site that I am managing, take a look at http://www.emacc.org (http://www.emacc.org/)

The calendar function, the presidents letter, the news headlines and just about everything else on that page is called in through SSI calls.

UH-MATT:
While that's an easy solution for folks like us, some sites are managed by non-technical folks. And while I would love nothing better than to write a custom CMS program for my clients (and I just may end up doing that) I would rather take advantage of one that was already written.

Unless you are constantly changing offers, plans or writing articles for your clients, CMS for a hosting site is probably overkill.

But if you develop sites for clients, that's a different story.

Just my .0002

Regards,

Pete Stoermer
TotalHosting.com

Can u guys tell me how can i customize perldesk and include further links in the "client area" which only a logged in client can see. I just want to add links to the server control panel, and a news page, and couple other links, but i want the links to only be displayed after the user has logged in to perldesk. Please let me know which file i need to edit for this?

Take a look at the CMS we've been working on, called Whiteboard... http://www.thinkcomputer.net. It's free to test for now.

This might help guys/gals

http://cmsinfo.org/ <---reviews and lists almost all cms's

Personally, I am watching how http://xaraya.com develops founded by the original postnuke team leader.

I have found http://www.postnuke.com to be very flexible if you create your own themes, also http://www.xoops.org is worth a look.

can someone answer my PerlDesk query?

hostchamp, have you looked within the Admin area? Don't know why you want a "news" section as there is already an "Annoucement" area, shown at the bottom of the Users "main" area.

There is also the "tpl" files which you can customize and found within Admin > Settings > Templates area. For example, "membermain.tpl" is the first page people see after a successful login.

Customizing PerlDesk requires knowing how the files work together and does require attention to detail. Ask me, I know. ;) I'm customizing it to get rid of all "font" tags and building in some Global CSS for it.

I need to add some additional link to pages to be accessed only from within the client area, i cannot use announcements for this.
Pls let me know how do i do this?

Originally posted by Website Rob

There is also the "tpl" files which you can customize and found within Admin > Settings > Templates area. For example, "membermain.tpl" is the first page people see after a successful login.


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