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CMS for a designer's site?

Vimanis

Vimanis

Vimanis

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Hi there guys,

As per title, are there any designers amongst you who regularly use CMS and find one particular CMS really good for showing off portfolios, or just really easy to design on in general for a multitude of creative tasks?

First of all this is for revamping my own online portfolio, as the one i have is years old and static. So I want to take it to a CMS level for easy maintenance, as i'm not really a programmer so can't write my own CMS (just HTML and CSS unfortunately), and updating static sites with new designs can sometimes take painstakingly long, especially when pulling the same content.

So is there anything that works particularly well for you designers out there? I'm looking into Wordpress as that seems very popular and well supported, and apparently very hackable as I'm led to believe.

Thanks in advance!
 
Most free CMSs are hackable because their source is open. A popular one also frequently updates though. You'll probably get the same suggestions here as anywhere...

Joomla, Mambo, Wordpress, Drupal etc..

Just find a nice design and then see which CMS it is for. I am anti-CMS unless custom built, but I can't really expect you to build one :)

What I ultimately recommend is learning HTML/CSS anyway (It isn't a long hard process). And for a portfolio site, shouldn't need THAT much maintenance. Certainly not a CMS's worth.
 
I recently revamped mine, moving from a bespoke site to Wordpress but with a complete overhaul, and wrote my own theme based off the default twentyten. I couldn't get on with Joomla from a developer point of view, Wordpress was far easier, and easy to use as a content editor.

http://www.rcsmith.co.uk

There are some great stock themes and widgets but I would also recommend looking at themeforest.net for relatively cheap themes that have great quality.
 
Interesting. I always thought of the three main CMS as this:

Wordpress - Easy to use and develop on.
Joomla - Less easy to use then WP, but still pretty easy, very good for designers.
Drupal - Very powerful, ideal for developers, but difficult to use.

Personally I like Joomla and WP a lot for different reasons, WP is a lot more intuitive to use, but one thing I'dont like about WP, is that it often feels like a blogging tool, even when your using it as a CMS.

But I think WP will be perfect for you, Vimanis.
 
Cargo Collective - got an account with them recently and it's a very nice, easy to use CMS which can produce thumbnails for your work and has a range of pre-build themes.

Bear in mind, it's invite only. If you want an account you'll have to email and tell them why you want one and show them your work.

I could get you an invite if you've got work online already?
 
http://www.modxcms.com

have a look at that CMS, the documentation is a bit all over the place but there are some user made documentation which is good.

I have used modx evolution, but they have just released Revolution, which might be worth at look at.

Tim
 
First, I think you need to assess whether you will actually need CMS for it. i.e. how often will it be updated? how often will there be new contents?
 
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