Lightweight Flexible CMS?

PaulM · 13 Jun 2010 at 15:41

Hi all,

I'm looking for a decent light-weight CMS (can be PHP or ASP.NET, free or commercial, but not too expensive i.e. ExpressionEngine).

It needs to be flexible enough to fit most designs/templates, fast, but allow somebody who isn't very computer literate to login/update any text/pictures. Does anyone have any suggestions? Something like Wordpress/Joomla/Drupal seems like overkill in this situation. I'm planning on writing my own sometime, but I don't have time at the moment.

Thanks in advance!

ringo747 · 13 Jun 2010 at 15:42

Have you looked at concrete5? This is awesome.

http://www.concrete5.org/

PaulM · 13 Jun 2010 at 16:11

I hadn't heard of that before; I'll definitely try it. The add-ons seem pretty expensive, but it looks impressive.

Thanks! Any others?

ringo747 · 13 Jun 2010 at 17:45

You don't really need any of the addons to be honest. Most of the expensive ones are not made by concrete themselves.

It really is so easy to use from an end-user perspective and its got a nice framework for making your own functionality.

Yakyb · 13 Jun 2010 at 18:48

Umbraco is pretty good

malef!c · 13 Jun 2010 at 19:39

ModX used to be a lightweight affair - haven't used it for a while but hopefully they haven't changed that much!

Izi · 13 Jun 2010 at 19:52

n2cms - the best unobtrusive CMS i have come across.

Umbraco is a none starter for me because you have to do everything through its own interface. I want something that gives clients nice CMS use, but the website can be built in Visual Studio.

atmax1 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:42

you could just use wordpress? or Modx

tombrr · 15 Jun 2010 at 19:40

Try Pixie, very light weight and cool looking

3dcandy · 19 Jun 2010 at 12:55

CMS Made Simple? Can't remember the url sorry I'm away from home...

NathanT · 19 Jun 2010 at 19:26

^^

http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/

Great little CMS, very flexible, lightweight and has been going for a good few ears now. Great community and a wealth of modules and addons.