Using a Web Content Management System

[Nandakishore]

I personally use a WCMS for managing our website. This technique has lots of advantages, especially if you have a team working on a project where not everyone is an expert programmer. But purely programming language-driven solutions have also their charm. I thought it would be interesting to know how most of us manage their sites.

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[MrKay]

I tried a couple of cms packages a couple of years ago and found them so unfriendly that I gave up and started writing my own, I really wanted the flexibility of being able to do what I want with my pages.

That said it takes so much longer to write your own and I have seen lots of really nice sites recently using cms, there are also so many addons available nowadays making cms much more flexible.

I may well look at using cms in the near future.

[masontech]

I personally use RapidWeaver on my Mac.

I have been doing HTML for quite a few years and do not struggle with it but RapidWeaver just gives you a fantastic framework and makes adding new pages a doddle. You regain full HTML control if you want it. All the code it generates complies with XHTML Strict and CSS and the code is very SEO friendly.

Since i found out about RapidWeaver I have not hand coded a site since!

Mac only though so no good if you are a Windows user..

[JackTenSuited]

I use drupal for one of my sites, It certainly takes some getting used to especially if you aren't used to CMS. However there are a lot of plugins available and loads of support forums if you ever get stuck and once you are used to how it works it becomes a breeze.

[thepokerkeep]

I host my site on Go Daddy/Website Tonight. They have a good (simple) point and click css system that even a rookie like me can work with. I just use basic html coding within the editor.

The cost is reasonable and I have virtually unlimited page and bandwidth capabilities.

The network is fast and I haven't experienced any noticeable down time in over a year.

[andy.l]

My site has been html since inception, but right now I am considering switching over to a good SEO supporting CMS. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

[Nandakishore]

My site has been html since inception, but right now I am considering switching over to a good SEO supporting CMS. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

I use the open source tool: Typo3 (http://typo3.org/). It is a powerful CMS. But you have to learn certain basics to use it properly. You get lots of functions as extensions and plug-ins, but very often the documentation is missing. As for SEO, it is very easy to include keywords and descriptions on each page.

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[aksana]

On my main site I use my own CMS + Wordpress, but I recently found another good CMS Joomla, and I'm going to use it on my other sites.

[andy.l]

Thanks for the tips. I will check these CMS's out.
Do you know if they allow you to use custom URLs?

Andy

[Nandakishore]

Thanks for the tips. I will check these CMS's out.
Do you know if they allow you to use custom URLs?

Andy

In Typo3 you can use the socalled real URLs like http://www.online-casino-newsroom.co...ne_casino.html

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[aksana]

Joomla has a lot of extensions, which allow you to use SEO friendly links, your custom links and etc.

[GamblingAtlas]

Wordpress does allow custom file names too.

[ck8795]

Yup WP is great and if your unsure take a look at the links in my sig, check the code,,paid themes will usually validate but I mucked a few things up. Anyway all my pages are structured properly and I have all my sites on it now

[pokerstartonlin]

I'm using Joomla at this moment for my site and it works great I thinks. Has a lott of extensions and is easy to work with.

[thisisvegas]

I like Joomla and I am starting to see/notice more sites that use joomla although sometimes it can be hard to tell.

[Doolally]

I've a couple of sites that use Drupal. It's a little difficult to start with but after you get used to it, is fairly straightforward. It does have some limitations though. I'm currently trying to setup a Joomla site but I'm finding it very strange, possibly due to the fact I've been using Drupal and they both work differently.