I was trying different content management systems for a long time. And sometimes choosing one for a site is a difficult job. That is because we have plenty of packages to choose from. After a while i came to the conclusion that each of them is suited for different kinds of sites.
For example if it’s a blog then it must be WordPress. Although i like Typo3, Drupal and TikiWiki i wouldn’t recommend either of them for blogging. They are just way behind WordPress at this chapter. Off course WordPress is not suited for other kinds of applications like a highly customized, database driven site.
The other packages have other strenghts and weaknesses, it depends on the developer to correctly identify the right package. Sure, there is a learning curve for every CMS and associated framework, but sometimes it does not worth it to stick to one CMS at all cost.
Working with them in the past years i identified the strenghts and weaknesses of these packages and i come to the following conclusions:
Suited for: community driven websites, publishing, presentation websites
Suited for: wikis, collaborative/group publishing, resource sharing platforms
Suited for: corporate websites, online shops/e-commerce, enterprise websites, publishing, sites where high customization is a must, presentation websites
Suited for: blogging, publishing
Sure there are many more content management systems, but i use these, after trying many others. I found that these four can be used to build any type of PHP based website.
Laszlo Bodor
2 comments
Thank you for posting your thoughts on picking the right CMS for various venues.
Can you please describe what you consider a presentation website?
It’d seem that TYPO3s TemplaVoila templating option and workflow abilities to deploy time sensitive content and even looks and feels automatically would make it a better fit.
I call presentation websites, the websites that have few pages (2-3), a simple template and usually require very little or no coding. You are correct Typo3 can handle these too as well as Drupal.