Comments on: How’s yer CMS? http://www.zenofnptech.org/2008/05/hows-yer-cms.html Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ro http://www.zenofnptech.org/2008/05/hows-yer-cms.html#comment-5739 Ro Fri, 30 May 2008 15:11:17 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.org/?p=268#comment-5739 I wonder how well Wordpress would have scored if it weren't in the 'other' category? Probably not that well, because I think we're still about 6 months away from Wordpress being an out-of-the-box CMS -- a bit too much tweakery is still required, especially with regards to category-smart dynamic inline content. Advanced, multiple, hierarchical navigations, multiple layouts, users/roles, everything else is already there, if not popularized. When the final pieces come together, Wordpress will be a fantastic CMS option because it's just got such a simpler interface than its open source peers -- maybe because it *hasn't* been developed as a CMS, less assumptions have been made about what users need, resulting in less clutter. Ok sorry for evangelizing. The big thing this survey (re)establishes is that open source, whatever flavor you pick, has arrived and is the way to go when it comes to CMS. This puts so much value out of private hands and into the commons -- which is fantastic! Next step -- CRM. I think here will come a day when 5-10 great open source CRM alternatives, each of which integrates nicely with your CMS of choice, will become a reality. I wonder how well Wordpress would have scored if it weren’t in the ‘other’ category? Probably not that well, because I think we’re still about 6 months away from Wordpress being an out-of-the-box CMS — a bit too much tweakery is still required, especially with regards to category-smart dynamic inline content. Advanced, multiple, hierarchical navigations, multiple layouts, users/roles, everything else is already there, if not popularized. When the final pieces come together, Wordpress will be a fantastic CMS option because it’s just got such a simpler interface than its open source peers — maybe because it *hasn’t* been developed as a CMS, less assumptions have been made about what users need, resulting in less clutter.

Ok sorry for evangelizing. The big thing this survey (re)establishes is that open source, whatever flavor you pick, has arrived and is the way to go when it comes to CMS. This puts so much value out of private hands and into the commons — which is fantastic! Next step — CRM. I think here will come a day when 5-10 great open source CRM alternatives, each of which integrates nicely with your CMS of choice, will become a reality.

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