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Are you smarter than a Designer? Help with a Professional CMS Solution.
User: crossman
Date: 4/8/2008 12:04 am
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I need help finding the right CMS system.  Our company is growing quickly and we are beginning to outsource work.  I am more of a designer than a coder and I want to find the right CMS to keep our websites consistent.  Our current programer is using Wordpress and although I like the amount of plugins available, I want a more professional back end look.  I don't want ads or anybody else' logo. I want to look as professional as possible while offering a simple solution to our clients.  We must have the ability to offer photo gallery, music player, email sign up, calendar, media player and other options for our clients.  The most recent site built is www.kcjazzandblues.com. This site is still in testing, but it shows all the elements needed.  Simplicity is key for our clients and professionalism and security is key for our company. Please help!  We a lot of projects coming us very soon and I must find a solution quickly. 
Re: Are you smarter than a Designer? Help with a Professional CMS Solution.
User: stringer
Date: 4/8/2008 9:21 am
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If you really want to go professional, enterprise level stuff you want to go with WebGUI.  It will take a month or so to get up to speed on it, but then it will be worth it.  Also, to host it takes about $50 per month on one of their shared hosting plans.

If your customer can't afford that, or you don't have the time to learn it right now, I recommend CMSMadeSimple.  Very flexible.  Lots of plugins.

A couple of sites I've done in CMSMadeSimple: 
http://www.eldorado-highschool.com
http://www.saac-arts.org

 

 

Re: Are you smarter than a Designer? Help with a Professional CMS Solution.
User: jriley
Date: 4/9/2008 1:55 pm
Views: 46
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Hi Crossman,

Please take a look at our CMS solution, OpenEdit, http://www.openedit.com I think we can meet your needs. Here's a link to a website using OpenEdit CMS, similiar to your needs:

http://www.slamdance.com

 

Let me know if I can help! 

Julie

julie@openedit.org 

Re: Are you smarter than a Designer? Help with a Professional CMS Solution.
User: aspiresoft
Date: 4/14/2008 4:09 pm
Views: 55
Rating: 0

Hello,

AspireCMS www.aspirecms.com

We specialize in working with non-technical designers.   We work with designers at all levels.  For example, you can simply send us a photoshop file and we will do the rest.  Or you can learn the system and be self sufficient if you have the time.

We feel that designers should do what they do best, "Design".  Leave the rest to us and in the end you get more clients and make more money.

Re: Are you smarter than a Designer? Help with a Professional CMS Solution.
User: brinella
Date: 4/23/2008 10:32 pm
Views: 82
Rating: 0

NovusCMS (http://www.novuscms.com) could do the job.  Although we focus more on public sector customers (who also often design their own), NovusCMS offers a very elegant user interface.  You can give me a call if you're still in the market.

Bob Rinella

877-810-1474

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