Prebuilt CMS.

[moonshield]

Does anybody use the 'prebuilt' CMS like Mambo? What are advantages and disadvantages to useing one of these systems?

[Emancipator]

disadvantage is you dont know the system inside and out. Build your own you know where every line of code is and what it does. So updating and upgrading is a snap, as well as addressing bugs.

[The New Guy]

Also speed is usually in issue with a prepackaged CMS. They usually do more than you need, thus they create alot of overhead.

[moonshield]

Emacipator, did you base your design of your CMS off another one? The one you use looks exceptional.

[r2d2]

I followed this tutorial http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/89/0.php to build a simple CMS. Its really not that difficult. Not quite the same level as something like Samba, but like people have mentioned above, maybe thats a good thing.

If you will be updating content regularly then I would definetly recommend something like the above.

[moonshield]

cool thanks for the info.

[Emancipator]

Emacipator, did you base your design of your CMS off another one? The one you use looks exceptional.

It is every growing and if you watch my site semi-regular you will see its also ALWAYS changing. lol. It isnt based off a system, since im not aware of any that does what mine does. MY content system is very much designed for movies and or media. It has a complete admin backend for adding movies, news, etc.

I did a gaming CMS for my game site which is 100 times better then my movie CMS but I learned very quickly what works, and what is a pain in my *** :)

[James]

How long did it take you to make a game CMS?

Just wondering, 'cause there are a few of them in the works at http://vgamin.com/forum and they seem to be taking forever...

[Emancipator]

30minutes. Its not elaborate, but its the same principals as my movie site. News/Reviews/Games/etc.

[moonshield]

does anyone use Mambo? It looks pretty cool.

[Dan Morgan]

Yes - I do. With the latest update it is a very nice piece of kit.