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Ask HN: What CMS are you using?

3 pointsby tomw1808about 8 years ago
Hi HN.<p>I know many of you probably use static site generators. Question for me to those who use a CMS:<p>* What&#x27;s the name (link)?<p>* Would you recommend it?<p>* Why yes, why no?<p>:)

4 comments

brianmurphyabout 8 years ago
It really depends on your purpose and how technical your content authors will be.<p>If you need a CMS that non-tech people can handle, WordPress still does a decent job of that. The plugin ecosystem of wordpress is ginormous. Page builder themes like Divi or BeaverBuilder get you a decent looking site.<p>There is definitely a &quot;wordpress way&quot; of developing a theme and plugins but there are literally thousands of people doing it every day. Stay on top of updates and security isn&#x27;t much of a problem.
tyler-morrisonabout 8 years ago
I’m in love with Craft CMS (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;craftcms.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;craftcms.com&#x2F;</a>).<p>I would highly recommend it. A lot of the big CMS developers like WordPress have certain conventions that you have to follow. If you need something outside of that &quot;box&quot; you really have to tie yourself in knots to get something custom.<p>Craft, on the other hand, leaves most of the structural design up to the developer. It also has a slick, built-in, live preview feature and easy localization.<p>Last but not least, they have a plugin that easily outputs your content as a RESTful API if you want to do a more modern JS front-end.<p>For small sites, the license is 100% free and then there&#x27;s a nominal fee for larger sites.
bhdzllrabout 8 years ago
Hello,<p>I recently used Kirby for the first time.<p>* Kirby (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;getkirby.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;getkirby.com</a>)<p>* I recommend it<p>* It is lightweight (no database) and very flexible at the same time. What I really like are &quot;blueprints&quot; which are used to define input fields for page templates. Another nice thing are controllers for templates and hooks (e. g. after saving a page). It costs something but I think it is not expensive.
rafarkabout 8 years ago
Wordpress due to its market share.