Hi all

 

This is another request for advice on choosing the right CMS. I've read a lot of what's here already, grovels in advance if this is already covered somewhere.

 

I work in a primary school, and want a CMS that

1. makes it easy for technophobic teachers to add content all by themselves

2. has a flexible CSS side (the head teacher (also technophobe) is VERY fussy about the appearance and is into boxes, pictures, etc having rounded corners)

3. is free or cheap

 

I've looked at www.cmsmatrix.org that's recommended in other posts but I find it incredibly slow to load (about a minute a page) so that's a non-starter.

 

I wrote the current website - a set of around 30 php pages, a few css files and a few dozen pdfs - so I'm relatively techy but no genius and short on time (as ever in a school).

 

I'm currently looking into Joomla as I've heard it's flexible on the presentation side. I've read though that it may not be so hot from the security point of view. I'd need a CMS that has a good reputation re security as we're dealing with school children here and child safety is as sensitive an issue as you can find...

 

Thanks

Expression Engine has a free edition for non-profits - alternatively you could try ModX or Wordpress.

As it's for a public body then the security of the CMS may be important. You don't want pupils to open up the site one day and find it's been hacked and links redirecting to dodgy sites.

Expression Engine has a free edition for non-profits - alternatively you could try ModX or Wordpress.

 

Sorry about the late reply - I was expecting an auto e-mail to tell me I'd had replies. Thanks very much for both the comments here and I'll look into all of these other options.

Hiya

 

I went to an agency in Bristol and they use Expression engine - the backend looks great and very easy.

 

B

Joomla is ok, security wise, the front end is fine until you start implenmenting third part modules. to behonest i personally hate 3rd party CMS all together and think if you are going to have a website have it built properly and not with 3rd party CMS, if everyone used this eventually every website would be the same design.

 

to increase security on any 3rd party cms you should try researching SQL injection