From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 12:24:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C4F16A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:24:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2AFA43D41 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:24:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B4QY2-00044J-00 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:24:54 +0100 Received: from gw-primedia.cowles.com ([199.172.45.60]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:24:54 +0100 Received: from scott by gw-primedia.cowles.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:24:54 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Scott I. Remick" Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:25:17 -0500 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <20040319200545.GC652@therub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: gw-primedia.cowles.com User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.10.1 X-Archive: encrypt Sender: news Subject: Re: CMS on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: scott@sremick.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:24:56 -0000 On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:05:45 -0600, Dan Rue wrote: > > Umm.. I don't know what other people think about this - but I really > never run any PHP stuff from ports. It is easier, imo, to just download > the tgz and unzip it to the directory you want it in. Since there's no > compiling, usually very little setup, it's just _easier_ and gives you > more control if you just do it yourself. Of course, the cruddy thing > about that is updating. > > Therefore, the reason why I think the cms' in ports are old is because > most people don't port install them - it's just not worth it. Ahh, I see. That would explain a lot, then. Makes sense. > As far as which cms to use, I'm currently undecided as well. My boss > really likes drupal, and forces me to use it :) Drupal looks really nice. Do you have any thoughts on Drupal vs. Mambo? > Check out > opensourcecms.com - they showcase dozens of php cms' and let you try > them out. Beat ya to it... I already stumbled across it just a short while ago and am currently playing around. :) Hmmm it occurred to me that one module/component I'd really be interested in is some sort of organized (hierarchy) knowledgebase that is also searchable.