Cheap/Free Web Content Management Software

angelavdavis

I have created a web site for a local charity who will need to update the content on a regular basis. I have created the site using my copy of Dreamweaver, but am looking for an app that will just enable them to update without having to fork out £300+ for each copy.

Can anyone on here recommend anything relative cheap and easy to use as this is outside my knowledge area?

Thanks guys

timbim_2

Joomla or drupal for a start.

isofa

Drupal all the way!

faevilangel

i recommend joomla ....... quick and easy to navigate and lots of different apps to make the site better, also a lot of themes available to customise

also try eocms ... its a relatively new cms but is very good

angelavdavis

Thanks guys, will check them out.

sunshine54

for ease of use i would consider wordpress, free with plenty of themes/widgets. give admin passwords to the editors

fragster

I'd recommend Drupal, easy to use and plenty of places offer drupal hosting so you shouldn't have any problems there!

John_Gray

Endless fun looking through the possibilities on Wikipedia's List of Content Management Systems...

BikerEd

Joomla is excellent with a huge number of free addons and templates. Drupal is also good but not quite as friendly. I have converted my charity's main website to Joomla and feedback from the membership, who can now edit the site directly without need for any software other than a browser, is very positive.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/tools/standalone-servers/6406/details
If you want to play with a Joomla setup then checkout this download which will allow you to setup Joomla quickly and easily inside VirtualBox on your PC or Mac, so you can play on a local system without having to connect to a remote webserver. Very good for quick prototyping. Then when you have your website setup you can transfer it across to a live server using Joomlapack and its corresponding Kickstart application.