Don’t get me wrong, I love WordPress – and use it in a lot of places but there are a lot of nice alternatives to WordPress too when you start looking around at scripts and services others are developing. Marie writes in with this CMS controversy.
“I am looking to setup another web site but I want to stay away from WordPress. Do you have any suggestions for other content management system or blogging scripts to try? Thanks!”
Just in case WordPress rubs you the wrong way or your just not happy with it – here are some of my favorite content management systems that are not WordPress.
- Drupal – found at Drupal.org, this is like WordPress on steroids. Lots of goodies and better membership system in place too.
- b2evolution – found at B2evolution.net is an old one, but still a good one – with tons of options.
- Joomla – found at Joomla.org might be too feature rich for the casual blogging fan – but a good engine for in depth web sites or basic blogs.
I used to suggest MovableType to people but over the past few years it just hasn’t been able to keep up with WordPress. Plus it is a ‘bit resource hungry and their license agreements are way too confusing for normal users.
To check and more and to get some demos of both the output and admin interfaces be sure to check out OpenSourceCMS.com. They have tons of examples from every corner of the blogging, CMS and forum world. One of the best database out there if you are looking for a better alternative to WordPress.
