CMS or Basic HTML

[Tazz]

Is HTML or CMS good for GSP Website and if CMS what one do you recommend?

[WYD-KEN]

We went from html http://wydservers.com/f2/ to joomla http://www.wydservers.net

[studeggle]

All depends on what you know, html with some scripting is more flexible. CMS is more automated slap a template on and away you go.

[ECF]

+1 for html. Easier to modify to your specs.

[bullfrog3459]

+1 for html. Easier to modify to your specs.

 

+1 for HTML but only if correctly done in PHP =]

[GS-Liam]

We have many people who use our whmcs cms module, allows you to just edit the html but inside a admin area,

You can view more info here: http://clientforums.tcadmin.com/showthread.php?t=7083

 

We use this on our site also ;-)

[Santino Cid]

I will also say that HTML/PHP is more pleasing for me.

 

Note, that PHP is also in the mix. The last time I did a complete pure HTML website was about 7 or 8 years ago on a FreeWebs account, and it was not fun. You can go crazy trying to get each page looking the same and keeping a consistent navigation menu.

 

If you want to do a CMS, I'd say create your own. Personally, I frown on any online business, especially those in the hosting market, that use an out-of-box CMS. Some reasons why I don't like them is because they constrict what you can do with them, putting your own template on them can be tricky with some, and they have security issues.

 

I actually just finished up on this yesterday http://nodenine.net/rev/site/. It is HTML/PHP but becuase of its simple nature, CMS features can easily be incorporated into it using some PHP and MySQL. For instance, the dedicated server selection can be pulled from an inventory table that is also shared with the control/administration panel. You do this kind of stuff to simplify things and make your website more coherent.

 

One downside to HTML/PHP is that you may slack off on updating or adding things to the website because it is a bit more time consuming and complicated than just typing stuff in a textbox.

[Goran]

Yep php / html ! We created our own cms and billing panel, probably it needs some polishing, but customers are happy with it.

[Broseph]

I will also say that HTML/PHP is more pleasing for me.

 

Note, that PHP is also in the mix. The last time I did a complete pure HTML website was about 7 or 8 years ago on a FreeWebs account, and it was not fun. You can go crazy trying to get each page looking the same and keeping a consistent navigation menu.

 

If you want to do a CMS, I'd say create your own. Personally, I frown on any online business, especially those in the hosting market, that use an out-of-box CMS. Some reasons why I don't like them is because they constrict what you can do with them, putting your own template on them can be tricky with some, and they have security issues.

 

I actually just finished up on this yesterday http://nodenine.net/rev/site/. It is HTML/PHP but becuase of its simple nature, CMS features can easily be incorporated into it using some PHP and MySQL. For instance, the dedicated server selection can be pulled from an inventory table that is also shared with the control/administration panel. You do this kind of stuff to simplify things and make your website more coherent.

 

One downside to HTML/PHP is that you may slack off on updating or adding things to the website because it is a bit more time consuming and complicated than just typing stuff in a textbox.

 

Not very hard to keep a constant navigation menu with just HTML. I went with HTML/PHP because it's easier to maintain but running on just HTML will allow you to get better performance since you can use a lighter web server.

[Jesse]

I've never seen a good looking GSP website that was CMS!

[Broseph]

You can recreate every GPS website out there in any CMS, but the question is, why would you? Don't really see the need for constant updates in this business.

[Jesse]

You can recreate every GPS website out there in any CMS, but the question is, why would you? Don't really see the need for constant updates in this business.

 

The need for a feed area perhaps... news update etc.

[Broseph]

The need for a feed area perhaps... news update etc.

 

I guess I'm thinking too much of myself. I don't really post updates that often and when I do it doesn't take much more than opening up notepad. A CMS like Joomla or Drupal is definitely overkill if all you're looking to do is post weekly updates.

[Jesse]

It can be useful, skips a couple steps including the FTP transfer.

[bullfrog3459]

Cid, nice site, just checked it out. I remember when i had a server with you and you really didn't have a site

 

I agree with CMS's make your own really, make it unique and something tailored to your site not everyone's on the market, its what separates us all.