Why is it important that the CMS be open source? Do you want to fork it and develop your own?
CraftCMS vs. WordPress vs. other CMSs
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Re: CraftCMS vs. WordPress vs. other CMSs
#22> CraftCMS seems more fitting to our needs because it's flexible and lean; we're impressed with what we've seen so far but are concerned that it's not open-source and that it's so new. Hi, I’m the Founder & CEO of Pixel & Tonic, the team behind Craft CMS. I’m obviously biased, but if your only concerns with Craft are that it is proprietary and relatively new, I’d like to attempt to ease those concerns :) Yes the actu…
Just wanted to say, I've been taking a look at your demo and I'm quite impressed with the flexibility and level of polish Craft offers. I'll definitely consider it next time I'm in need of a CMS for a client!
Re: CraftCMS vs. WordPress vs. other CMSs
#23I have worked with Silverstripe before and as you mentioned about CraftCMS I find it flexible and lean compared to Wordpress - I feel like it is much easier to be close to the data etc so great from a developer point of view. It is OpenSource and has been chosen as the common web platform for NZ Government so presumably this means it hosts some pretty large sites.
Took a look at Silverstripe. Do users enter all content into one WYSIWYG? Is there a way to configure custom fields?
Thanks.