A glossary/database site with CMSimple - makes sense?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2016 9:47 am
Hi, community!
Please, give me your general advise re the CMS. I am neither a programmer, nor any other IT specialist. Just a using-brain-a-little-bit user and a have-to-be site admin )) (Hope, it's not considered a crime here ) Moreover, I've discovered this fork (XH) of CMSimple and other its variants just a few days ago
I've been using CMSimple (one of its first versions) since 2008 for a site of a non-commercial NGO (non-governmental) organization. Now I have got another site)) for another NGO. I like the CMS very much, however the new site requires some features which are usually typical for different types of CMS, namely:
1) A tag system + a tag cloud with the possibility to exclude some pages from the cloud, different colours for the tags etc. The example of such a cloud is here: http://physrehab.ru/resources/database/ - right sidebar.
2) A small glossary/database (not a wiki-like! no public editing!): there are a number of special articles (app. 400-700 pages, some of them with images) whose titles can be called in one page in alphabetical order. Catagories are also desirable. The same example - the page itself.
3) A search form with a multiple choice from a set of options (there are, let's say, 10 doctors, each of them having 5 characteristics - a city, speciality etc. which a user can choose from and get a list of desired specialists as a result). The same example, right sidebar.
4) A small catalogue of special equipment (not a shop! but somewhat similar: an items which has photo(s) and a description). The same example - home page (physrehab.ru) - at the bottom.
I've tried Wordpress but for some reasons I'd prefer to try a different CMS. As I've mentioned above, it's for a non-commercial site hence our resources are quite limited whether it is a CMS itself or site maintaining/hosting. That's why I need a free, stable, and easy-to-operate CMS (who would not?))).
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My stupid questions are:
1) Is it possible at all to use CMSimple+its plugins for this purpose (or the site does need SQL)?
2) If 1 = yes, will it not be too "heavy" and/or slow for users to upload the site pages and/or for a not-expensive hoster/server (CPU/memory load)?
3) If 1=yes AND 2=no, will it be possible at all to put such a site together using the existing plugins?
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Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Please, give me your general advise re the CMS. I am neither a programmer, nor any other IT specialist. Just a using-brain-a-little-bit user and a have-to-be site admin )) (Hope, it's not considered a crime here ) Moreover, I've discovered this fork (XH) of CMSimple and other its variants just a few days ago
I've been using CMSimple (one of its first versions) since 2008 for a site of a non-commercial NGO (non-governmental) organization. Now I have got another site)) for another NGO. I like the CMS very much, however the new site requires some features which are usually typical for different types of CMS, namely:
1) A tag system + a tag cloud with the possibility to exclude some pages from the cloud, different colours for the tags etc. The example of such a cloud is here: http://physrehab.ru/resources/database/ - right sidebar.
2) A small glossary/database (not a wiki-like! no public editing!): there are a number of special articles (app. 400-700 pages, some of them with images) whose titles can be called in one page in alphabetical order. Catagories are also desirable. The same example - the page itself.
3) A search form with a multiple choice from a set of options (there are, let's say, 10 doctors, each of them having 5 characteristics - a city, speciality etc. which a user can choose from and get a list of desired specialists as a result). The same example, right sidebar.
4) A small catalogue of special equipment (not a shop! but somewhat similar: an items which has photo(s) and a description). The same example - home page (physrehab.ru) - at the bottom.
I've tried Wordpress but for some reasons I'd prefer to try a different CMS. As I've mentioned above, it's for a non-commercial site hence our resources are quite limited whether it is a CMS itself or site maintaining/hosting. That's why I need a free, stable, and easy-to-operate CMS (who would not?))).
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My stupid questions are:
1) Is it possible at all to use CMSimple+its plugins for this purpose (or the site does need SQL)?
2) If 1 = yes, will it not be too "heavy" and/or slow for users to upload the site pages and/or for a not-expensive hoster/server (CPU/memory load)?
3) If 1=yes AND 2=no, will it be possible at all to put such a site together using the existing plugins?
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Any advice will be greatly appreciated.