[thelist] Blog vs CMS?
Brady Mitchell
mydarb at gmail.com
Wed Mar 19 11:32:00 CDT 2008
On Mar 19, 2008, at 857AM, Frank wrote:
> So why does one propose a difference between "blog" and "CMS"?
In my experience, a CMS provides more functionality than a blog. An
off-the-shelf blog software, like WordPress, allows you to write and
publish content. That's pretty much it. (Of course there are
exceptions and plugins that make this statement wrong, but in general,
that's the idea.)
A CMS, on the other hand, provides user management, content
management, forums, file downloads and tracking, navigation menu
creation and management - basically it allows for more creativity and
control than a blog platform.
To get a better hold on it, I'd suggest playing around with wordpress,
then play with joomla or drupal... or any other existing CMS
offerings. Spend some time at http://www.opensourcecms.com/ where you
can play with a wide range of CMS and blogging platforms without
having to install them yourself.
HTH,
Brady
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