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Marvin:
I am new to CMS's and am looking for an easy one to implement for my new site. I am experienced with HTML and some CSS but I have no PHP or programming experience.

I would appreciate any help in understanding the differences between WB and CMSMS to try and help me decide which one to use. Thanks.

Hans:
Hi
I have used both and I find WB more mature at this moment, (much) easier to use / more customisable and faster.
Hans

Stefan:
I'm one of the developers of WebsiteBaker, so I'm obviously biased but I'll try to be impartial.
First of all: you can try out both (and many more) on opensourcecms.org and see which of the administration interfaces suit you better.

I think both systems work fine, though I've read complaints about speed and memory usage on the CMSMS board. WebsiteBaker is really extremely slim and doesn't waste any resources, whereas CMSMS uses more high-level coding practices which helps maintainability of the core code but may affect performance.
CMSMS has some advanced feature that will be interesting for some people: caching, tags that can be embedded in pages to include dynamical content, ...
WB on the other hand is superior in its handling of multiple content blocks and the ease of use of the modules.

If you just want to maintain your private page without having to reupload html files for every single change, both systems will do for you.

kweitzel:
Hi Marvin,

I actually looked and tried some of the CMS Testsites which are on opensourcecms.org, and I stuck with WB because of the ease of use. The template system rocks and also the use of different sections (different modules) on one page I think is great.

Some of the CMS i tried did put me off directly by the way their admin interface look, uttlery cluttered, you don't find what you want ... WB for me stuck out as easy, tidy and understandable ...

My brother in law did choose "CMS-Simple" for his project and he dispairs with understanding it ... I had my first couple of pages up in a couple of hours (with WB, and my own design/template!).

I think it's the way to go for an easy system ...

cheers

Klaus

[edit] thanks to Ryan for pointing out this error (see below), corrected [/edit]

Ryan:
Just a note: you guys talked about opensourcecms.org, and opencms.org (which is where opensourcecms.org redirects to). I think you mean to say opensourcecms.com :wink:

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