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Which CMS? That is the focus of my Masters. I have struggled with this and investigated 3. Drupal - good when you know but not easy to template and control minor details, Wordpress - very good but limited to blogging and a plugin pain to get to to do otherwise and Expression Engine, amazing, more work but more control over the others and I feel anything is possible. Community is more responsive than Drupals where my cries for help were burried under the shear submission volume.

Actually I wanted to float an idea. For my masters by research in which CMS I thought it might be more interesting to watch a video of many systems being demonstrated from install up. There would be a basic page design and content to implement, so we would see 1 design + functionality implemented by people who know them well.

These videos would give instant visual comparison without the focus being on feature compare… CMS matrix does that already. I am interested in the personal experience and development of building a site. I would host and maintain the site.

Anyone interested? Thoughts?

Lance

If you’re looking for EE videos than have a look at EE screencasts.

yeh these are a start and Ryan’s videos are even better… but I would be interested in a compare option as to determining exactly which tool would fit the job.

Smashing Mag wrote an interesting article but for me this falls short in depth and exposure easily understod in a video demo.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/29/10-weblog-engines-reviewed/

Nothing beats a demonstration…

Hi lance,

Seems like an interesting Master’s topic. Which program are you in?

I am studying here in Australia and the University of Technology Sydney, a Masters in Design by Research… essentially I devise the topic and investigate. Good if you are bored with listening to other people!

Question is which CMS will I build the comparison and hosting site in without showing bias?

You should start a blog to document your research process. There are many people that are looking for answers to this ongoing debate and coming from an object, academic perspective would *hopefully* remove any bias in your decision or criteria for selecting CMS.