Graffiti CMS First Impressions.

by JoeStagner 3/31/2008 11:20:37 AM

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I love CMS applications!

I've played with more than a hundred free and commercial CMSs written in VB, C#, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, you name it !

It's taken me a while to put Graffiti through it's paces, but I did so last weekend.

Here is a quick list of my first impressions.

PROS

  • Install is a SNAP.
  • The BlogML import facility imported my hundreds of posts flawlessly.
  • The administrative user interface is intuitive.
  • It's FAST
  • The FREE version is not crippled (just limited authors and a couple advanced features off.)
  • Widgets are EASY !

CONS

  • Some of the downloadable themes I found were not "seamless" (community provided code varies in quality.)
  • I missed the ability to create a completely standalone .aspx page that inherits nothing but the theme, (Plan to try this manually.) 

All in all, this has been one of the best "first impression" experiences I've had with a 3rd part ASP.NET application.

Since the free version is REAL and doesn't even require registration to download and install, CLICK HERE and give it a try !

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3/31/2008 1:44:58 PM

Thanks for the post. I have been trying to find something like this for a while.

Josh
http://riverasp.net

Josh Coswell

3/31/2008 1:46:35 PM

Cool - have fun !

JoeStagner

3/31/2008 2:19:09 PM

How would you compare Graffit to My Web Page Starter Kit?

John

4/1/2008 1:03:39 AM

How does Grafitti compare to My Web Page Starter Kit?

John

4/1/2008 2:38:42 AM

My Web Page Starter Kit has more "stuff" like a photo gallery, etc., but is not what I would call install and go. Also, MYP is more of a box of tools you can use to build a web site.

Graffiti is about publishing written works and is of a quality you would expect from a commercial product. Key for me was the BlogML Importer which works (unlike many others that I have tried).

JoeStagner

4/1/2008 8:01:03 AM

Hi Joe, Here's one you can try. My team have recently released our new CMS called MicroCyte which is more of a CMS layer. It "layers" over the top of the website and allows the user to edit pages as they surf, kinda like an FCKedit for an entire webpage. Check out the demo at http://demo.microcyte.co.uk/login.php. There is a simple comments engine but it doesn't support BlogML which I guess might be a deal breaker for you!

Cheers!

James.

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