I've just spent what feels like and probably is weeks trying to find the best CMS for my needs.
I ended up with 2 finalists: Joomla and WebGUI (
http://www.plainblack.com/webgui)
I am interested in two types of CMS and hope I can find both types in one...
A. - I need one that is:
Powerful, configurable, template-driven with possibility to use and develop own plug-ins
B. - And another one that is:
VERY easy to administrate, template-driven.
It seems as Joomla wins for place A and WebGUI for B. For convenience, I would like to believe Joomla is best choice for both. I have these pros for Joomla and WebGUI, will you update me on any aspects that I may have missed for Joomla? Would be great!
Joomla Pros:
- Large user community
- PHP-based (WebGUI is Perl-based and I cannot modify perl-scripts or make plug-ins...)
WebGUI Pros:
- VERY easy administration (check that demo for WebGUI out, it is wonderful, having access to direct editing, drag-n-drop of sections and more directly when viewing the site in admin-mode! I have a screenshot attached)
I tell you right now: If Joomla ever got such an intuitive admininterface as WebGUI I and I guess many others would be in CMS-heaven...