CMS frustrations

[I like pie]

About two months ago I gave php-nuke a shot, but it was just too much for me. I found myself deactiviting almost all of the default features, and ended up just getting rid of it altogether.

I ended up finding a small, yet very functional php news system that works great... except for the fact that there's little archiving abilities worked into it.

So now I try mambo, and while it beats the pants off of php-nuke, i still have the same trouble. Just too much stuff... "Power in simplicity" is a nice idea, but it's just not as simple as I need. I'm looking for something extremely basic... bare bones...

So I guess what I'm asking is, if anybody knows of a simple/basic content management system that pretty much has nothing to it besides basic article posting/editing and some decent archiving features. no module features, advanced member management features, mind-reading features, toasters, etc...

I fear that I'm gonna have to go about making one myself, but damn if time isn't valueble enough as it is.

[painperdu]

Your best bet is to make one yourself, especially if you don't need all the bloat of a multi-user CMS.

[rck]

Originally Posted by I like pie

So I guess what I'm asking is, if anybody knows of a simple/basic content management system that pretty much has nothing to it besides basic article posting/editing and some decent archiving features. no module features, advanced member management features, mind-reading features, toasters, etc...

I can warmly recommend TextPattern for that. I love it, it's very easy to use and works. There's also a support forum for it.

[edbarton]

I'd recommend Wordpress. Although it is meant for blogging it works amazingly well as a CMS due to it's simplicity. Plus it is very SEO friendly.