What kind of software do news sites use to maintain sites?

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o and ao and a
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
What kind of software do news sites use to maintain sites?

Specificly sites like macminute or macbytes



I was interested cause it seems like it would make my site easier to maintain.

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    gargoylegargoyle Posts: 660member
    they probably use a talented dhtml programmer.
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    ringoringo Posts: 329member
    They both use custom-built content management systems written in PHP.
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    o and ao and a Posts: 579member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ringo

    They both use custom-built content management systems written in PHP.



    Is there any software that will allow me to do something similar?
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  • Reply 4 of 8
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Contribute.
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  • Reply 5 of 8
    ringoringo Posts: 329member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by O and A

    Is there any software that will allow me to do something similar?



    Uh, bbedit?



    Placibo's suggestion is pretty good. It won't be as good as what they have, but it'll be decent.
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    mmmpiemmmpie Posts: 628member
    There is heaps of CMS software out there. Generally CMS software runs on the server, using a language like ASP or PHP to dynamically generate pages. If you are already commited to using a language you need to do a google search for that.



    If you havent decided then there heaps of choices. Have a look at farcry.daemon.com.au its a nice cms running on coldfusion, its cross platform as well, windows and linux ( probably works on OSX ) with several database options.



    If you are just going to be using static pages ( HTML files ) then you could run such a cms and save the pages from IE and upload them. Contribute is a good choice for this scenario. I see that Apple have included contribute with .Mac for updating your .Mac site, nice.
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    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    Try Plone. http://plone.org



    It has gotten rave reviews.



    I have no personal experience with such programs, it just sprang to mind.
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  • Reply 8 of 8
    stupider...likeafoxstupider...likeafox Posts: 1,618member
    There's hundreds: http://www.la-grange.net/cms



    It all depends on what kind of site you're creating. If its fairly low-level then the blogging subcategory of CMS is probably your best bet.
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