Hello,<br /><br />I have a simple reseller account. I host three domains, soon to be more. I would like to change all of my sites to use a CMS. I was considering Mambo. My sites currently don't receive much traffic, but I intend to register at least 2 of them with search engines to generate traffic. In a recent topic called "Review Of Mambo, One programmer's thoughts", TCH-Mike said "For a small site it isnt bad, but for large high traffic sites using Mambo on a shared server will most likely get your site suspended." I can't afford to have my sites be suspended, but would like to use a CMS. Also, since I'm a reseller account, if one site caused too much traffic, all my sites would get suspended. For this reason, I was considering setting up separate accounts for each of my clients. <br />Any suggestions? What do I need to do?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Tnet<!--content-->
Before this question is delved into; is there a particular set of features or requirements that you have for the CMS software? It's become a very broad category so it would be far easier to know what your intent is with the site and what must haves you are considering. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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The main objective is to create websites for a customer and offer them a simple interface which would allow THEM to update their site.<!--content-->
Do you mean simply news updates? Content of that nature?<br /><br />If you do, I might suggest movabletype. I realize that it is a blogging system; however TCH supports it (I know of several sites here that utilize it) and it is very easy for a client to update, and very customizable with some learning. They are also coming out with version 3.0 soon which looks promising. Many sites out there use that as their backend, it may be something you wish to look in to. =)<br /><br />This can be used to run sites on several domains as long as they are on the same server, so I don't believe that would be a problem. I believe, also, that a few customers are doing something similar so perhaps they'll relay their experience with this. =)<br /><br />If you mean update as in full control of layout, look and feel I'm not sure what to suggest. Movabletype allows this via full control of author's permissions, but its not really a GUI; some html/css experience would be required for layout modification.<!--content-->
Hi Lisa,<br /><br />I will look into MT. My big concern is not being suspended for using too much resources. I will probably be upgrading my service. I'm still concidering not using a reseller account and opening separate accounts for each of my clients. This way if one client's site uses too much resources and gets suspeneded, it won't affect the others.<br /><br />Thanks for you help!<!--content-->
Tnet, I don't do reselling but if you keep a close eye on this, it shouldn't be a problem. Over time, you'll be able to predict when you need upgrades, as well. =)<!--content-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Tnet+Apr 6 2004, 12:44 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tnet @ Apr 6 2004, 12:44 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->"....I have a simple reseller account. I host three domains, soon to be more. I would like to change all of my sites to use a CMS. I was considering Mambo. My sites currently don't receive much traffic, but I intend to register at least 2 of them with search engines to generate traffic. In a recent topic called "Review Of Mambo, One programmer's thoughts", TCH-Mike said "For a small site it isnt bad, but for large high traffic sites using Mambo on a shared server will most likely get your site suspended...."<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />If you need to look at the available options, then there is a superb resource here at<br /><a href="http://www.opensourcecms.com" target="_blank">http://www.opensourcecms.com</a>. You can even try them out, as a user or as an administrator. I have become attached to Postnuke, secure and stable under high 'loads' , and for the 'mission control' look and point and click updates. I have installed a number of there CMS packages, and if you are looking for a relatively low gradient in the learning curve, then Xoops, E-Xoops, or Phpwebsite are good options. Again, the bottom line if to decide exactly what you need the CMS for, and what modules/options are essential in the package. <br /><br />The only packages I have seen which tend to get 'banned' are cgi/perl installations. I have yet to see posts anywhere on the internet, relating to Postnuke causing problems. That said, there is a limit to what a shared server can take! It is virtually impossible to get a straight answer from any website hosting company as to whether they will present a server/load issue. ... unless they are banned outright. There is no universal definition of a high load either, other than that which starts to have a detrimental effect on other hosted sites of other users ( quite a few normally) on the same server. There are too many variables involved, so the absence of a straight answer is not entirely unreasonable. I have, for example, recently discovered that Moodle ( a VLE php/MySQL package) has been causing some problems here, with its excessive demands on resources, even with a relatively low number of users.<!--content-->
Before this question is delved into; is there a particular set of features or requirements that you have for the CMS software? It's become a very broad category so it would be far easier to know what your intent is with the site and what must haves you are considering. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->The main objective is to create websites for a customer and offer them a simple interface which would allow THEM to update their site.<!--content-->
Do you mean simply news updates? Content of that nature?<br /><br />If you do, I might suggest movabletype. I realize that it is a blogging system; however TCH supports it (I know of several sites here that utilize it) and it is very easy for a client to update, and very customizable with some learning. They are also coming out with version 3.0 soon which looks promising. Many sites out there use that as their backend, it may be something you wish to look in to. =)<br /><br />This can be used to run sites on several domains as long as they are on the same server, so I don't believe that would be a problem. I believe, also, that a few customers are doing something similar so perhaps they'll relay their experience with this. =)<br /><br />If you mean update as in full control of layout, look and feel I'm not sure what to suggest. Movabletype allows this via full control of author's permissions, but its not really a GUI; some html/css experience would be required for layout modification.<!--content-->
Hi Lisa,<br /><br />I will look into MT. My big concern is not being suspended for using too much resources. I will probably be upgrading my service. I'm still concidering not using a reseller account and opening separate accounts for each of my clients. This way if one client's site uses too much resources and gets suspeneded, it won't affect the others.<br /><br />Thanks for you help!<!--content-->
Tnet, I don't do reselling but if you keep a close eye on this, it shouldn't be a problem. Over time, you'll be able to predict when you need upgrades, as well. =)<!--content-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Tnet+Apr 6 2004, 12:44 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tnet @ Apr 6 2004, 12:44 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->"....I have a simple reseller account. I host three domains, soon to be more. I would like to change all of my sites to use a CMS. I was considering Mambo. My sites currently don't receive much traffic, but I intend to register at least 2 of them with search engines to generate traffic. In a recent topic called "Review Of Mambo, One programmer's thoughts", TCH-Mike said "For a small site it isnt bad, but for large high traffic sites using Mambo on a shared server will most likely get your site suspended...."<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />If you need to look at the available options, then there is a superb resource here at<br /><a href="http://www.opensourcecms.com" target="_blank">http://www.opensourcecms.com</a>. You can even try them out, as a user or as an administrator. I have become attached to Postnuke, secure and stable under high 'loads' , and for the 'mission control' look and point and click updates. I have installed a number of there CMS packages, and if you are looking for a relatively low gradient in the learning curve, then Xoops, E-Xoops, or Phpwebsite are good options. Again, the bottom line if to decide exactly what you need the CMS for, and what modules/options are essential in the package. <br /><br />The only packages I have seen which tend to get 'banned' are cgi/perl installations. I have yet to see posts anywhere on the internet, relating to Postnuke causing problems. That said, there is a limit to what a shared server can take! It is virtually impossible to get a straight answer from any website hosting company as to whether they will present a server/load issue. ... unless they are banned outright. There is no universal definition of a high load either, other than that which starts to have a detrimental effect on other hosted sites of other users ( quite a few normally) on the same server. There are too many variables involved, so the absence of a straight answer is not entirely unreasonable. I have, for example, recently discovered that Moodle ( a VLE php/MySQL package) has been causing some problems here, with its excessive demands on resources, even with a relatively low number of users.<!--content-->