Hi lisi, Have a look at www.opensourcecms.com They have all the popular CMS systems loaded on a server in one place so you can see them in action, once you find the one you like you can d/l it from there site as well Kenny -----Original Message----- From: Lisi [mailto:list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 16 June 2004 10:11 To: PHP-DB Subject: content managment systems I am looking for open source CMSs that: 1) use PHP/Mysql 2) are relatively easy to install, for someone familiar with both PHP and MySQL 3) also easily allow you to change the layout/template from the default For instance, if I want to hire a graphic designer to create a static page for me with a unique design for my site, I want to be able to create a template file from that (possibly one template for the home page and a second one for inside pages) and then plug in a CMS into that layout (or plug the template into a CMS) so the client can then make any changes to any pages without having to go through me. I've heard PHP-Nuke is a very good portal system - would it work for this? Any other recommendations? The CMS must be open source, the budget is very limited right now. Thanks! -Lisi -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php