Need a free/open source CMS?

Question

I'm looking for an open source (or at least free for non-profit use) CMS system to create a website for the school distirct I work for. I've done a ton of research, but I'm having trouble finding one that fits our needs perfectly. I was wondering if anyone knew of a CMS system with the following features:

- Simple navigation structure (must be well organized, we'll end up with 150-200 pages)
- Granular user control (we want to control which users can modify which pages)
- Active Directory/LDAP authentication (not absolutely required, but a big plus)
- Easy to setup and use.

I've asked this question before, and all that gets recommended is Joomla and Drupal. Those two do not meet my requirements - Drupal has been voted too complicated by our "editors", and Joomla doesn't have granular user control. Please, please, please do not suggest Joomla or Drupal.

Answer 1

This is what we deploy for our clients:



http://www.concrete5.org/



Runs on PHP/MySQL.



Added: re your requirements...



- Simple navigation structure (must be well organized, we'll end up with 150-200 pages)

...page organization follows folder/page structure of your site

...content management is page-oriented - surf and edit (WYSIWYG) in context

...cross-cutting content can be organized as you wish

...functional/concerns dashboard is simple and intuitive



- Granular user control (we want to control which users can modify which pages)

...rights can be managed at group and user levels for anything



- Active Directory/LDAP authentication (not absolutely required, but a big plus)

...don't believe there's yet an extension/module for this



- Easy to setup and use

...very easy setup - graphics (not a programmer) guru at my shop does it

...very easy use - we build sites for normal (non-geek) business users to manage



P.S. Just gotta love people who disrespect your request NOT to mention Joomla and Drupal, don't ya?

Answer 2

Just take a look at Joomla WITH THE Community Builder plugin

Answer 3

Free Content Management Systems:



http://www.pligg.com/

http://drupal.org/

http://opensourcecms.com/

http://www.joomla.org/

http://www.opensourcecms.com/



File Thingie?(small web-based file manager written in PHP. It is intended for those who need to give others access to a part of their server's file system when FTP is not practical): http://www.solitude.dk/filethingie/



Ron