CMS integration help needed

[Kent Multer]

Hi folks --

I have a client who wants to integrate a Miva store with a CMS. The end user is an established business that publishes material every day, so they need a high-powered CMS. If it's written in PHP, I can handle the Miva-to-CMS hookup, such as letting customers use one login and password for both. But I'm not a CMS expert.

For starters, I'd like to get some recommendations about what CMS to use. I tend to prefer open source, but the client has the budget for a proprietary system if the quality justifies it. This project could require just a few hours of consulting to help me with the rough spots; or it might turn into a major CMS setup job, I don't know yet.

Anyone who's interested, or would just like to recommend their favorite CMS, please contact me here or by email.

Thanks --

[Ecentral]

Try taking a look in to Joomla or Drupal

[PCINET - Andreas]

EMediaSales (James Harrell) offers Celestia's CMS for free at emediasales.com. Did you already look at this solution? They also offer assistance in case you need help.

[Kent Multer]

Andreas, have you actually used Celestia? I'm aware of it, but I'd like to get recommendations from people who have experience with the apps.

Thanks --

[PCINET - Andreas]

I just (5 days ago) started using celestia and it looks good but I can't give any detailed report about usability or deep insides yet.

[sebenza]

This is a very popular one... http://www.joomla.org/

[gomblue]

I think Joomla is awesome. It has so much going of it. But I'm just a novice. I'd reallly like to see Miva integrate as smoothly as possible with Joomla.

[Biffy]

Have you tried embedding a Joomla page inside a Miva template using the HTML object tag? We do that with WordPress a lot.