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I am looking to help out a non-profit get a website up and running.
Only, they don't just want a website with content, they also want to maintain a database of members, and allow those members to register and pay for classes/events/seminars held by the club.
It seems to me, that if all they wanted was to post content, nearly any of the available CMS's out there would fit the bill.
But the registration portion would require some customization.
I have considered just installing a basic CMS for them, and then creating separate web application for the registration section. And this would still work...
But if I wanted to hook into the users/roles from the CMS and use them in the registration side, I think I would have to have some way of either extending the CMS or easily using it's data in the sub-application.
I have been reading about the following CMS's:
All of them seem to have the ability to be extended, but I'm not certain how much "work" is involved to extend each. Given that my requirements are rather simple and the fact that I don't want to spend a ton of time doing this (it is free work, after all), does anyone have a recommendation?
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Not understanding your content management problems Before you even go into the market to choose a CMS, ask yourself: do you fully understand your own content management problems? It’s not surprising for businesses to often want a new CMS without fully understanding the why.
When considering a CMS platform your choice will impact very differently. The CMS platforms at a high level can be divided into two main camps, The ‘ Development platforms ’ and the ‘ Solution platforms ’. Development platforms are like a blank canvas that you build anything you want.
Before you can even consider different CMS features, you need to figure out who decides what CMS to use. This is harder than it appears. As the size and needs of your organization grows, so do the number of stakeholders. Your IT might demand a CMS that fits with their current infrastructure stack.
Your chosen CMS should be the content hub for all your publishing and marketing requirements, including email marketing. With that in mind, the CMS you choose must work with automated email marketing tools to make sure that the correct content gets sent to the qualified segments of your audience.
I'd pass on Umbraco and C1 Composite, as they generally aren't user-friendly. I think Orchard is best, as it has the best feedback of them all. Umbraco is aimed more at developers who want to tweak a lot of things.
Orchard - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1978360/anybody-using-orchard-cms
Link - Reviews/Comparison of Open Source ASP.NET MVC CMS
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