CMS for clients?

Hey fellow TF'ers,

I am planning on creating my own CMS for my clients. Has anyone here done the same? I will also offer custom CMS' but want to have a standard one that all clients can use. What features are a must? How should I go about pricing?

Take a look at www.freelancerpanel.com and some of those features.

Originally Posted by White Line Take a look at www.freelancerpanel.com and some of those features.

Hey there,

I mean for the websites of my clients - i want to offer them a CMS system, not a place where clients can login on my website and download stuff. I have this coded up already (SGClient beta).

Something like mambo...

oh right cool. well obviously check out some of the main cms like joomla, and also wordpress ino its regarded as blogging software but is also can be integrated as a cms and has some great features you could take and use on your own cms.

I've made plenty of CMS' for clients.
You should price it on how hard you think you worked, and a few other things like is it secure, does everything work?
When you first start, maybe start with a low price and work up, the client may refer friends this way.

I'm in the process right now. It's fun

^^ bennett + php wtf! :P

Originally Posted by White Line ^^ bennett + php wtf! :P

Uhm... believe it or not.. I can write decently in XHTML/CSS or PHP and even python. Its just MUCH less work to draw :P

Basecamp till the day I die! Don't kill yourself trying to make a complex, feature-rich CMS when there are plenty substitutes out there.

Bryan, this is the way I see it: To get your clients website you almost often have to tweak a CMS to get it the way they want it. If you write the basic CMS you base all/most your clients off, you are more familiar with the system.