I am looking for LAMP-based CMS (content management system) that would
allow me to quickly create small (1-10 pages) websites. The important
point here is to be able to *fully* create and edit website's look and feel
*visually* without knowledge of HTML or CSS. For example I want to be
able to customize size of page,
banner and header area, left and right border and footer, colors and
fonts. I would like to be able to *visually* customize menu system -
like it's colors, usage of background (or not) images for buttons. The
problem with modern CMS is that they all based on templates and it is
difficult to customize them without knowledge of HTML and CSS. I dont
want to search for new template every time i want to move menu or
decide to change colors and fonts on a website. There is a software
package - XSitePro - that allows to create simple websites visually on
the local PC without knowledge of HTML and CSS and then upload them to
server. So i want exact functionality like this but with CMS. Joomla,
Mambo, Drupal and some other CMS that I've tried would lock you in a
current template and it is impossible to customize template without
tweaking HTML and CSS. I want to know if there is CMS that gives you
full visual design-type control over website's look and feel, as well
as capability to add forums, blogs, shop and other standard blocks of
functionality quickly and visually. I dont mind commercial CMS
solution as well, but it should cost less than USD$200 flat fee for
unlimited websites. I dont want to pay license for every little
website that i will do.

Check out <a href="http://www.joomla.org">Joomla</a>

http://www.opensourcecms.com is a wonderful place to visit where gives
you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free
and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be
the administrator of any site here, allowing you to decide which
system best suits your needs.



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While a completely integrated solution, may seem best, you may want to
consider an alternate approach to this issue. While Joomla, PostNuke,
etc seem to "require" knowledge of HTML for their design, this is not
totally the case. I am a Joomla developer, so I will explain how you
could get by with a very small knowledge of HTML. There are many
programs that allow for you to perform WYSIWYG (graphical) web
development. A popular program, is Adobe (Macromedia) Contribute:
http://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/. This software will allow
you to download or buy any template and easily modify the graphics.
You will then only need to copy the parts of the Joomla code that
provide the content, such as mosBody. Joomla provides a lot of great
free and quality pluggins, and has a very active open-community. In
the long run, it may also even be better to simply invest $50 or so
dollars to have a developer create your template, then to try to
create it and to get it to work yourself. It dosn't appear that XSP is
really capable of any amazingly fantastic layouts. If you would like
an impressive layout you are usually going to want to higher and
artist who does HTML and can make the template for you. For the price
of XSP ($197) you could probably get a better value from paying
individuals to create your specific Joomla or other open CMS templates
and other site specifics.