Welcome to the forums, I'm new to CC5 too, just installed a test site 2 days ago. IMHO, it's hit and miss on hosted environments (like Go-Daddy). But, if you've got a VPS or other root access system, seems like a no-brainer alternative to some of the larger CMS's if you need quick site implementation with consistency and maintainability.

Not too sure what (if any) migration paths are supported or documented. Definitely worth looking into I think. Especially if you have some PHP/HTML/CSS background to bend it to your liking.

The marketplace is packed with tons of 'goodies' (some free, some $$$)

I have run the gambit of Joomla,Drupal,DotNetNuke, etc... I was looking for something lightweight and client maintainable after delivery. Looks like CC5 is the best candidate at the moment.

Hi XenoSpark,

We've tried a few CMS systems as well. We settled on CMS Made Simple for a while but it's getting too bloated and additional development is long winded.

As long as we can find a system that is easy to integrate our design (Our graphic designer is a God and has some crazy design which always involve so hard core HTML) and is easy for us to add in the basic like news, members area's etc then we'll be happy.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts though :)

Bloated is why I'm done with joom,drup, and dnn. Seems like you need a whole development team to do anything with them. And they're getting fatter!

CMS MadeSimple was on my list to eval, but maybe you just changed my mind. :)

CMS made simple is far better that Joomla, Drupal the the likes. It just isn't quick enough. Skins are pretty easy in it but it's the developing side that lets it down.

I'd start with these how-tos:

http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/make-a-the...

http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/developers/build-a-s...

welcome!
-frz

Hi frz,
Great tutorais, might have to dig some more see if I can work out dynamic jquery galleries etc