Migrated to StaceyApp

It has been a long and sometimes confusing process to decide what CMS to use for my company website. I have installed and tried countless amounts and always got excited only to realize I spent more time hacking it up then actually maintaining it.

There was always one feature missing or basic things became nightmares to implement or install. And so I just settled on Drupal for a while.

Then I got to thinking what exactly was the purpose of the website. And for me and my company it was basically a sales tool and a showcase of what I have done. All the blogging and day to day stuff I figured could be covered here permanently, since I have been doing it here until my company website got up and running.

And then just by accident the other day I found StaceyApp, a simple 600 odd line CMS.

It looked easy to implement (no database), came with a simple template and allowed mixing plain text, HTML, and php code with little to no fuss.

You can even sync it up to DropBox and get it to update as you update your DropBox.

The best bit for me is the way it handles media and documents. You just all through it into a folder and it takes care of the rest.

Too easy!

However there are some downsides, especially from an architecture point of view. It doesn’t really seem to be designed for large websites, and not ideal for blogging. So if your website plans on being over 100 odd pages, definitely look at implementing a larger system like Drupal.

And I have had some issues with redirects and other server side stuff in moving across all my old URLs. But when I figure out a good solution, I will post it and probably create a fork on Github with some of my work arounds.

For me though this whole experience over the last couple of days made me realize how important it is to determine what is the reason for having a website and determining it’s purpose. And once you have that clear in mind, there is an appropriate CMS for you – don’t just automatically go to WordPress.

So after I play around some more, expect a fork coming soon. I’m seriously thinking about calling it Stacey’s Mum