# Best CMS system? **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Tags:** cms\ **Created:** [November 17, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163 "2017-11-17T08:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bartje](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bartje/32/1210_2.png) [@Bartje](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bartje)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/1 "2017-11-17T08:07:38Z")
I’m looking for a (CMS) plugin that enables my clients to ad pages to their site by themselves without my help. Is there a plugin or stack that makes this possible ? ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/2 "2017-11-17T08:12:02Z")
I _think_ the only plugins that allow you to do this are 1. Armadillo - but I get the feeling it’s an older feature and not emphasised as much as the blogging aspect these days 2. Pulse CMS There are lots of other options but they don’t allow clients to add new pages. (By the way, I think this is a good idea - clients should concentrate on content, not adding new, ‘designed’ pages). Rob ---
**Author:** ![Bartje](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bartje/32/1210_2.png) [@Bartje](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bartje)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/3 "2017-11-17T08:17:22Z")
I agree but sometimes it can be useful … for example when new products have arrived for their store. At that moment it would be easy for the client to add a page template I’ve made before. They just have to add text and a picture for the new product. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/5 "2017-11-17T11:11:02Z")
> [@SteveB](#): > > I hear Pulse 5 from @yuzool is going to be a game changer though Yes, it will be. More infos soon 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/6 "2017-11-17T12:18:12Z")
> **[Hand crafted site editor](https://www.pulsecms.com/pulse5/)** > > Turn your existing beautiful web pages into editable online pages with Pulse. ---
**Author:** ![yuzool](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/yuzool/32/195_2.png) [@yuzool](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/yuzool)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/7 "2017-11-17T12:45:09Z")
Yes it will be 🕶 To answer your question @Bartje: Pulse 4 users can add pages by themselves. And there’s quite a few cool things coming in the next version as @SteveB mentioned. We’re already in BETA2 and not far away. And the Stacks are shaping up nicely and being carefully crafted by Mr @instacks himself 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nickcates](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/nickcates/32/1115_2.png) [@nickcates](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/nickcates)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/9 "2017-11-17T13:06:35Z")
If we’re just talking product pages, you can setup a [**Cartloom**](https://cartloom.com) product group, and drag that into RapidWeaver - and be done. From there, your client can use the Cartloom online admin to elegantly _ **add new** _ and edit current products, and those changes will be instantly live in RapidWeaver and on the published site. Not to mention the vast sea of other selling features that comes with Cartloom 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nickcates](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/nickcates/32/1115_2.png) [@nickcates](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/nickcates)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/10 "2017-11-17T13:10:36Z")
I will also be releasing a new CMS next week, featuring direct page editing _and_ Cartloom product adding. But if you truly need client ability for new pages, I believe Pulse CMS is your best option. ---
**Author:** ![nimblehost](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/nimblehost/32/94_2.png) [@nimblehost](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/nimblehost)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/11 "2017-11-17T17:06:25Z")
@Bartje Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about Armadillo’s ability to create pages. @robbeattie is right that it’s a lesser known feature as there don’t seem to be as many people who need it compared to blogging, but I do consider it key functionality and would love any feedback on how we can improve it further. ---
**Author:** ![bobafifi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobafifi/32/8125_2.png) [@bobafifi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobafifi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/12 "2017-11-17T17:29:09Z")
Best CMS? That really depends on scale (among other things). For med/large sites, RapidWeaver would not be my choice - that’s for sure. WordPress, Drupal (and many other open-source free CMS platforms) are much better equipped than RapidWeaver to handle the job. ---
**Author:** ![joeworkman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joeworkman/32/23780_2.png) [@joeworkman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joeworkman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/13 "2017-11-17T18:26:17Z")
Total CMS’s blog feature can work as well. Since each blog post has its own unique content, there is no reason that you could not use it for adding pages to the site. You would have to get creative if we wanted to add those pages to a menu. However, there are many ways that this could be accomplished, its not something that is “out of the box” though. ---
**Author:** ![gineraay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@gineraay](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/gineraay)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/14 "2017-11-20T11:15:24Z")
What’s missing from this discussion is pricing. Armadill0 $40 TotalCMS $99/site PulseCMS $195/site or $297/year subscription for mutiple sites. Please correct me if I’m incorrect. I don’t know they are direct competitors? ---
**Author:** ![bobafifi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobafifi/32/8125_2.png) [@bobafifi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobafifi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/15 "2017-11-20T11:18:25Z")
That looks right Bob (which is why I rolled my own) > [@Free CMS for RapidWeaver!](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/free-cms-for-rapidweaver/14718): > > This CMS uses WordPress as the back end (though you can just as easily go direct to MySQL or some other CMS) Install WordPress → wp-config.php to get DB credentials → wp\_posts is the table that has the data (view in phpMyAdmin or equivalent) → paste an include to your script (Perl, PHP etc) in RapidWeaver where you want the editable text → give client the WordPress login/pass and page URLs they can edit. Example includes: .shtml \ .php \ **Author:** ![habitualshaker](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/habitualshaker/32/10762_2.png) [@habitualshaker](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/habitualshaker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/16 "2017-11-20T12:09:12Z") Actually, you can pay $297 for Pulse CMS and use that for multiple sites forever. This also gets you 12 months of support and updates. The sites etc will continue to work and you can add new sites even after that year. You only need to pay $297/year if you want to continue to receive major updates. I’m sure this is right. @yuzool can correct me if not. Pulse 5 looks really good so worth looking out for that when it lands. ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/17 "2017-11-20T12:25:35Z")
Don’t forget there are others as well. [Easy CMS](https://joeworkman.net/rapidweaver/stacks/easy-cms/) is $50 one off fee and - I think - is really quite powerful. [SeyDesign Sentry](https://seydesign.com/stacks/sentry/) is £20.00 one off and looks good for editing text and photos [Kuler Edits 2.0](https://rapidweavercommunity.com/addons/stacks/kuler-edits-20) is $19.00 one off and looks to have a similar feature set to Sentry Rob ---
**Author:** ![yuzool](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/yuzool/32/195_2.png) [@yuzool](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/yuzool)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/19 "2017-11-21T01:44:30Z")
Brilliant synopsis @habitualshaker and better than I’ve ever done - I’ll look at rewording the site! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JohnJ](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/JohnJ)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/20 "2017-11-22T16:17:10Z")
Armadillo is a great option and reasonably priced. Jonathan is always available to help if you run into trouble. His service is second to none. He spent at least an hour holding my hand. His patience and expertise are second to none. I can’t compare it to anything else as I never used anything else. ---
**Author:** ![scottjf](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/scottjf/32/10385_2.png) [@scottjf](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/scottjf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/21 "2017-11-27T18:20:29Z")
Hi all, I am wondering if Pulse is an annual subscription or just a one-off payment?? The Pulse checkout states $197.00 USD for each year (Cyber Monday deal) Anybody know if it’s annual subscription?? Many thanks Scott ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/22 "2017-11-27T18:22:01Z")
Hi Scott, It is no subscription. It comes with one year of support and updates. After the one year, you are able to continue to use Pulse without functional restrictions. Cheers Jannis ---
**Author:** ![Bazza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bazza/32/2104_2.png) [@Bazza](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bazza)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163/23 "2017-11-27T21:34:11Z")
Pulse seems VERY expensive to the uneducated (i.e. me) what am I missing? [Next page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-cms-system/17163.md?page=2)