The choice of CMS is so much harder than choice of blogging software. With blogging, you’ve got the big three: WordPress, MovableType/TypePad, and Blogger.

But there are so many CMS systems out there, with no clear indication of who is in the elite club. Drupal looks nice and reliable, but limited in function by intent and lack of plugins. Textpattern, agreed, seem quite a learning curve for a risky pay off.

I’ve used Mambo/Joomla for one site and was happy with it. Lots of plugins. As with WordPress, there is no ranking system for these, and support is spotty at best. Because the community is so much smaller, you’re pretty much on your own with the plugins. Which is a shame, since you need those plugins if you’re going to do anything besides basic portal function.

Philocrites, we’ve talked about this off and on in the past, ever since I goaded you into hosting Coffee Hour. ;-) I think the best way to approach this is to figure out what the community needs (not wants—that’s a rabbit hole). Maybe it’s time to revive the discussion from a few month’s back?