Hey everyone - I have been working on some stuff on the backend and ran across THE BEST survey tool.  I researched them all, http://www.surveymonkey.com/, http://www.questionpro.com/, including some high-end packages like Questionmark and SurveyPro (I used SurveyPro back in the day for my disseration).

 I have found the “HOLY GRAIL” - and it is called SurveyGizmo!  Even their free account is incredibly powerful.

Click on the graphic to check it out - you’ll thank me later!

Dan

I just love cPanel. Compared to some of the other web admin tools I’ve used cPanel is a breeze. The only bad feature is the crappy file manager. I use SmartFTP but it is nice to use a decent webbased program like Net2FTP or something similar in a pinch.

All my domains have now been loaded up with Xoops. Nothing to see right now except the base installs. I made a zip package ahead of time so that all the modules I need will be preloaded. I tested everything first on a non-production test site so I could see what modules I liked and which ones I didn’t. It some ways it’s a good thing that process took a couple of weeks. Xoops just released ver 2.0.17 and then a new Frameworks package came out (drat). I caught the 2.0.17 release and updated my .zip package but I’ll have to update Frameworks.

Now I just need to break down methodically what I do so you guys can track with me

I’ll be setting up a link exchange script on MeridianConcept.net soon. Send me a message if you have a bunch of sites and want to create a network.

Dan

I have used the Xoops CMS for quite some time - and have chosen it again as the primary content management system for the major of my portals - with the possible exception of some of the niche specific areas. About 2 years ago I conducted a thorough evalution of most CMS systems and at that time Xoops was head and shoulders above the rest. For this project, it came down to two … Drupal and Xoops.

I chose Xoops largely because of my familiarity with the user permissions and block structure. Also I like the fact that I can insert custom blocks consisting of PHP or HTML code.

That said, I am VERY impressed with Drupal. I may still go that direction on at least one site and give it a whirl. At least on the surface, Drupal looks very Web 2.0.

Others that I liked:
Joomla/Mambo
MODx

But you don’t have to take my word for it - you can always check out all the open source CMSs and decide for yourself at OpenSourceCMS. This is a great resource for keeping your eyeball on the CMS world.

Dan