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Is there anything for PHP that isn't Drupal but essentially has CCK-like features?

So far the only things I've found is SymphonyCMS and Drupal.

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  • In what way would you like it to be unlike Drupal? – intuited Apr 30 '11 at 22:52
  • Just looking for alternatives to drupal itself (currently using that) – jmoon May 05 '11 at 17:36
  • Okay, so you just want to get a feel for what's out there, and know you want CCK-like functionality. Any other specific features you're looking for, or aspects of Drupal that you'd like to avoid? – intuited May 05 '11 at 19:25
  • Primarily CCK like functionality, some kind of membership system with email confirmation and the ability to do ssl smtp. Drupal avoid - just.. huge webapp, puts heavy load on server, does way more than i'd need – jmoon May 05 '11 at 22:33

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There is also the WordPress powerfull Custom Types functionality, which with the help of plugins can act very likely Drupal CCK. They are:

  • Types - most recent approach and a good step in the right way
  • Custom Post Type UI - Also very strong, should be used in conjunction with Custom Field Template Plugin which adds the the ability to add the fields themselves.

There are many out there, but I can only assure you'll have an good experience with this ones.

I'm a big fan of Drupal CCK concept but I cannot like Drupal itself. To me it always maked things much worse then it was. Maybe is just a case of learning curve...

Would love to see this concepts as much implemented as possible (great references here), but maybe the concept should get out of PHP to become full-powered (I do not know every one here, should give modx a try).

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Personnaly not checked yet but Pimcore seems to be a PHP CMS that can provide such functionnality :

It's an Open Source CMS based on Zend Framework and extjs,[troll mode] 2 things that contains some smart elements that you won't find soon in Drupal[/troll mode].

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This is a pet project. I have been doing Drupal development for 12 years. Most of my work is with modules development using CCK and Views. So I created a php framework that works similarly. It's in beta stage but you are welcome to check out the demo http://cck.fhqk.com. The parts that will interest you most are in http://cck.fhqk.com/?admin/main under content types.

Somethings are different from Drupal because I do not like the limitations of the Drupal system. Content types, fields and containers are independant of each other so deleting one does not effect the others. When a field or container is deleted the user has the choice to keep or delete the data also. You can also change form field types at anytime, change a text field to a textarea or hidden without deleting the field and the data first. The form fields available are all HTML5. Development is done in PHP 5.+ and will move to PHP7 after the first public beta.

Content Connection Kit is not a CMS or Micro framework but something in between. There is not and will not be a list of user features like blogs, forum blah. Although I will use a microblog and portfolio as examples of how and what can be built the system. The concentration is on building of the website via content types menus, hooks and modules (Namespaced OOP class files). There is absolutly no javascript being used nor will there ever be. There is no nor will there evr be PSR compliance because it places restrictions on flexibility. To get all the fiffy stuff from js you have to do it yourself. The starter theme is responsive made from skeleton.css

This Website development kit is for developers and site builders that want to have the heavy lifting done and get on to customization from minute one.

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