Ideas for a central CMS?

[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
[quote author="SomeFunkyDude" date="1239594694"]I can relate to what Tommy is saying, because a lot of CMS's out there aren't user friendly. Like Joomla for instance is a great cms, but there's like 1000 features that the average person doesn't need.[/quote]

I get that - I really do. I've played with Mambo, Joomla, Drupal, Deki, Mediawiki, trac, tiki, Moodle, etc.

If you were writing a system that includes a CMS component, then it'd be worth weighing up the benefits of writing your own versus pulling someone else's code in to play - but if you are just after a bog standard CMS, just grab an existing piece of software and strip it down (as much as you feel is necessary) and do whatever customisations you or the client think is appropriate. As dumb as we think the mortals are, they do tend to have needs that change over time, and never in a reducing fashion. I'm all for writing software to suit, but I'm also keen on taking advantage of existing software where it's applicable.