Keeping things simple with sNews

I am buzzing for sNews right now! Currently I am working on a few site ideas based around my own personal interests that I aim to generate income from via Google adsense.

For my own personal blog here I decided on sNews. However for my other projects I have been building regular html/css sites and also fiddling with Wordpress.org blogs.

Then last night it all became clear. I'm making things much more complicated than necessary. Why does each site have to be different? I can use sNews for everything. Further using the same theme means I just have to design it right once and I can build all my sites off the same template.

What I love about sNews is that it is a Spartan CMS. Clover Content is also a simple CMS but I have not yet played around with it. There are many different blogging setups available these days. It is simply a case of finding a platform that you like and going with it.

Installing sNews caused me a few issues the first time I configured it but successive installations have been a breeze. It is a CMS that doesn't require a great deal of computer knowledge to use. It could argued that it doesn't have functionality to rival a self hosted Wordpress install. This is probably true but unless you need the functionality of numerous widgets sNews is a perfect choice.

For this site I am going to continue to use Matt Jones' themes to pay homage for the excellent sNews hacks/mods resource he has created. What I love about his site is that he's coding well above my level but he manages to explain how to implement his hacks and mods clearly so even beginners like me can implement them.

25.03.2009. 00:44