Decided to continue with my ‘My Picks’ posts, as my other posts I have been writing still need some finishing touches before I actually post them up. Some of my picks are just funny videos, some are great articles.

Firstly, James McDonald of EatFruitPlease has yet again created some great posts. I just have to this one post, which is his ‘Remember Quality Coding Is Worth The Same As Quality Design‘. James talks about something that is kind of releated to something that was said to me at work last week. A developer should always have a keen eye for design, what do I mean by this? Well a developer should be able to code the particular design without leaving any of the details out. So things like keeping awkward to code gradients in and making sure the code fits the original design as close as it can.

Secondly, Once again another post by James. This one titled ‘Creating A Reputation Online‘ has tips for freelancers that need a reputation online to keep work and income flowing.

Thirdly, Bryan Le of Sentences.org wrote an article about ‘The Design Brief‘. In this article Bryan gives you tips on how to create the perfect design brief for you and the client, as well as giving you a sample design brief to help you get on your way.

Finally, I made a blog post detailing some of e107’s features in my ‘Use a Content Management System?‘ post. With reasons you should try it if you use a CMS.

I should be posting some of these posts soon, some tutorials, reviews and articles are on there way.

Do you use a CMS? Is it Wordpress, Drupal, Mambo/Joomla? Have you looked around at what other systems are around?

Have you tried e107? No? Maybe you should try it out.

As I keep reminding readers of my blog my CMS of choice is e107, has been for years. The main reason for this is the way it works and how simple it is to understand and use. I have used several content management systems in my time on the web and well some I have liked and some I have used once and never used again.

The two systems I use now are e107 and Wordpress. Wordpress is more suitable for blogs than e107, its a great system and I love using it. Just like Wordpress is great for blogs, e107 is great for alot of other things. Sites that require more interaction with the user, with features like forums, profiles, chatboxes etc… These are just a tiny selection of the features that are included within e107.

With the ever growing plugin database adding to e107 functionality as well as the core been developed continuously e107 may just be the right CMS for one of your sites.

Some Core e107 Features…

• News System
• Submit News System - Allows users to submit news to your site.
• Custom Menu/Pages System - Includes a menu activation area to set menu’s to a certain area within your sites theme.
• Flood Protection System, allow auto banning of IP’s flooding your site.
• Downloads System
• Uploads System
• Banner AdSystem, rotating adverts.
• Core Plugins, Forum, Chatbox, Event Calender, Stats, Google Sitemap, Links Page, RSS and many more…

So why not go and try e107 for yourself, download it here or view a demo here.