[theprisoner]

there is some rules to choose what type of cms you want to use...

1) what my site should do? (news static... multimedia) and check demos
http://www.opensourc...S%20/%20Portals

second: check the level of the support of the cms

3rd: check the tech issue site related to installation (requirements)

4th : check who write the code... huge group... small group, etherogeneous devs, professional devs, bunch of kids?

5th: check if have portability and the support for migrations/backup modules (less work for you is better for all)

6th: check the level of scalability of cms related to level of hits and traffic of your website

7th: check to forum of your hosting site that they support the requirements

8th: check if the upgrade of a new version is difficult or not

and install ONLY at the end of this steps!

Remember : can be look good in the demo, can be look nice and with a lot of features... don't care check that rules first!
do you send your drunk girfriend alone in car with a maniac ? No so... WHY you do THAT to your website?

optimize with your htaccess the website and with boost module (cache and compression)

that's all folks!