Paysite CMS anyone?

**GPallan** · 04-22-2010, 08:41 PM

what's everyone using these days? last time i was in the market for a CMS it was all about Mansion.

looking for something sophisticated but yet user-friendly to run 3-5 paysites.

thanks

**Lee** · 04-22-2010, 11:22 PM

Hit me up on ICQ

Regards,

Lee

**GPallan** · 04-23-2010, 11:06 AM

thanks lee.

anyone else? what are you using for a CMS?

Originally Posted by Lee

Hit me up on ICQ

Regards,

Lee

**nickbaer** · 04-23-2010, 12:41 PM

CCBill has one you can 'rent' by the month as part of the hosting package.

**oystein** · 04-23-2010, 02:29 PM

http://www.mansionproductions.com/mas/

The trend setter for the high-end CMS' in our industry.

**GPallan** · 04-23-2010, 02:38 PM

right. do you know how much is's going for right now?

Originally Posted by oystein

http://www.mansionproductions.com/mas/

The trend setter for the high-end CMS' in our industry.

**sc32803** · 04-23-2010, 11:06 PM

CCBill has a CMS and hosting? There isn't anything mentioned about this on their site.

**nickbaer** · 04-24-2010, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by sc32803

CCBill has a CMS and hosting? There isn't anything mentioned about this on their site.

Talk to your Rep.

**PFLJayden** · 04-24-2010, 08:05 AM

We were going to use their CMS. It's Metrix Stream.
We backed off. It's way overpriced, triple the price of something you can find somewhere else. Too many tech needs to associate with it. Unless you have a highly skilled programmer to aid you, I would probably go with elevated x for cms.

It's kind of funny. XonDemand went with Metrix Stream. Once they went live with it, that's when they stopped paying. Metrix Stream is priced at about $1k+ a month.
We were going to do our VOD on it. Then we found out everything involved with the operation. We backed off really quick. Then we were going to run our cams on it. Again, same... we backed off even faster.
I'm not saying it's bad. There's just a whole slew of gadgets that go into play with it.

**nickbaer** · 04-24-2010, 01:12 PM

The price I was quoted for the CMS package was $250/mo.

The comparative factor is the all-in-one in-house support: billing/processing support, hosting support, and CMS support under one roof.

They told me some big name sites, by name, that use this plan.

If you buy (license) a 3rd party package on your own, there's money down, money per month, and remote support, that may or may not be familiar with your host.

The next best 3rd Party CMS I've seen is $500 down, $150/mo, or $10K to purchase. I'd say the $0 down, and extra $100/month to have all three legs of support in-house is worth the reduced aggravation.

There's no script for sale, or CMS package I've seen that requires more than an elementary knowledge of php programming to run, customize or upkeep.

I've been doing PHP since this time in 2006 - which is 6 years later than the rest of the world. I paid a local guy face-to-face $100 to show me how to set up my first SQL table, and to write a .php web page to display, add, edit and delete table data via a PHP script code.

Once I had a look at it, I realized the structure was the BASIC language I learned in 1973. With structure in mind, you just Google "php - what you want to do", and find code help ranging from "dictionaries," to scripts for sale (shareware or paid), to on-line classroom tutorials.

That and then study some of the tutorials to get fancier.