The best-rated CMS for magazines, blogs, and editorial content
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We had two CMS used by our fashion publication - one was an in house, custom made CMS which was clunkier but more flexible with back end coding, and the other was Movable Type, which we used for our shorter, newsier blog posts since content was easy to build for producers, and even editors and freelance writers who weren't well versed in web production.
Pros
- Easy to use straight out of the box, very user friendly with an intuitive interface.
- Great for team use where there are multiple editors and writers fixing and editing each other's works. It's easy to track who last made the latest edits.
- Stellar support team and system. I've found that Moveable Type's support system is generally more responsive and helpful than WordPress.
Cons
- Very difficult to tamper with back-end coding, which is why we had a separate CMS for our bigger articles and interactive content.
- Limited number of plug-ins compared to other popular CMS like WordPress or Drupal.
- Not as media friendly as I would like. Movable Type was VERY finicky with embedding video and images. Constantly had to resize images and mess with video size to make sure it would display at the right size on the website.
Likelihood to Recommend
For the purpose of simple, day-to-day blogging, Movable Type will get the job done. As I mentioned before, it has an intuitive UI so that most beginners can pick it up and build a simple blog post. But if you're looking for a CMS that will host multimedia content, interactive content, or any "fancy" production that goes beyond paragraphs and bullet points, then I would recommend something different - maybe even a custom CMS for the maximum control over your website's back-end coding. Keep in mind that the CMS does have some quirks and can be finicky, but the support staff is extremely helpful and available.
