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Originally Posted by Hollywood376
bumpitty bump for some Carma users
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We have recently made the migration from SiteDepth to CARMA for all our sites (tours and member's areas), and I have assisted in the transfer and setup of over 25 sites now for various companies.
I've worked extensively on SiteDepth, AWW etc in the past, and it is in my opinion that CARMA is without any doubt, the best CMS system I have used.
Obviously needs change from situation to situation, but for me, the main points of importance are:
1) Built w/ scalibility, stability and security in mind. We run a fistful of high traffic, high load members areas and tours, and we've never had a problem with speed, or stability. We've not had any security issues, which were common problems with previous CMS systems.
2) Templating. Obviously an astetic, but the templating system that CARMA uses (SMARTY) is perfect for the job. I need not say more than this: ANYTHING you want to do in CARMA - visually, layout, functionality-wise - is totally possible. As above, I've come across all sorts of member's areas whilst migrating people to CARMA, from the simply to the downright totally custom - and I've never had a problem getting it to match their plans / original site, pixel perfect.
3) Service. Without a doubt, the most important part of the package. The service of TMM is great. Submit a ticket, have a response. Chat to one of the developers online about a feature, and if it's sensible, it'll probably already be in the system, or added within a few days.
4) Finally, 'the suite' - CARMA fits hand in hand with NATS and SPARTA. To be honest, if you're using NATS, I can't see much reason to use anything else as your CMS - and if you're using CARMA - there's no reason at ALL not to use SPARTA (to the best of my knowledge, it's the only site protection tool that is an apache module - not a bunch of slow / hackable scripts.
Anyhow, that's my considered opinion. BTW, the overview on CARMA's homepage sucks - so don't judge a book by it's cover there
