Update Dec 4 2008: Mambo 5 movements
Update Sept 19 2008: Wildflower impressions and links

The latest movements in the Mambo 5 project ( Nov 25th 2008 ) -

> When are we going to get this mambo 5 thing started? What's the first step?

We are starting just now ;)

I'll get the release notes ready for Monday ...

Revised Oct 3 2008: it's still Plone as the premier Python CMS so far ... still looking.

Python is an admirable language in almost every way ( but don't get me going about 'self' in method calls - if Smalltalk programmers see 'self' all over the code, they add $10 to their hourly rate, usually well deserved ).

At any rate, Python is an admirable language - it's pure OO, very fast, great libraries, etc. In short, superior technology. If that is true, then why are there so few Python Open Source CMS packages available in the CMS market ?

Updated Sept 24 2008:

The Lanius website ( formerly known as the Drake CMS ) is up and running [ wild cheers and celebration !!! ]

They have make some of their first production releases of the small, quick and generally admirable CMS.

I'll install it and see ... stay tuned.

Update Nov 1 2008: ImpressCMS 1.1 released.

For most web applications, I assume PHP and mySQL as the CMS environment. Excluding big commercial C++ and Java systems, the ratio of PHP-based CMSs to all other languages combined must be at least four to one, maybe more. Slow perhaps, but PHP CMSs are easy to customize and virtually zero-configuration to deploy ( in sharp contrast to C++ and Java ).

Basic requirements for a small, general purpose CMS could be: