If you’re a non-programmer / designer type like myself (and a PHP newbie) WordPress still seems like a pretty good CMS option, since it’s pretty easy to master without a lot of programming knowledge.

That said, I’m now stuck because i don’t know enough PHP and I’m hoping someone can help.

You said “One method we’ve tried in the past is breaking up sidebar content into separate Pages and using PHP to dynamically insert them wherever appropriate”.

That method seems like the best option for me at this point, but I can’t figure out how to code the php for that solution. I’ve researched the issue for several days and still can’t find any code that indicates how one pull in content from two different pages. Instead, everything I’ve found shows how you could include severals post on a page, but not several pages.

Would you be willing to share how you include the content from two separate pages on different areas of your page? S

Silverstripe (silverstripe.com) and MODx (modxcms.com) are two open source CMS solution that provide easy templating for custom fields.

The community is booming, we’re launching a new website to keep up with the growth. The new website will house the much needed organization to take Pods to the next level. We do have frequent visitors to our Forum who ask / answer questions so feel free to start there.

I’m also available for Pods Feature Tours in which I call you up and share my screen to show you how everything works. Let me know if you’re interested in that – contact me at http://www.scottkclark.com

Thanks for the suggestion. I had actually not noticed these newer comments before (I didn’t realize there were more than 1 page of comments).

Hmm, looks like a lot of people like Pods. I have spent the last hour or so playing with Flutter and I am confused already (with the whole modules/layouts thing). Ill go give pods a try before I put in too much time into flutter.

Do you think I could use pods to accomplish what I am trying to do in my previous comment?

How is the support and community? I recently started using buddypress and even though I am an ameteur developer, I was able to implement and customize it pretty well with the help of the great support provided by the developers and the community.

Have you checked out the Pods CMS plugin? http://pods.uproot.us/

I run an online community (using WPMU + Buddypress) for startup companies in my area. I want to give the ability to my members to create company profile pages with information like company name, logo, # of employees etc. (similar to but simpler than what crunchbase does eg http://www.crunchbase.com/company/advestigo)

I was wondering if Darren or the other experts over here could suggest a solution for this using wordpress (so that I can integrate with the members database better). I found the flutter plugin (infact I came here looking for more info on flutter) but was wondering if there are other better alternatives that anyone can suggest for my particular application.

I’ve been using Wordpress as a CMS for about six months now and I have worked through these same issues. The only reason I’ve stuck with it is the plugins, honestly. And because I’m familiar with it. I’m nervous to jump into a project on a platform I’m not very knowledgeable on.