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Former CMS developer jumps ship...film at 11!

Seriously, I've spent the last 3+ years working on my own CMS (COWe). Eventually had someone helping with the project (only to find they trashed it!). I recently decided to pull the plug on my CMS and concentrate on the modules, which were the heart of the project anyway. The catch was that the modules (aka: overlays, extensions, gadgets, widgets, etc.) needed a host CMS to run on. Being a former developer of various *Nuke projects I looked at the various Nuke CMS again...and quickly remembered why I left them! I tried several others; Drake, Mambo, Joomla, Drupal, etc. While those where all good in their own way, something was missing for me. Then, I stumbled upon YACS!

I decided to use the modules from my own CMS to possibly help extend YACS. However, YACS doesn't have modules like other CMS, so I will need to learn the system first. YACS pretty much already has most of the modules I need built in. But, I do plan to work on bringing my projects management mod to YACS...somehow. Again, I need to learn the system. I also want to work on SKINS and maybe some English documentation (I have done some technical writing in the past for various companies.).

I basically would like to devote the time I was spending on my CMS project to YACS. So if there are any areas that need work/help, maybe I could pitch in.