How to integrate a CMS into an existing website

Question

If you were to integrate some open source CMS into your already existing website... which CMS would you choose and how would you go about achieving it?

Solution 1

you should ask the question in different order "How to migrate already existing content to open source CMS" and your action list would be

1. map existing data and url schema (so you could make redirects from old content to new locations if locations change) to get the hang of the amount of pages/structure that need conversion
2. choose your next weapon (wordpress, joomla, modx and so on dependent of your needs and amount of data) and make a clean installation of latest version
3. convert old site information to data import format of your chosen weapon
4. if your information is in start planning design, editorial and other regular tasks that each site needs

the idea here is to make the conversion first with raw data to get the clean site structure and content you really need and not mess with design and editorial tasks first as those are secondary and can be addressed separately over and over

Solution 2

The BEST CMSs that will work very well and may fit your needs are :

1. Instante Update - the best one in my opinion

2. PulseCMS

3. SiteCake

These three CMSs can be integrated into any existing Website & they are easy to use. I think they fit your needs.