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If you read the subject line of this blog post and wondered, "what's CMS?" then this month's flyte log is for you.
CMS stands for Content Management System. It's a platform for building Web sites that lets you, the site owner ,take more control over your own site and therefore your business. You don't need to know any HTML or CSS, basic building blocks of the Web. You don't need to know any code. Your only responsibility is to continually create killer content that attracts and converts customers.
Over the past year flyte probably built more sites on CMS platforms than not. Our two main tools were open-source CMS solutions: Joomla and WordPress. There are plenty of other platforms out there as well, and I know a lot of people like Drupal which is another open-source CMS.
In our experience, Joomla is more powerful and more scalable, but has a steeper learning curve. It's great for bigger sites and member-driven Web sites. WordPress is easier to learn, is an excellent blogging platform, and no site is too small for WordPress.
CMS isn't just for new sites; you can convert your current, static site over to WordPress as well. In fact, we've taken static designs and created similar or identical templates for Joomla and WordPress, migrated the data to the new site, and trained small business owners on how to update their own sites.
To learn more about CMSs, check out this month's article, Content Management Systems: Time to Upgrade Your Web Site.
When you're ready to upgrade your own site, just let us know.
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There's a lot newer (ahem, better) solutions out there since drupal and joomla grew popular.
Check out concrete5.org
Completely free, lets you build just about any type of site, and makes it SUPER easy for the end site owner to edit the final product.
Posted by: frz | January 07, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Both Joomla and WP are great programs. Sure when you compare the 2, Joomla has a steeper learning curve than WP. Neither is that difficult to learn. Anyone who is reasonably computer savvy can learn to be pretty effective with Joomla in a just a few days.
Posted by: Bob Firestone | January 07, 2009 at 04:46 PM
I almost forgot... BuddyPress!?!?! From the guys behind wordpress. It works on the multiuser WP to build a social network. It is still a beta but it already looks pretty sweet.
Posted by: Bob Firestone | January 07, 2009 at 04:47 PM
I my opinion, the best enterprise grade open source solution is ezpublish
Posted by: Andy | April 13, 2009 at 04:11 PM
I think this one http://www.intelisoftbd.com/products/xtreme-cms.html is one of the best cms. There's about 300+ websites running with it...
Posted by: Best PHP CMS | April 22, 2009 at 09:21 PM
joomla
Posted by: كاظم معماري | April 27, 2009 at 04:12 PM
Easy Admin Panel , secure , Speedy Websites
Posted by: phpnuke | May 25, 2009 at 05:51 PM
Phpnuke is the Best
Posted by: FashionPk | May 25, 2009 at 05:52 PM
I prefer Joomla. If you are interested of blog, i recommend Wordpress.
Posted by: Web designer | May 31, 2009 at 03:55 PM
Joomla! is best CMS, I think.
Posted by: Adi Sucipto | June 29, 2009 at 12:39 PM
I looked at concrete5, and the sell is very good, but looking through the user forums it seems to have a lot of trouble.
For that style of CMS, I was wondering what experience people have had with http://www.getpixie.co.uk/home/
Posted by: Beach Ape | June 30, 2009 at 01:19 PM