Here are the top 11 content management systems available for you to choose .
1. Drupal
Drupal offers an easy and cost effective option for you to consider for your next web project. Drupal - as an open source Content Management system (CMS), authorizes to develop completely scalable solutions which are written on programmatic language PHP and database MySQL. Drupal open source CMS mainly helps in online management of websites for more fruitful results.
2. CushyCMS
The CushyCMS is truly a simple form of CMS. It indeed has done justice to its tagline "truly simple". It has a hassle-free feature called "plug-and-play" that does not require installation to get started. Thus, it reduces the time spent in maintaining and developing the project. It also helps you determine editable areas making it easier for new users. Moreover, it is free. It is presently used by more or less 10,000 websites and it is quickly gaining popularity for a good reason. One good example of a site using CushyCMS is the brinex.com blog.
3. ExpressionEngine
ExpressionEngine is an easy-to-use tool that provides more flexibility to developers in customizing it for a purpose. It is famous for its intuitive and flexible Template Engine. It has a built-in caching feature, thus, reducing the server load. To shape this CMS for better usage, it needs to be modified intensively by a programmer. Abbottlittle.com is a site managed by the ExpressionEngine CMS.
4. TYPO3 CMS
An open-source tool, Typo3 is mainly focused on providing solutions for business intranet sites and websites. It comes with complex features and it has the ability of integrating other applications. Giant industries such as Audi, UNICEF, air France-KML, and CISCO are suing TYPO3 CMS. Check out their official websites for a better feel of TYPO3.
5. Concrete 5 & MODx
Concrete5 brags about its "edit mode" feature. It allows you to edit a web page while on live. While MODx is a combination of CMS and PHP web app structure. It has a GUI installer for beginners.
6. Wordpress
Wordpress is the one of the most famous and the best Open-source CMS available nowadays. It has a dev and user community which shadowed the Wiki. You can expect exactly everything and anything out of it. It also has hundreds of free widgets and plug-ins. For beginners, this is very popular and most commonly used in creating blogs. An example of a Wordpress blog site is the latest-technews.com.
7. Symphony
Symphony provides flexible customization through XSLT. There are lots of online tutorial to help you out on this. However, if you are not so technically incline, then this will not suit you.
8. Joomla
An extremely tough open-source CMS, Joomla has a full documentation to help you get rid of any issues. It also comes with various modifications. It is a bit intricate and it does not have too many plug-ins like in Wordpress or Plone. To see a live Joomla blog, check whyJoomla.com.
9. RadiantCMS
RadiantCMS is an elegant and simple CMS. It is used by smaller user groups. It also serves a purpose of providing interface for editing and creating contents on websites. For a live demo, check http://radiantcms.org/demo.
10. Railfrog
Built on top of the Ruby-on-Rails web app, the Railfrog empowers the well-known web apps like BaseCamp and Twitter. It is designed to develop, maintain, and deploy websites with ease. Since Ruby on Rails is also a lightweight app, typically the web pages will load faster and it would be easier to add new modules and add-ons. One best example for its credibility is the twitter.com.
11. Plone CMS
Plone CMS is for those who need a good amount of support in developing a website. It is supported by a dynamic developer community for easy fixes. It also comes with a broad documentation which can be of great help when frustrating errors occur during website building. Moreover, it is built on the Zope web app framework with lots of high-quality features. The Brazilian Government and the Columbia University are using Plone CMS. ChicagoHistory.com is also one good example for this CMS.
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