CMS News, Reviews, Interviews and Articles
phpFox is one of many social networking scripts that are commercially available for those looking to deploy a Facebook or MySpace style social network. Given the response I’ve had to our Social Engine Review and the apparent lack of support offered by that company, I thought we’d explore some other, potentially better supported platforms such [...]
I review a lot of Web Content Management Systems but I’ve never done a review of a Document Management System (something that I’ve been meaning to do for some time) until today. Ademero is one such vendor and produces a browser based document management platform called Content Central. Today, I’m going to take you on [...]
SimpleCMS is a product developed by Redmode Ltd that is available for those developers / designers who are looking to add a simple, easy to use and brandable CMS to their existing HTML based websites. It can also be used and easily set up by the average user without the need of a designer/developer. SimpleCMS is available [...]
Waves2 is a content management system developed by Aptinet Inc. It was developed using a combination of .NET controls and Ajax and, according to their CEO, is targeted towards those midsize organizations who are looking for plenty of features without the high price point and lengthy implementations. With that out of the way, let’s proceed [...]
I was contacted recently by Increo, the makers of a new WCM called Wondercode to see if I could spend some time reviewing their product. Wondercode is a product based out of Norway that offers a fully functional WCM with a number of modules such as eCommerce, newsletters, recruitment and more. Let’s dig into the [...]
Percussion Software announced the release of version 2 of their popular Percussion CM1 WCM today and I thought I’d share my thoughts of the system, having recently had an opportunity to test it out. One of the first things I noticed, having never had an opportunity to explore CM1 before, was the slick look and [...]
While doing some surfing the other day, I stumbled across this incredibly good CMS called SetSeed that I thought I would share with you. SetSeed was developed by Ben Vallack and is definitely a CMS with plenty of potential. Ben was kind enough to issue me a couple of keys to use to mess around [...]
If your site runs on the powerful SquareSpace CMS (see our squarespace review for more info) and you own an iPad, you absolutely must try their iPad app. SquareSpace for iOS is an exceptional app that allows you to post and manage your SquareSpace site directly from your iPad and it’s one of the best [...]
Radiant CMS is a simple, no-frills Content Management System that is built using Ruby on Rails. It is licenced under the MIT Licence, which means it is freely redistributable and can be employed for both commercial and non-profit usage. Main Features Radiant has a fairly simple and minimal admin interface that has barely three tabs [...]
WordPress and Textpattern are two of the most well known blogging platforms out there. Each has its own share of advantages and disadvantages as well as supporters and critics. Both have a great user base and power many wonderful websites! In this article, I shall attempt to provide a comprehensive comparison of both WordPress and [...]
Textpattern (news) has often been heralded as one of the most flexible open source CMS available. With it’s small footprint and straight forward interface, it’s also a favorite of designers and developers around the world. Today, we’re going to take a look at Textpattern and what makes it so agile. To start off with, the [...]
We’ve never reviewed a wiki platform yet, so we thought we’d break new ground and do so starting with one of our personal favourites, DokuWiki. DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but [...]
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