Mike Johnston

Mike Johnston

Mike is the founder of CMS Critic, which he established in 2008. His content has been an institution on the CMS Critic website, featuring countless interviews, product reviews, and articles that cover almost every platform and facet of the CMS market. A trusted and respected source, Mike's voice has shaped the CMS Critic community over the years and helped users navigate the challenges of evaluating content management software in an increasingly complex market. 

Latest Articles & Reviews
Elementary OS Review

Elementary OS Review

Mike Johnston

By Mike Johnston

December 17, 2019
Mike Johnston

By Mike Johnston

December 17, 2019

Elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that features the custom developed Pantheon desktop environment. One of the key aspects, aside from the  unique look and feel, are the custom coded apps and paid app store that are available with Elementary.  Today, we're going to take a look at the  whole picture in this Elementary OS Review. I'm not going to get into the Installation... Read More →

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Mike Johnston

By Mike Johnston

December 16, 2019

As popular in name as these three open source CMS are, the fact of the matter is they are simply NOT the best CMS on the market. I realize that this statement may upset people in their camps but it is a  statement of fact. For years, people's honest intentions have been doing these content management systems a disservice by blindly recommending them for everything under the sun just to help... Read More →

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Mike Johnston

By Mike Johnston

December 16, 2019

A flat–file CMS is a platform that  does not require a database but rather, saves it's data to a set of text  files. There are many advantages to using flat-file CMS as opposed to  database driving systems, read on to find out what we consider to be the  best flat file CMS on the market.Most content management systems tend to use databases to store their  content but lately, there's been a... Read More →

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Mike Johnston

By Mike Johnston

December 2, 2019

Umbraco today launched Umbraco Heartcore, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) “headless” content management system (CMS) for easily structuring and sharing content across multiple platforms, devices and channels. Available software development kits (SDKs) let app developers use the software language and platform of their choice to build a highly configurable and easy-to-use content management... Read More →

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Mike Johnston

By Mike Johnston

November 20, 2019

For those who love XFCE and have been looking for a sleek, beautiful Linux distro that uses it – you'll be excited to know that the Zorin dev team has just announced Zorin OS 15 Lite. Zorin OS 15 Lite offers a beautifully skinned XFCE environment. Designed to run fast on computers as old as 15 years and powered by the popular XFCE 4.14, this distribution offers a beautiful option for... Read More →

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