Quick Review On Top 5 CMS Platforms

Your Custom Website Development may need a kind of database design that is radically different from any available out there. In cases like this, it is more suitable and affordable to build your Website Development from scratch than working on any current system. Custom systems are programmed applications, which can change over time to adapt an organization’s specific needs. Once the strategic principle of your website is understandable, Coding Brains works with you to create a technical tectonics that best suits your chosen method of maintenance and services the needs of your target viewers. Coding Brains have built quite a few custom CMS and online shopping carts over the year for many of our respected clients.

                                                                                                 

Wordpress
WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the Internet.WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and content
management system (CMS) powered by PHP and MySQL,

• Developer(s):Matt Mullenweg, Ryan Boren, Donncha O Caoimh
• Latest version:2.9.1
• Operating system:Cross-platform
• Platform:PHP
• Type: Weblog software/CMS
• Size:zip file — 2.2 MB
• Official Website:wordpress.org

Strengths

• Huge developer community with plenty of documentation and tutorials available
• Free and paid plugins and specialized themes make it possible to create virtually any kind of site with WordPress
• User-friendly dashboard for managing content

Weaknesses

• Can be overkill for basic sites
• A standard installation can have a lot of security issues, and is very vulnerable to attack without additional security measures
• No official support outside of user forums, where you may or may not get an official response    

                                                                                           Joomla
JoomlaJoomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP)techniques and software design patterns[citation needed], stores data in aMySQL database, and includes features such as page caching, RSSfeeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, andsupport for language internationalization.


       Quick Info about Joomla

• Developer(s):The Joomla Core Team
• Latest version:Joomla! 1.5.x
• Platform:PHP
• Operating system:Cross-platform
• Size:6.4 MB
• Type:CMS software
• Website:www.joomla.org

Strengths

• User authentication can be done with OpenID, Google, and LDAP, among others
• More than 7000 extensions
• Very active user community and tons of documentation available

Weaknesses

• Back-end isn’t as user-friendly as some CMSs, though it’s still very usable
• Lack of high-quality themes when compared to some other CMSs
• Can be overkill for simple sites

                                                      

                                                                                                        Drupal

Drupal is an open source content management platform written in PHP. It is usedas a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide. Equipped with apowerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging frompersonal weblogs to large community-driven websites.

         Quick Info about Drupal

• Developer(s):Dries Buytaert
• Latest version:Drupal 6.15
• Platform:PHP
• Operating system:Cross-platform
• Size:1 MB
• Type:CMS software
• Website:drupal.org

 

Strengths

• Robust community support, including IRC channels and face-to-face meetups
• More than 6,000 modules, making Drupal highly extensible
• A large number of companies offering commercial support for Drupal

Weaknesses

• Can be overkill for simple sites
• A lack of really high-quality free and commercial themes (there are some, but not nearly as many as there are for some CMSs)

Theming system is fairly complicated

                                                                                                           Silverstrip

It is one of the popular CMS which is designed in Sapphire framework. It has some builtin interesting features like content version control and SEO support. Developers can customize administration control for their clients. doesn’t provide much styling as designers have given freedom. VIA places it at 5th position in Top 5 CMS in PHP

        SilcerStrip in quick review

• Developer(s):SilverStrip team
• Latest version:Evolution 3.0.2
• Platform:PHP
• Operating system:Cross-platform
• Type: Content Management System
• Size:- 3.0.2.zip –7.1 MB
• Website: silverstripe.com

Strengths

• Basic functions in the back-end are easy to perform
• Designers are free to use HTML and CSS however they want to design their site
• Developed on open standards, so it plays well with others

Weaknesses

• Not everything is intuitive in the back-end, which increases the learning curve
• Only a little over 150 extensions/modules
• Not many high-quality themes available

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