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CMS = Content Management System
A "CMS" is a program with forms and online programs to build your website.
You install it on your website server.
The popular CMS programs these days are Joomla, Mambo,
and Drupal.
The good side of a CMS program is that it makes
it very easy to make your web pages. You don't
have to edit html and keep track of directories etc.
On the other side, you have to learn the CMS
program, which is just as complicated as learning
PhotoShop or Word. And *somebody* has to know more technical things,
to install it, do backups, and other administration.
Which CMS is "best"? ... it depends on what you want to do!
Links to general information are here. Links to details of different CMSs are in their section.
Do you have more to add? Please let us know at the contact form
The CMSs
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Drupal home
http://drupal.org/
"Drupal is an open-source platform and content management system for building dynamic web sites offering a broad range of features and services including user administration, publishing workflow, discussion capabilities, news aggregation, metadata functionalities using controlled vocabularies and XML publishing for content sharing purposes. Equipped with a powerful blend of features and configurability, Drupal can support a diverse range of web projects ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven sites." Sites made in drupal: Tibetan Technology Center: tibtec.org
Drupal
: 2010
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Joomla at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/joomla
"Joomla! is a free, open source content management system written with PHP for publishing content on the world wide web and intranets using a MySQL database."
wikipedia
: 2006
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Joomla home
http://www.joomla.org/
"Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable." (from the home page) It looks the easiest to use for the end user. Word is that it is easy to install and maintain also.
Joomla
: 2006
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Moodle home
http://www.moodle.org/
Original developer's Moodle site, communities, courses and software
moodle.org
: 2006
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Moodle on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
Summary and links for Moodle
Wikipedia
: july 2006
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Tiki Wiki
http://www.tikiwiki.org/
A full website system, with wiki, forum, pages, posts, calendar, and more more more.
TikiWiki
: 2010
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Wiki - MediaWiki home
http://www.mediawiki.org
"A free software wiki package originally written for Wikipedia." "MediaWiki is free server-based software, that is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It's designed to be run on a large server farm for a website that gets millions of hits per day. MediaWiki is an extremely powerful, scaleable software and a feature-rich wiki implementation, that uses PHP to process and display data stored in its MySQL database. Pages use MediaWiki's wikitext format, so that users without knowledge of XHTML or CSS can edit them easily."
MediaWiki
: 2007
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WordPress Home
http://wordpress.org/
Everything about WordPress
WordPress
: 2010
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WordPress on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress
Summary and links for WordPress
Wikipedia
: 2010
General info
Compare - systems
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Celebrity death match! Drupal vs. Wordpress vs. Joomla (and any others)
http://www.dnforum.com/f437/celebrity-death-match-drupal-vs-wordpress-vs-joomla- any-others-thread-306151.html
Forum discussion, fun but not much useful details!
DN Forum
: June 2008
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CMS Compare: Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress
http://www.newlocalmedia.com
the best comparison page i have seen. Practical and realistic.
Dan Knauss
: August 2008
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CMS Matrix
http://cmsmatrix.org/
A community service to everyone interested in looking for a means to manage web site content. Discuss, rate, and compare the various systems available on the market today. Select different systems and compare.
CMS Matrix
: 2006
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CMS Review
http://www.cmsreview.com/
Feature lists, comparisons, and resources to help you select the right CMS.
CMS Review
: 2009
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Drupal vs Joomla: Which CMS is Best?
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/drupal-vs-joomla-which-cms-is-best-004645.php
And as always ... "there's still no cut and dried answer, and for that matter, we at CMSWire don't even believe in the question. If this survey proves anything, it's that the choice of Web CMS depends on what you're trying to do.
Dee-Ann LeBlanc
: May 2009
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How to evaluate a content management system
http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/kmc_evaluate/
This is a little old - but the principles are still good!
James Robertson
: 2002
Demos
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CMS demos
http://www.opensourcecms.com/
Great! do-yourself demos of many web apps, including cms systems. Look in left column for the choices.
Open Source CMS
: 2010
license issues
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