Articles Tagged 'cms'
A Tale of Two Competitive CMS’s: WordPress And TextPattern In The Spotlight
Sufyan bin UzayrWordPress and TextPattern are two very popular blogging platforms. Both of them began as blogging platforms (and somehow insist on being blogging tools even to this day), yet have quickly evolved into full-fledged and extremely powerful CMS's. Both of them have pros and cons, and each boasts of a very dedicated user base as well as communities and forums. In this article, we shall attempt to compare TextPattern and WordPress and see which one emerges victorious.
14 Wiki CMS To Help You Build Your Own Wikipedia
Wikis are a rare breed of websites – we all would agree on that. Designing a portfolio, corporate blog or any such website is an entirely different concept from designing wikis. When it comes to wikis, not only does the website 'rise' in terms of its size, but also in terms of complexity. Wikis need to be so designed that the finished website does not look clumsy or unorganized – no matter how much data it has, and at the same time is simple enough for even the most novice user to understand. Following that, and perhaps most importantly, wikis need to be edited not by an individual but an entire community – again, simplicity and ease of use come into play!
Pligg: A Social Networking Content Management System
Salman SiddiquiWhat is Pligg? Don't we use WordPress as the "default" Content Management System? Enough, you WordPress dreamers! The world outside WordPress is huge and you got to jump out of your favorite content management system so as to discover the rest of the virtual world. Today, we will break some shackles to travel outside our comfort zone. It is time to discover one Content Management System which has been doing rounds for quite some time: Pligg. P.S. You will notice how by the end of the article I slowly drift into the favor of WordPress (even when I won't mention this openly). After all, WordPress rocks!
Showcase Of Small But Useful Content Management Systems
Christian VasileThere are lots of Content Management Systems on the internet and sometimes it might be difficult to choose one of them. Sure, WordPress is leading and Blogspot is following on the second place, but what if you want to have something else? If you are one of the ones who needs an advice, then this article should be perfect for you. Today we take a look at popular CMS all over the web and describe them so that you know which one fits you best. Although I could write about them, I would rather skip WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Blogspot, because everybody knows about them and I do not think they need descriptions.
Six Solid Reasons Why You Should Use WordPress
Salman SaeedIf you think you know what WordPress is, and what is it used for, I still believe you need to give this article a read to get to know what WordPress is really capable of. Wikipedia defines WordPress as 'an open source blog tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL'. And indeed you are correct if you think that WordPress is one of those inexpensive and relatively easy ways to start a blog site, but WordPress has come a long way since it was only a 'Blogging Platform'. If you don't already know, there are two websites WordPress.com and WordPress.org which is because it has now reached a new mature level where it doesn't only support blogging (WordPress.com) but also can be used for other different website applications (WordPress.org).
7 Alternate Uses of WordPress Aside from Blogs
Rean John UeharaWordPress is mainly used for blogging, but you can actually use WordPress for other purposes. This is the beauty of WordPress, it is so flexible that it has several alternative uses, even for people who aren't that technical. It is easy to customize and presents your content in a very appealing manner with thousands of themes and plugins available for use. In this article I will briefly point seven alternate uses of WordPress aside from using it as a blogging platform. There are only seven examples but that doesn't mean you can't use it for other purposes. So, I hope you will enjoy this article and share your thoughts!
Creating Your Own CMS Part 3 – Advanced Features
Brad BillmanIf you have been following along you should have a simple CMS built that has a place to securely log in and you should be able to create some users and access levels for your site. If you are creating a CMS you will need more than just to be able to log in and create users so here in part three we will get into a few of the things that you can do with your own CMS. A few people have really knocked the idea of creating your own CMS which is fine because we can all have our own opinions so I will just tell you all why I personally like to use my own.
Creating Your Own CMS Part 2 – Access Levels & Administrators
Alright if you have read the first article that we worked on a while ago "Creating Your Own CMS Part 1 - Secure Login" then you should have some sort of CMS design with a secure login. Now that we can login to our CMS we will need to have an easy way to add an administrator and of course give them access to only certain parts of the CMS. But first one little thing that I decided to add in to make it easy for you to login without having to manually add an entry in phpmyadmin was to make the first login attempt double as a create user.
25 Most Recommended WordPress Alternatives For Bloggers
Sheena DosdosBeing the most popular blog publishing application, WordPress caters to all bloggers and web developers alike. As an open source Content Management System (CMS), powered by Php and MySQL it has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. But it may not cater to some specific needs. There is no harm in trying a new software or cms so we should be open to other possibilities and try other alternatives and solutions to blogging. So here, I will share other recommended CMS that would also allow you to use many options and features. But alongside before picking up a right CMS remember to carefully check out for pro’s and con’s of particular system which will be used for your blogging or business.
Creating Your Own CMS Part 1 – Secure Login
Have you ever built a site to realize it is a pain to manage? There are a lot of CMS options out there but some of them cost money, some are hard to learn, some your hosting company might not support, and well sometimes they just don't have everything thing that you want. So today I am going to start to teach you how to create your own simple CMS. Today I will get into how you can find a design and get your secure login setup. This will be a series of blogs but to be honest I am not sure how advanced I will be going. If I wanted to spill it all and tell you how to build the CMS that my company uses then it might take a few blogs.
