20+ Best Free CMS & Resources
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星期二, 07月 14, 2009, 14:40
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These days there are a lot of awesome Content Management System options out there that make our jobs as developers and website publishers so much easier! As the need for businesses and website owners to maintain an up-to-date web presence continue to grow, content management systems will only gain in popularity with developers and users.
So take a moment and look over the list below of the 20+ best free cms toolbox options available that it can be confusing to know which one is best for a particular situation, and to know the basics of what is available. In this post we’ll take a quick look at a number of different CMS options and provide some links that will help you to dig deeper with those that interest you.
And don’t forget to let us know in the comments section which is your favorite CMS and why!
1. Joomla
Joomla is also a popular open source CMS that originated from Mambo. Of all of the open source options, I’ve seen more mixed opinions on Joomla than any of the others. It has a large community of users, and it is intended to allow developers to build all kinds of websites, including corporate, e-commerce, online magazines, intranets, and more.
Joomla Resources:
Joomla Toolbox:
Joomla Documentation - Official documentation for users, designers, and developers.
Joomla Forums - The official forums for Joomla users and developers.
Joomla Developer’s Toolbox - My collection at Smashing Magazine of resources for Joomla developers.
Joomla Based - A gallery of sites built on Joomla.
Best of Joomla - Another gallery of Joomla sites.
2. Drupal
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power scores of different web sites.
Drupal Resources:
Drupal Handbooks - If you’re getting started with Drupal or just looking for some documentation, the handbooks can be a great resource.
Drupal Forums - Get some help from the Drupal community through the official forums.
Drupal Developer’s Toolbox - My collection at Smashing Magazine for Drupal development-related resources.
Drupal White Papers, Cheatsheets and Free Books - MyDrupal.com has a nice collection of useful resources for developers.
Drupal Sites - A gallery of websites powered by Drupal.
Create a Killer Band Site with Drupal - GoMediaZine has a six-part tutorial that leads you through the process of building a site with Drupal. Of course, this is a great resource even if it’s not a band site that you want to build.
3. WordPress
WordPress is probably the most popular open source CMS right now. While it started out as just a blogging platform, WordPress now provides developers and users with the opportunity to build just about any type of website on its system. The standard WordPress installation provides most of the necessary functionalities you would expect in a CMS, and there are plenty of plugins that can bring added functionality.
WordPress Resources:
WordPress Codex - Provides documentation of just about everything you will need when working with WordPress.
WordPress Forums - With WordPress’s active community of users, the forums are a great place to turn when you have questions.
WordPress Developer’s Toolbox - A post that I put together for Smashing Magazine with all kinds of resources for those who develop WordPress themes.
How to Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer - An ebook by Collis Ta’eed and Harley Alexander that is available for purchase.
Designing for WordPress Series - Chris Coyier’s series of tutorials for designing and developing for WordPress.
4. CushyCMS
CushyCMS is a Content Management Systems (CMS) that is truly simple. It’s free for unlimited users, unlimited changes, unlimited pages and unlimited sites.
CushyCMS Resources:
Set Up a Client’s Site to be Editable with CushyCMS - A tutorial that I wrote for getting started with CushyCMS.
How to Build a Maintainable Site Using CushyCMS and Twitter - A tutorial from Collis Ta’eed that covers the basics of working with CushyCMS.
CushyCMS - Simplicity at its Best - A basic overview of CushyCMS by the Positive Space blog.
5. SilverStripe
The SilverStripe CMS is a flexible open source Content Management System that gives everyone involved in a web project the tools they need to do their jobs.
SilverStripe Resources:
Sapphire - Sapphire is the framework developed to build sites for SilverStripe.
SilverStripe Forums - Get help from the community of SilverStripe users.
Tutorial: Building a Basic Site with SilverStripe - A good starting point for working with the CMS.
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