Rating of paid cms. Which CMS is better? Which of the paid engines are the most interesting

A new post from Michael about the popular CMS, as they are also called - content management system.

What is a site engine? This is a site management program that is located on the server (uploaded to the hosting). There are a huge number of such CMS, some are ideal for blogs, others only for online stores, but they all have one thing in common - they simplify site management. For example, a novice webmaster does not need to know html to insert text into a page, just open the desired menu item in the CMS of your choice.

WordPress

Perhaps the most popular CMS, and although it was originally designed for blogs, it is used for a variety of purposes. There are now many plugins for it that can turn a site into a forum, an online store, or even a social network. Examples: Internet libraries on WordPress - “Download books for free” or Andrey Voskoboinikov.

Benefits:
- Simplicity. Everyone will understand how to manage this CMS.
- Even if you didn't figure it out yourself, there is a lot of educational information.
- Lots of plugins that will simplify or decorate your website or blog in a couple of mouse clicks.
- Free.

Disadvantages:
- Honestly, WordPress has no shortcomings as such. It is weak in protection, but there are many plugins that can help protect against password guessing, IP blocking, etc. Also a little standard functionality, but again, that's why plugins exist.

Conclusion: WordPress is the best engine for both experienced and novice bloggers who don't know much about programming yet. Although many bloggers who “sit” on Joomla will probably argue with me.

Joomla

Good CMS Representative. On this engine, it is much easier to implement projects that are far from the blog structure. This is such a complicated version of WordPress, with more powerful functionality.

Benefits:
- Many useful extensions.
- Finding a beautiful and high-quality theme for Joomla is much easier than for WordPress.
- There is authorization through Google, OpenID, etc., which makes it more secure.
- Also free.

Disadvantages:
- It will be difficult for novice bloggers.

Conclusion: if you need a business card site or personal blog, it is better to choose WordPress as the engine, and if you need a more serious project, it is better to spend time learning Joomla, which can provide a little more functionality.

Drupal

This site engine will seem very good only for advanced users, its structure, as for me, is too complicated. Therefore, it makes no sense to use it on simple sites, but it will be very useful for many commercial projects.

Benefits:
- A lot of modules (extensions) that will increase the already huge functionality.
- Good developer and community support, but English speaking.
- Free.

Disadvantages:
- It's almost impossible to pick a topic. First, there are few of them. Secondly, those that exist have multiplied long ago. You only need to prepare for ordering a unique template.
- Difficult to manage.

Conclusion: an excellent CMS for serious projects, which requires special study, and is also free.

DLE

Quite a popular site engine. Despite the fact that it is paid, it is still actively used in Runet.

Benefits:
- Ideal for online cinemas and other video resources.
- Suitable for small news sites.
- Suitable for internet libraries and literary portals.
- Large and varied functionality, which can only be fully appreciated by those who at least thought about creating a more or less decent video resource.

Disadvantages:
- Not suitable for all projects.
- This content management system is paid.

Conclusion: extremely useful for solving certain CMS tasks.

Bitrix

It is a paid site engine that boasts security, reliability and stability. Has excellent developer support. And of course, from the domestic CMS, it is best suited for creating online stores.

Benefits:
- Integration with 1C.
- Good protection and stable performance.
- Continuous updates and support.

Disadvantages:
- Expensive license.
- Demanding to server resources.

Conclusion: perfect for online store sites and many other commercial projects.

This concludes my review of the most popular CMS.

Top overview of popular content management systems: WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. In previous reviews, we have considered a huge variety of the most common questions regarding creating a website for a beginner. We need to move on and move on to choosing a content management system. Which CMS to choose for a website - WordPress, Joomla or Drupal? Of course, in this case, the choice will only depend on you. My task is to enlighten you about this. So that in the future, you will already be familiar with the main advantages and disadvantages of all popular platforms.

In the same article, we will talk about such concepts as: Site content management system, CMS engine, Top cms engines of our time, which will be quite relevant in 2018-2019. You will learn useful information about the most common content management systems. And of course about which one to choose for the site. Go!

The content of the article:

CMS - Site Content Management System

We live in a time where the Internet rules most of our lives. This is the largest and most accessible source of information. Therefore, it is actively used to promote business, earnings and advertising. All this contributes to obtaining a good and, most importantly, decent profit. The Internet provides tremendous opportunities for self-realization. Both the largest organizations and ordinary users. But as organizations, and even more so for ordinary users, to organize their project correctly. This is where the CMS Content Management System comes to the rescue.

CMS is a program that is used to create a smart organizational process. Offering the user a comfortable environment for developing, editing and managing project content. Its simplified name is CMS engine.

What we get:

• A well-organized environment for website development and management.
• Comfortable editing of project content.
• Variety of styles, with additional extensions.
• The platform allows the user to create complex structures with ease.
• This is a completely finished site. Which needs to be adjusted to your criteria. And accordingly fill it with the necessary content (content).
• Convenience in all forms.
• Even a novice user can handle it.

These control systems include those that are created mainly by commercial organizations. The directed action of which is to get the maximum amount of profit from the sale of a license for your product. These products must not be altered or modified to fit their specifications. They are intended only for creating a website with all the necessary settings.
The most popular of them: 1C-Bitrix, UMI.CMS, Net Cat
Not included in this list:
CS-Cat, Host CMSS, Shop-Script, CMS S.Builder, DataLife, Engine and others.

Open source non-commercial cms

Such platforms are in free implementation. And it is distributed with the Open-Sourse CMS license. They are created by non-profit organizations, even private firms or charities (created with user support) are possible. Non-commercial systems are free and open source. This allows other developers and users to modify these products, then they are shared with others. Such control systems are the most common in the world.
The most popular ones are WordPress, Joomla, Drupal.
Not Listed: MODX, OpenCart, Magento, Presta Shop, Life Street and others.

For even more clarity, see the table below. It contains the most popular site content management systems by polls. For the period from 2015-2016, most likely the data is relevant this year.

Choosing a CMS for a website - an overview of the top content management systems

After all the definitions and familiarity with the popularity ratings. We need to decide which CMS to choose for the site. I will be based on the rating, and therefore on the open source license. Thus, we will take a closer look at such platforms as: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal.

WordPress features overview

WordPress is the most popular in the world. According to polls, she still occupies a leading position in the ratings. This is largely due to its simplicity. It is the most innovative and up-to-date platform. Having the highest usability score. The developers of this engine are constantly releasing new updates with better support for new versions of programming languages \u200b\u200band software. During its existence, it has reached unprecedented heights.

Pros of WordPress :

• This is the simplest website engine. It will be easy even for a novice user to work with it.
• It has a huge number of plugins. And requires compliance with the relevance of plugin versions from developers.
• There is also a variety of theme templates for the site. You can choose any from paid to free version.
• It is a great online store management system. Thanks to the usability of theme templates and plugins designed specifically for commerce.
• Convenient admin panel with many functions.
• Convenient built-in PHP and CSS editor, thus making development much easier. Access to data can be restricted by the security plugin if necessary.
• There is an excellent text editor with many features that can be extended by the necessary plugins as well.
• Variety of widgets, plugins, templates, social referrals, forum, etc.
• A great tool for creating website design.
• WordPress is great for search engines.

• Due to the huge number of plugins, it is very difficult to decide which one you need.
• Illiterately used plugins can lead to loss of site performance.
• There is also an unpleasant moment with the compatibility of the latter with each other.

My personal opinion! WordPress is the best website engine, especially for beginners. The interface of this control system is perfectly adapted to many categories of users. With the right use of plugins, you can get a great performing website.

What is Joomla and how to work with it?

Cms Joomla according to polls, takes an average position in the ratings. And this is rather a feature of it. This management system itself is a cross between WordPress and Drupal. Since it has more capabilities than the first and less than the second. However, it is also popular and in demand.

Joomla pros :

• Fully functional user-friendly interface.
• The admin panel has a wide range of tools and functions for more serious development.
• The Joomla functionality also includes support for the required access control protocols. This allows you to significantly increase the security of the site.
• It fully supports programming languages \u200b\u200bsuch as PHP and Java.
• Allows you to create more complex and unique site structures.

• For the average user, the functionality of this CMS may seem very cumbersome.
• Despite the abundance of options, this engine is heavily loaded. And accordingly it requires more diligent optimization.

Joomla is an engine that has many advantages and just as many disadvantages over its competitors. In addition, I can say from myself, I did not really like the paid implementation of theme templates and plugins. Compared to WordPress, which has the largest share of free and shareware extensions. Judging by the ratings, this does not stop users. So we can conclude that this platform is very good. And, accordingly, it meets the requirements of most webmasters.

Drupal system features description

Truly the most powerful system for a website. But why is this engine only ranked third in polls. The answer to this is quite simple. Drupal - fully implemented for professionals who have certain knowledge and skills in programming. For such professionals, this platform will be extremely useful. But for an ordinary user, managing and developing a project on it will be an extremely difficult task. Even though the developers are constantly releasing updates. To improve functionality and simplify the user interface.

Drupal pros :

• Has a huge number of all kinds of plugins and extensions.
• Perfect for specialists in the development of complex projects using programming languages.
• Constantly updated and improved
• Has the necessary modules that are able to create more complex site structures

• Difficult to use, although the developers are trying to simplify their creation. It will be almost impossible for an ordinary user without knowledge of the basics of programming to use this control system.
• Very heavy! Powerful hardware and software required. It loads itself and the server very heavily. Drupal's performance indicator drops after installation.

Nevertheless, this does not prevent her from being in the top three. And it is really very well suited for project development. Especially those that require the organization of complex and well-constructed data structures.

As you can see, dear readers, there is a choice! It remains only to decide what exactly will embody your ideas and plans. And it will lead to high-quality implementation of projects.

WordPress Is the simplest engine. It is the most popular site platform. For many years it has been holding leading positions in the ratings. Has a significant advantage both in productivity and organization of competent project development. Represents the best design characteristics for rendering certain types of projects. Suitable for both novice users and site development specialists.

Joomla - with its own specifics. Has equal advantages and disadvantages over its competitors. It is suitable for both developers and users. Allows you to organize complexly structured projects.

Drupal - was created rather specifically for developers and specialists who know the basics of programming. Allows you to organize weighty and complexly structured projects. For ordinary users, the use of this control system will be very difficult. Moreover, this engine is very demanding on resources and software. At the same time, its performance is much less than that of competitors. Accordingly, additional measures will be required to optimize the project.

I think you have already made a decision. And they made conclusions for themselves regarding the above-described control systems. I really hope this article was useful to you. And it influenced your decision, at least by 0.1%. Further I will write more about WordPress, since this platform suits me very much. For me personally, in it, the key aspects were:

• Ease of installation and subsequent configuration.
• Lots of good plugins (there is a lot to choose from)
• Lots of cool theme templates.
• It is possible to edit PHP components through the admin panel.
• Possibilities of additional protection of directories and program files.
• In general, a convenient organization of the workflow.

That's all! In the next review, we will take a closer look at this platform. And further, we will continue our articles in this direction. Thank you for your attention and patience. I wish you the best search engine ranking.

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The site customer must decide which site management system to choose ( CMS - Content Management System). This is a very important issue, the success of the future site, the cost of its production and subsequent operation, depends on its correct solution. The correct functionality of the CMS provides easy and fast development of the site - convenient building and updating of materials., Quick change of the site structure. A good CMS makes it possible to quickly add functions not included in the project in advance (for example, photo galleries, video materials, forums, etc.).

One of the options for solving the problem of choosing a CMS is to choose a common management system. The widespread prevalence of the control system means that in this control system many tasks have already been solved that you did not even set for yourself, that a large number of users have already identified almost all programmers' mistakes, and programmers have already corrected them, that there are many specialists on the labor market who program for this system that there are no problems with the choice of hosting, etc.

In runet, you can find many ratings of content management systems. Most of these ratings are generated by surveys of studios, their clients, or polls. Those. only those who were interested in it participate in them. Therefore, it is no coincidence that these ratings show the prevalence of paid CMS over free, which I have always doubted. For example, http://ratings.cmsmagazine.ru or www.ratingruneta.ru/cms, according to which box-based paid CMS prevails.

Recently, at RIF 2010, a report was published by iTrack, which collects statistics on all domains in the RU zone. The guys wrote their own robot that bypasses all domains and looks for a control system on them. This is an impartial survey of the sites themselves, so to speak, without subjective commercial distortions. 🙂 Well done, thanks to them for the work done and useful data!

Research methodology

A specially programmed "spider" (robot program) regularly bypasses all sites in the RU zone and collects data for analysis. The study is repeated every few months.

If the site does not immediately respond, then it is checked several times for another twenty days.

Here I will present the results obtained in April 2010.

General research results

Total was surveyed 2 728 307 domains.

The response rate for domains was 66.12%. The rest of the domains are obviously not used.

CMS found on 15.2% of domains. On the rest, either no CMS is installed at all, or the webmasters have taken serious measures to hide it (which happens for security reasons), or a rare system is installed on the site, like those that many web studios do, and use it only on the sites of their clients ...

The share of paid circulated CMS is only 13% of the total share of discovered CMS.

The figure shows the distribution of shares among the discovered CMS.

Paid CMS rating

Half of the installations of paid CMS are 1C Bitrix. Its share is 49.2% of paid CMS or 6.4% of all installed CMS. Half of the remaining paid CMS pie is NetCat (3.6% of total CMS). The rest of the paid CMS are very poorly distributed.

As a rule, rare paid CMS are used by web studios. To do this, the web studio is reworking a free management system or developing its own. This CMS is usually distributed only among the clients of the development studio. The plus for web studios is obvious - such a unique CMS binds the client to the studio for the entire life of the created site, because all modifications and maintenance of the site can only be performed by authors. It will be very difficult for a third-party programmer to understand such a CMS without documentation and descriptions.

Free CMS rating

The leader among free systems is WordPress - its share is 37.7% or about 33% among all CMS used. This is the absolute leader today.

It is followed by Joomla, which is installed on 28.8% of sites with free engines, which is 25% of the number of CMS on the Russian Internet.

DLE (DataLife Engine) has quite good indicators - 16% of free engines or 14% on runet.

It is followed by uCoz, which slightly surpasses 1C Bitrix (6.5% of the total number of CMS) in frequency of use, and then Drupal, which, with an installation frequency of 4.1%, surpasses the second paid CMS NetCat.

The functionality of the listed free CMS is in no way inferior to the leaders of the paid market. (Excluding, perhaps, the uCoz engine, on which it hardly makes sense to build serious projects - it is too tied to its hosting).

In terms of a number of functions, free systems even significantly outperform paid edition solutions. So draw your own conclusions!

The speed of work of various CMS

When choosing a CMS, it is important to take into account its performance, so that later it does not turn out that the site cannot cope with even a small load.

The figure below shows the loading speed of the first page. The graph is given in relative units, 10 points are taken as the speed of the fastest CMS.

In principle, the scatter of performance of different engines is not very large - only four times. Such a small difference can always be compensated by optimizing the site or choosing a faster hosting.

It turns out that paid CMS have no advantages here, 1C-Bitrix is \u200b\u200bone of the slowest management systems.

Separately, I must say about the performance of the most popular WordPress system. Research has shown that it lags behind the best samples. This is due to the fact that accelerators are not included in the basic kit, which is on most sites.

Therefore, site owners on this CMS should not forget to include accelerator modules in the package. Conventional accelerators are quite enough, the widespread and not the best WP-Cache module provides several times faster acceleration, which is enough even for heavily loaded sites. But there is also Super Cache, Hyper Cashe, DB Cache and others. In general, accelerator plugins can increase performance by tens and hundreds of times.

Typically, the performance issue of a web server is underestimated by customers. Most of the customers, this question is raised before the manufacturer at the moment when they have already managed to attract significant traffic to the site. But not every CMS has the ability to quickly improve performance. Therefore, it is better to use CMS to optimize performance.

Instead of an introduction: this material is almost completely copied from the CESL Group website, author Semenov Nikita.
Just ... I want to keep the stuff. The story is in 2012. Today, 5 years later, TOP sites are slightly different, but the results of the research and conclusions from the articles, in my opinion, are relevant to this day.

Very often, new clients come to us in the SECL Group and ask to create a portal or a social network on a boxed CMS, while using the existing large portals from their niche as an example. And every time you have to explain that high-load sites are NOT made on boxed CMS. Today I want to substantiate why CMS is extremely rarely used for large projects, both by some facts and by researching which sites of the Russian Internet from the first hundred in traffic use a boxed CMS.

What CMS are popular in runet?

As the Runet Rating among commercial engines tells us, these are: 1C-Bitrix, NetCat, UMI.CMS, HostCMS, AMIRO.CMS and among the free ones it is: Joomla !, Drupal, MODx, WordPress, TYPO3. Each CMS has its own characteristics, pros and cons, but this is not the article.

From me: in 2017, according to the Runet Rating, commercial engines: 1C-Bitrix, UMI.CMS, NetCat, HostCMS, CS-Cart. UMI.CMS and NetCat switched places, AMIRO.CMS dropped out, CS-Cart appeared. Open-source engines: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla !, MODx, OpenCart. WP comes first, I wonder why in 2012 it was in fourth ... MODx lost one position, Joomla two positions, OpenCart knocked TYPO3 out of the rankings.

Let's start by researching the top 100 sites, and then analyze the data obtained. For the study, we chose two ratings of the top 100 sites at once: according to Alexa (region - RF and region - all countries). It is worth explaining right away that these ratings are slightly different, Alexa collects data through the installed toolbar, and given the fact that it is used mainly by people connected with the Internet in Runet, then Alexa's data is slightly biased towards sites for programmers, seo "schnicks etc. That is why we also analyzed LiveInternet data. The analysis included more than 50 popular CMS, including all the most popular. CMS was determined by the location of the admin panel, by the site code, etc. Errors can be, i.e. since some site owners deliberately hide the signs of using the CMS, but in any case, this error, if any, is small.

Analysis from 11.09.2012. Data on Alex (less relevant, but more interesting for its "IT")

As we can see, only 13 sites out of 100 work on a boxed CMS, i.e. in total, 13% of high-load projects in the rating use CMS. In addition, 3 projects use studio developments, which can be assembled specifically for their needs and, most likely, are very different from the usual boxed CMS. In the end, we see that only a few projects are working on the boxed CMS.

Below are the data from the study of the top 100 sites of the Russian Internet by traffic (according to LiveInternet data) and analyzed for signs of using boxed CMS:

So, we see a completely logical picture, the same as in the rating according to Alex: among the first fifty sites there is no CMS at all, in the second half there are 7 boxed CMS, one of which is studio, while, interestingly, CMS-based sites are not They are distinguished by fast work, braking is evident. In this rating, the total site traffic is much higher than in Alex and fewer projects are used by CMS.

What then do big projects work on?

Typically, for such projects, functionality is written from scratch, frameworks, different algorithms, and often even several programming languages \u200b\u200bare used, but this is a topic for a separate article.

Why are high-load sites not made on CMS?

There are several reasons for this. To begin with, let's define what a CMS is: in fact, it is a set of ready-made modules linked into a single system, which is suitable "for all occasions." From here, logical conclusions immediately appear that deter you from using a boxed CMS for large portals:

• System without specialization.
  Almost all CMS have no specialization, they are designed to create any site (some systems position themselves as CMS for a certain type of site, for example, WordPress for blogs, Magento for stores, etc., but the essence of this does not change, just more modules for a certain type of site), it is impossible to achieve maximum efficiency from here.
• Standard architecture.
  Any large site has an architecture design stage, it's like a project during the construction of a building: if you design well, it will stand for a long time, badly, it will immediately fall apart. In this case, the architecture has already been set by the CMS developers, which means that it is not possible to take into account the features of the new project.
• Redo a lot.
  Any large project has a lot of very different functionality with different requirements, so it's impossible to just take standard modules and launch a high-quality website: each of the modules will most likely have to be redone for specific requirements, and digging into someone else's code, even well-documented, is long and ineffective , often faster, and therefore cheaper, to write from scratch.
• Problems with revision.
  Often you need to add something that is not in the CMS, and this sometimes turns into hell: not only do you need to figure out how everything works, there are also technological limitations, the CMS can use outdated technology or not the most optimal one for our project. Anyway, any CMS for a developer is a rigid framework, beyond which it is extremely difficult to go.
• Load problems.
  Since we are talking about highly visited projects, each of them should be optimized for workloads so as not to spend large resources on maintaining performance, and the site should remain operational with any traffic. Hence, each of the modules must spend a minimum of computing power, which CMS cannot provide, because it was created as a solution "for all occasions", and it contains a bunch of everything that is either difficult or impossible to throw away. By the way, for the sake of this, some projects make a site in general on pure HTML (for example, Opera or the site of our SECL Group), due to this, sites withstand heavy loads with minimal resources, and the page loading speed is amazing. True, pure HTML can only be used for those sites that are rarely updated: each update becomes a problem.

This is not a complete list of disadvantages, because of which large sites do not use boxed CMS. Content management systems are well suited for simple solutions: a corporate website, an online store, a blog, etc., but they cannot be used for large portals, and the rating of the top 100 sites illustrates this in practice.

1. The more website traffic, the less likely (or even more correct to say the possibility) of using a boxed CMS,
2. All sites that run on CMS have performance problems
3. CMS is a framework, projects based on them have significant flaws in architecture and functionality.

When it comes to choosing a content management system for project development, the choice on offer is huge. Depending on how advanced the CMS you need, what its built-in language should be, and who will use it, choosing the perfect CMS for your project can be a nightmare.

However, some CMS are slightly superior to others in terms of usability. Some are easier to install, use extensions - thanks to the lead developers for thoughtful planning. Here are 10 of most popular CMS on the net that can be used in your next project.

1. WordPress

What can you say about WordPress that hasn't been said about it yet? The PHP blogging platform is, whatever one may say, the most popular CMS for blogging, and perhaps the most popular CMS in general. Great platform for beginners, well documented and very fast installer. In just five minutes, and the CMS is already working - it's great! Not to mention, the latest versions automatically update the kernel and plugins from within the backend, without having to download separate files.

For users unfamiliar with HTML and other markup languages, there is a built-in WYSIWYG editor. The backend of the system is streamlined and intuitive. Newbies can easily cope with the administration. In addition, WordPress has built-in support for uploading images and multimedia to the site.

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The WordPress community is a dedicated and hard-working company. WordPress has arguably the most extensive database of plugins and themes to choose from. An important feature of the WordPress community is that there are tons of tips and tricks online for almost every aspect of using WordPress. Everything that you could only dream of is most likely already done for WordPress, and it has been written about it somewhere.

2. Drupal

Drupal is another CMS that has a very large, active user community. Without focusing on the blogging platform, Drupal is exactly a content management system. Easy installation comes with a ton of add-ons that you can add many cool features such as forums, user blogs, OpenID authentication, profiles, and more. Building a website with social networking functions is done with a simple Drupal installation. In fact, with the help of additional third-party modules, you can create several interesting clones of popular sites (such as YouTube or Amazon) with minimal effort.

One of the most popular features of Drupal is the taxonomy module, which allows you to organize multiple levels and category types for different kinds of content.

The Drupal user community provides excellent support for every plugin and any general issue.

3. Joomla!

Joomla! Is a very advanced CMS in terms of functionality. Nothing to say, get started with Joomla! very easy thanks to the installer. Joomla! Installer can remotely work with most systems used as web servers, and is quite simple given the amount of software it can configure.

Joomla! has a lot in common with Drupal - it is a complete CMS that can be more than a simple portfolio site. It comes with an attractive admin interface, complete with intuitive drop-down menus and more. This CMS perfectly supports access protocols such as LDAP, OpenID and even Gmail.com.

The Joomla! hosted over 3200 extensions for this popular CMS, it is clear that the developer community is alive and active. As with Wordress, you can add almost any functionality you want with extensions. However, the Joomla! relies on paid themes and plugins, so if you want to redo something, be prepared to pay.

4. ExpressionEngine

ExpressionEngine (EE) is an elegant and flexible CMS solution for any kind of project. Originally conceived as extensible and easily modifiable, ITS stands apart in terms of quality of development and intuitive administration interface. It will take literally seconds to understand the structure of the backend and start filling the system with content or start changing its appearance. Even not very advanced users will be able to start building their website fantastically easily from the backend without being in an awkward position.

ExpressionEngine comes with the ability to create multiple sites with a single software installation. For designers, EE offers a powerful templating engine with custom global variables, SQL queries, and built-in version control. The speed of the site is facilitated by caching templates, queries and tags.

One of the favorite features of EE is the ability to search and replace text in all objects at once. Anyone who has ever made a website or blog knows how convenient it is to change a large amount of data, avoiding the need to view and open every page in order to change and publish it.

ExpressionEngine differs from the above CMS in that it is paid. An individual license costs $ 99.95 and a commercial license costs $ 249.99.

5. TextPattern

TextPattern is popular among designers for its simplicity and elegance. TextPattern is not one of those CMSs that include every feature you can think of. Its code base is slim and minimal. The main goal of TextPattern is to provide you with a great CMS that creates well-structured, standard-compliant pages.

Instead of a WYSIWYG editor, TextPattern uses Textile markup in text areas to create HTML elements along with the page. The resulting pages are extremely lightweight and load quickly.

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TextPattern is deliberately simple in design, its backend is surprisingly easy to use and intuitive to manage. New users can easily understand the administration area.

Although the core of TextPattern is minimalistic, it is possible to increase its functionality by using third-party extensions, modules and plugins. TextPattern has an active developer community providing help and resources on its Textpattern.org site.

6. Radiant CMS

All of the above content management systems belong to PHP programs. PHP is the most popular language for developing web applications, but that doesn't mean that you can ignore other popular web languages \u200b\u200blike Ruby. Radiant CMS is a fast, simple and minimalized CMS, comparable to TextPattern. Radiant is built on the popular Rails framework, and the Radiant developers have gone to great lengths to keep the system as simple and elegant as possible, yet endowed with the necessary functionality. Like TextPattern, Radiant does not use a WYSIWYG editor, but relies on Textile markup to create complex HTML documents. Radiant also has its own HTML-like templating language, Radius, which is used to intuitively create templates.

7. Cushy CMS

Cushy is a completely different kind of CMS from all the others. Of course, it is equipped with all the basic functions of a standard CMS, but it is not language specific. In fact, this CMS is a web application hosted on the Internet. No need to worry about system booting or future upgrades.

The work in Cushy is as follows: the site of the system uploads content to the selected server via FTP, the markup of which the developer or designer, in turn, can change in the same way as the fields of posts in the backend - simply by changing the types of styles. It's very, very simple.

Cushy CMS is free even for professional use. It is customizable to go up to a Pro account and use its own logo and color scheme and other easily customizable features.

8. SilverStripe

SilverStripe is another PHP-based CMS that behaves a lot like WordPress, except that it has a lot more configurable settings and is built for content management, not blogging. SilverStripe is unique in that it is built on its own PHP framework - Saphire. It has its own templating language to help designers.

SilverStripe has some cool features built in like version control and built-in SEO support. What is truly unique about SilverStripe is that developers and designers can tailor the administration interface to suit their clients as needed. Although the SilverStripe developer community is not as large as other projects, there are some add-on modules, themes, and widgets to add functionality. In addition, SilverStripe offers very few styles for designers, and you will definitely want to change site themes.

9. Alfesco

Alfesco is a powerful enterprise content management solution based on JSP and surprisingly easy to install. An incredibly useful feature of Alfesco is the ability to drag and drop files into folders on the server, converting them into web documents. Alfesco requires a bit more work on itself than many other CMSs and is not that friendly to newbies, but thanks to the enormous power of the system, it is quite useful. The administrative backend is simple and beautiful.

While Alfesco is not a great choice for most regular sites, it is perfect for business needs.

10. TYPOlight

TYPOlight seems to have the perfect balance of the capabilities of this CMS. In terms of functionality, TYPOlight is comparable to Drupal and ExpressionEngine, and even offers unique module packages such as mailing lists and calendars. Developers can save time with the built-in CSS generator, and there are many learning resources for this CMS.

The downside of this CMS is that it has too many features and configurable options.

Even if the backend is already carefully organized, there are still many options to consider. But if you want to create a website with advanced functionality and a little extra coding, TYPOlight is perfect.

So we reviewed a list of the ten most popular CMS (content management systems), I hope you enjoyed it.