Class 9 – Examples of Popular CMS’s

Posted: April 25th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: cms | Tags: | No Comments »

The following CMSs are up and running on our class server.  Most of these CMS installations have two distinct web interfaces: one for “end-users”, meaning the website the public sees; and another interface for administrators to manage the content that is displayed on the public site.

Each of these CMS’s can be skinned (a.k.a. themed) to look the way you want them to.  I have set them up to use the default styles for starters. For the popular CMS’s, you can often find themes that other designers have made that you can easily use on your own site.

However, if you want to create your own custom theme, rather than using someone else’s, you often will have to spend a good deal of time learning the intricacies of skinning the particular type of cat you have adopted.

These examples are yours.  Feel free to play around with them, modify them, etc.

Drupal

Drupal is one of the most popular open-source general-purpose CMS’s.

Joomla

Joomla is one the most popular open-source general-purpose CMS’s.

WordPress

WordPress was originally created as a CMS specifically for blogs.  But it has since added features that make it, at this point, a very popular general-purpose CMS.

ZenCart

ZenCart is a CMS designed specifically for e-commerce sites.  It provides easy setup of a storefront, shopping cart, and integration with popular payment processing gateways.

Moodle

Moodle is a CMS designed specifically for online learning (e-learning)  sites.

MediaWiki

MediaWiki is one example of a wiki platform.  It was originally developed as the platform behind Wikipedia, but is now its own product that can be used by independent site operators.

phpBB

phpBB is a popular message board CMS

Indexhibit

Indexhibit is a truly bare-bones CMS that does nothing fancy, but is very easy to use.

ZenPhoto

ZenPhoto is a CMS designed specifically for photo gallery sites.

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