Monday, November 12th, 2007...9:42 pm
Top 5 CMS For Bloggers and Forums
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Why create something some one else has already done for you. No reason to re-invent the wheel after all. There are countless programs out there for the taking, that are both open source and GOOD. So, my question for you is, why write your own cms when some one has made one for you. If you aren’t familiar with CMS, it stands for Content Management System. Basically it stores all your content in a database, instead of creating individual pages. Easy to use and easy to manage. If you are not using a CMS, you should be…
Here are the top 5 open source CMS programs.
5. Dot Net Nuke: For all you windows server users, DotNetNuke is the answer to all your problems. It provides an easy to use module based system. It might take some poking around to get use to it but in the end it will run like butter for you. It allows for endless modifications, so any one from developers can go wild. It is a more advanced CMS than your typical blogging platform.
Pro: Highly Customizable
Module Based
Easy to Install
Cons: Less than friendly user interface
Not for beginners
Only in .net SUPRISE
4. vBulletin: If you have a forum chances are you are running vBulletin. If you are not, chances are you forum is being spammed right now and or hacked. vBulletin is really the grandaddy of all forum/blog softwares. It provides an advance interface for both users and webmasters. It has countless plugins and great support. The only problem is, it isn’t free. If your sites main focus is its forum then you need to switch, if its not? you might want to pick one of these other 4 because they are free or at least cheaper.
Pro: Highly Customizable
Secure
Best in the business for forums
Cons: Expensive
May need help with install
3. Community Server: This Microsoft’s very own blog software, so needless to say some people wont even give it a chance. But much like its famous PHP counter parts Community server is great piece of work. Offering an easy to use interface and countless plugins it could be the right fit for you, if your running a windows server.
Pro: Easy to use interface
Plug ins available
Free
Cons: Some what complicated install for beginners
It’s Microsoft
Can cost money, depends on which version you download.
2. TypePad: For all you mac users out there this is the blog software of choice. Even though it is not free it has growing populatirty amongst MAC users. I personally don’t use Mac’s so I don’t use TypePad. But if I did use a Mac, and I did want a blog I’d stick with the pack and use TypePad.
Pro: Growing in popularity
Comes with templates and extras to start off with a bang
Cons: It’s not Free!
Offers the many of the same features as other blogs but at a cost
1. Wordpress: Let’s face it, when you think blogs you should think wordpress. After all my blog is run on wordpress. With countless free templates, widgets and plugins there really is no excuse not to use wordpress. It has a simple and easy to use interface, and if you know what your doing you could have your blog up and running in less than 10 minutes.
Pro: Free!
Countless Plugins, Widgets and Themes for free.
SEO friendly
Fast install
Cons: Uses a lot of server memory (install WP-Cache to eliminate that)
Blog can becoming very popular very fast (I know rough)
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