Creative Digital Arts Blog

Content Management Systems are an efficient method for clients to handle website administration. Listed below are some of the more popular systems:

• Expression Engine – The web publishing system for web professionals. – http://expressionengine.com/ (not free)
• Magento eCommerce platform – http://www.magentocommerce.com/
• Perch – Perch is a really little content management system for when you (or your clients) need to edit content without the hassle of setting up a big CMS. – http://grabaperch.com/ (not free)
• Jadu – Jadu is an Enterprise Web Content Management System that allows you to fully control your website – http://www.jadu.co.uk/
• WordPress started as just a blogging system, but has evolved to be used as full content management system and so much more through the thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes, WordPress is limited only by your imagination. (And tech chops.) – http://wordpress.org/
• Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. – http://www.joomla.org/
• Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world. – http://drupal.org/
• Textpattern is an open source content management system unlike any other; it allows you to easily create, edit and publish content and make it beautiful in a professional, standards-compliant manner. – http://textpattern.com/
• Umbraco is one of the most deployed Web Content Management Systems on the Microsoft stack. It’s in the top five most popular server applications and among the ten most popular open source tools in general. – http://umbraco.com/
• ModX is a content management platform that offers creative freedom, and a tool that is fast and easy for clients, and an enabler for building simple web apps. – http://modx.com/
• SilverStripe is an innovative open source CMS and framework. – http://silverstripe.com/
• SquareSpace is a fully hosted, completely managed environment for creating and maintaining a website, blog or portfolio. – http://www.squarespace.com/ (not free)
• Shopify gives you your own online store, you can accept credit cards, use your own domain, customize your store’s design and the hosting is done for you. – http://www.shopify.com/ (not free)
• LightCMS is the premier content management system (CMS) for web designers. – http://www.lightcms.com/
• Business Catalyst is a hosted application for building and managing online businesses. – http://businesscatalyst.com/ (not free)