Archive for October, 2008
Lussumo Filebrowser Review
Rating: 6/10 Release version: 1.3.4 License: GNU/GPL, Open Source Homepage Live demo One aspect of the content management world that is, at least in my opinion, neglected too much is document/file management. Although we have modern content management systems almost all of these have no built-in document management capabilities like Drupal and WordPress, or limited [...]
Read the rest...Drupal 5.1 review
Rating: 8.5/10 Release version: 5.1 License: GNU/GPL, Open Source Homepage: http://drupal.org OpenSourceCMS.com demo CMSMatrix.org listing Drupal is one of the most powerful Content Management Systems on the web today: in terms of scalability, features, security and templating I found it to be the best CMS of all. Its flexibility allows you to create almost any [...]
Read the rest...Joomla 1.5 beta review
Rating: 8/10 Release version: 1.5 Beta License: GNU/GPL, Open Source Homepage: http://www.joomla.org OpenSourceCMS.com demo CMSMatrix.org listing Although it is a beta version, I am reviewing Joomla 1.5 because it has many improvements over the 1.0.x versions and even though it may still have some bugs Joomla 1.5 is here to stay! Ahh, Joomla – my [...]
Read the rest...MODx 0.9.5 review
Rating: 7.5/10 Release version: 0.9.5 License: GNU/GPL, Open Source Homepage: http://modxcms.com/ OpenSourceCMS.com demo CMSMatrix.org listing When I first heard of MODx I was impressed by something: the developers claimed it is a true SEO (search engine optimization) CMS. Although something like 80% to 85% of SEO work is done off-site, a good CMS will allow [...]
Read the rest...ATutor 1.5.3.3 review
Rating: 7/10 Release version: 1.5.3.3pl1 License: GNU/GPL, Open Source Homepage: http://www.atutor.ca/ Websites have always been used to pass on information and to educate their users – it was only natural that when content management systems appeared that some of them would have the special purpose of education. ATutor is one of the most popular leaning [...]
Read the rest...Serendipity 1.1.2 review
Rating: 7/10 Release version: 1.1.2 License: Open Source, GNU/GPL Homepage: http://www.s9y.org/ OpenSourceCMS.com demo CMSMatrix.org listing Although Serendipity was first released about 2 years ago I didn’t really take notice of it until recently. And that’s too bad because I found it to be a very good blogging platform. Serendipity requirements: Linux or Windows. Apache server [...]
Read the rest...WordPress 2.1 review
Rating: 8/10 Release version: 2.1 License: GNU/GPL, Open Source Homepage: http://wordpress.org OpenSourceCMS.com demo CMSMatrix.org listing WordPress is the most used blogging platform in the world, and for a good reason: it’s easy to install, easy to use and is supported by a vibrant community that makes significat contributions. Many people use it to rant, blog [...]
Read the rest...WordPress Contact Forms
In this tutorial I’ll be reviewing 3 WordPress contact form plugins: Secure Form Mailer Plugin For WordPress Contact Form ][ Simple WordPress Contact Form Plugin If you've followed my tutorials by now you shold be able to install the plugins without any problems. Now let's get to the review part. Secure Form Mailer Plugin: Well, [...]
Read the rest...WordPress Template Tutorial
One of the WordPress strong points is the wide range of templates it’s users have to choose from. I am sure that this large number of ported templates is available because of WordPress’ extremely clean output and easy templating system (calls). It’s just too easy to learn how to convert a CSS template to WordPress, [...]
Read the rest...How To Install WordPress Themes and Plugins
WordPress is the most used blogging platform on the net today, in part because of the astounding array of themes and plugins. After installation almost always there is some form of customization, so let’s see how to install WordPress extensions. You can get themes from Themes.wordpress.net and Plugins from the WordPress.org Plugins page. 1. Log [...]
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