CMS Reviews

Figuring out which Content Management System to use for your site can be confusing. There are literally hundreds of different CMS to choose from and the strengths and focus of each one is different.

  • Joomla is a very powerful CMS that is great for creating communities, memberships, newsrooms, forums, articles, or content from external authors.
  • The navigational structure is powerful and allows for considerable customization.
  • There are many extensions and templates available to add functionality and look-and-feel to site.

Sites using Joomla:
Mo Pleasure – Musician
Marco’s Pizza
Porshe Brazil
TNA Wrestling
Department of Environment and Conservation
IT Wire

WordPress CMS
  • WordPress started as a blogging system but it has evolved way beyond that designation. Now you can create full blown sites with WordPress.
  • Extensions – WordPress doesn’t have as many plug-ins as some of the other robust CMS, it does have a sizable number.
  • Google’s search loves WordPress so that’s a plus.

Sites using WordPress:
NASA -Ames
Ford Auto Shows
CNN Political Ticker
TechCrunch
ZDNet Blog

Drupal CMS
Mambo CMS
  • Mambo is stable, mature and fairly lightweight with some nice core features.
  • Mambo is good for small and medium sized businesses.
  • A generally well managed CMS with updates coming out periodically.
Concrete5 CMS
  • Concrete5 is user friendly and easy-to-use for the content manager.
  • Concrete5 is a newer CMS but offers some nice features and add-ons.
  • Concrete5′s community and available templates isn’t as large as Drupal or Joomla but it is growing rapidly.

Sites using Concrete5:
Sherwood Mechanical
BrakeMax
American Autobody
Piedmont Urology

Pligg CMS
  • Pligg combines collaborative bookmarking, social networking and blogging well.
  • Pligg is geared toward having visitors submit and judge much of the content..
  • Pligg has features that allows you to build a site similar to Digg.com.

Sites using Pligg:
Sphinn
Blogging Zoom
Mixx
Design Float

Moodle – Educator Tool
  • Moodle isn’t like the other CMS review here. Moodle is a lightweight application for producing internet-based educational courses.
  • Moodle allows the professor or teacher control the course with enrollment, forums, chat polls, assignments, and other class based interaction.
  • Moodle supports lessons and quizzes.

Sites using Moodle:
South Hunsley School
OpenLearn
Leeds City College

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