Web CMS Software Reviews

WordPress is a free, open source content management system intended for blogs. It is one of the most popular content management systems for blogs, and it can be adapted to serve a variety of purposes, such as displaying static web pages. WordPress is the reincarnation of an older blogging system called b2\cafelog. It competes with a sister-system called b2evolution, but WordPress unquestionably has the higher market share. WordPress was first released in 2003, and it competed with Movable Type.

PHP-Nuke is a very popular content management system which uses an SQL database and is developed in PHP. It is open source and covered under the GPL. Since it falls under the GPL, the source code can be freely distributed. However, version 7.5 and up have required a purchase of the latest package (to support the continuing development of the software), but the source code can still be freely distributed by those that purchase it.

DotNetNuke is considered one the top most content management system and application development software, which is ideal for creating and managing websites for both small and large scale business. It is built on state-of-the-art technology like Microsoft ASP.NET and equipped with all the important interactive features a web developer needs to create and maintain a web portal.

ImpressCMS has turned some heads by taking home the title of “Most Promising Open Source CMS” in 2009. It features a lightweight and flexible core that immediately will draw the attention of website developers that are not looking for a bulky CMS platform. They have continued to improve their platform at an astonishing rate, but there are several potential drawbacks that could become relevant in the near future. While ImpressCMS is improving quickly and has a very real change of competing with the likes of Wordpress and Drupal in the near future, they could also take a step back if they lose focus on their goal of creating a CMS that has a light core and a large amount of flexibility.