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Most promising open source CMS
I was a judge this year on Packt Publishing's Most Promising Open Source CMS award: the results have just been announced. The winner was SilverStripe.
I was personally impressed by the slickness of the interface, and by the fact that it has been designed to scale well to large websites. The developers have obviously thought carefully about the architecture, and are aiming for the "CMS plus web platform" approach of Drupal. I was also personally impressed by the responsiveness of the development team, their willingness to work in the community, and the clarity of their vision for the product. Worthy winners. Give it a look.
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Nice to hear that
Nice to hear that silverstripe was declared as the winner. The applause should go the development team they have done a terrific job. I too agree with you they are worthy winners.
Open Source CMS
I've used Joomla, Drupal and Volusion for clients before. I must say that Volusion seemed to be working the best thus far, yet after testing out SilverStripe I noticed that it is pretty solid for building custom web-based apps. I have yet to test it out more though, but so far I'm liking it more than the other CMS I've tried. Great post, thanks!
Just a thought
No matter which one is the most promising open source cms, the good news is that we have access to not less than 5 open source engines that allow you to create a top noch site without having to pay a dimme. 10 years ago, you have to pay dozens of thousands of dollars (i.e. vignette) to get a fully functional cms or go with php nuke.
Because of the work I do in
Because of the work I do in a medical office, I'm constantly looking for better programs and software. I really love Silverstripe. Any company with a large website should give it a try. I use it and I run tons of programs from medisoft and many others and it works wonderfully. Thanks for the article.
Particularity of SilverStripe CMS
What's the particularity of SilverStripe CMS?
You said it's good for large websites. But except the size could you tell a bit more about it's mission?
For example, wordpress is the perfect solution for blogging. In other words to lead the line what is SilverStripe's assignment?
Just need to streamline the information about all new (for me) cms solutions.
Silverstripe
For me Silverstripe has 3 main advantages each well thought through to target the 3 main groups involved with the managing of the site; the developer, the designer and the content editor. Each role is very well compartmentalised allowing each to function without having to worry (to much) about what the others are doing.
1: Developing; Developing is super fast as you are able to utilise the Sapphire framework that Silverstripe is built on. Creating all the SQL jazz is handled without having to manually issue any SQL commands and any forms for editing added data in the CMS are automatically created and validated.
2: Designer; I dont even have to think about the CMS integration when designing the website as it allows you to place variables anywhere in your templates as simply as $Content or $Price etc.. Not having a limitation on templates also allows you to outsource the HTML/CSS
3: Content editor; The clients love the simplicity of the editing UI, I have managed to show a number of very basic computer users how to add pages and edit all their own content etc. The CMS UI is created for the end user - on purpose there isn't any configuration pages in the UI adding complexity when all that stuff should be managed by the developer. It allows them to focus on the content but has a few cool things such as versioning and staging.
open source CMS
My favorite CMS is Wordpress!
Thank Goodness for Open Source
In my opinion open source made the internet. Without open source applications, many of todays mega sites would not exist. Open source applications allow for ultra low start up cost for a website. Where elese other than the web can you start a company for $10?
I recently went to a web designer for a quote on a new project. There quote included a $9,000 CMS that was not nearly as strong as Drupal or Silverstripe.
I agree wholeheartedly. Open
I agree wholeheartedly. Open standards are equally important too: I'd like to see more of these in the CMS space.
Another open source CMS
First I used WP then Drupal started to gain some momentum which caught my attention and curiosity. Now there's another open source CMS.....what could possibly be improved over what available right now? I'm not sure I could stomach learning something new...but I am curious. Thnask for the heads up.
I have a nice quiet
I have a nice quiet workspace at home and it is way less stressful than when i'm at work. I don't have all the nonsense that happens in the office at work. I love working at home.
Most Promising
Hi Elliot,
As a judge also on the most promising panel, it was nice to see there was "universal approval from the judges" regarding SilverStripe. Given the flexibility the judging panel has in determining the top 3 CMS...I'm always concerned that the way I'm judging a CMS may not lead to the same conclusion as others on the panel. Like you, I was impressed with SilverStripe's UI.
I posted on my own blog notes and comments for how I judged all five CMS. In case you're interested... http://cmsreport.com/content/judging-five-most-promising-content-managem...
Thanks Bryan. I used similar
Thanks Bryan. I used similar criteria to yours, but have to say I am still a Drupal person at heart.