Top 6 CMS That You Can Choose For Building A Website

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Content is must for any website because there are 4.1 billion searches on Google for different content and information, according to an online survey about what happens in 1 minute on the Internet. Now you must have the idea, why the content is so important and you might have questions in your mind about how to manage content? It is really easy to manage content with a CMS which is also called as a content management system, a popular GUI (Graphical user interface) based computer application that allows user to publish, edit, modify, organize, delete content from a central interface. Whether you’re planing to set up a corporate website, a blog or a personal website, the age of hand-coding HTML pages and CSS will take time, while these days, but it is easy to purchase web hosting and install a content management system (CMS) and within minutes you can have a professional website to display content that you wish to share with the world. Please take a look at the following list of CMS that you can choose for building a website. They are free to download and can be customized according to your requirements.

Top 6 CMS That You Can Choose For Building A Website

CMS That You Can Choose For Building A Website

1. WordPress

WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based open source CMS and blogging tool available for free. It is one of the most popular blogging system in use worldwide, 60 million websites are being built on WordPress. It’s been the first choice for website developers, designers because of its quick installation, community support and customization with a vast array of plugins and enhancements for the platform.

2. Joomla

Joomla has been downloaded over 50 million times because it is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP with MySQL database and uses OOP (Object Oriented Language) technique for publishing content on the web. It is built on a model view controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS. It comes with the inbuilt features such as caching, feeds, printable pages, latest news flashes, niche blogs, polls, quick search, and with the language support.

3. Drupal

Drupal is a free, open-source content-management framework designed and developed in PHP with MySQL database support and registered under the GNU General Public License. 2.1% of all Web sites across the world are using Drupal to build their blog, websites, e-commerce websites, political, and government sites because, like WordPress there are thousands of modules that can be added to increase functionality.

4. DotNetNuke

Most of the CMS we have seen are developed with PHP and MySQL database support while DotNetNuke is an exception written in Microsoft’s ASP.NET is more suited natively to Windows servers. The Community Edition is open source which helps which developers can customize a web application in DotNetNuke because of the open API. DotNetNuke (DNN) is very attractive to businesses that are seeking a way to manage the company website. DNN is designed for multi-tenancy and supports an unlimited number of websites, either as root websites or for portals in a parent-child configuration. DNN’s core functionality can also be expanded with modules for common elements, such as those for e-commerce.

5. Umbraco

Umbraco is an open source web content management systems built on Microsoft’s .NET technology stack.Today, Umbraco is one of the best known .NET open source web content management systems. Downloads of the CMS have grown 100% in the last six months, with over 7,500 downloads happening a week. Umbraco works with integrated ecommerce, blogs, events calendar, photo & video galleries and much more. Despite being a powerful platform for building any website, it is also simple to use. For example, Umbraco even lets you publish your content using Microsoft Word so you don’t have to get used to a new platform.

6. Composite C1

Composite C1 is an open source CMS built for Marketing and Web Professionals looking to create new websites for companies using the latest Microsoft technologies. It is offered as a full-fledged feature rich CMS based on the latest Microsoft technology – both as free open source and as a fully licensed, supported and serviced product. The user interface is very functional and task oriented and enables users of varying skills to complete tasks and cooperate using familiar tools and guides. Developers can manage layouts and extend the system using any choice of ASP.NET Razor, Web Forms, MVC and XSLT. Like the back-end developers, front-end developers are highly empowered and able to control website look and feel down to minute detail.

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