: Strengths of various open-source PHP Content Management Systems? Possible Duplicate: Which Content Management System (CMS) should I use? What are the strengths / weaknesses of the various

@Goswami781

Symphony CMS

Strengths:


Completely extensible CMS (Insanely flexible)
Simplicity
Treats any XML source as a first class citizen.
Open Architecture (model your own content for you or your clients)
Define your own URL schema
Flexible Templating (you make your page and say where you want your content)
Frontend debugging


Weaknesses:


Learning curve is especially steep especially if you don't know XSLT
Doesn't have the variety of add-ons like other more popular CMS products (however it's decent)
Doesn't even try to be a one click or quick setup - it's for making your custom CMS.

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@Lengel546

UltraPanel PRO

Strengths:


Has everything all the other CMS systems do, dynamic pages, dynamic editors, checkout system.
Has a backend interface even my 70 year old dad can use.
Can build a website easily in a day.
Is a PHP library set, not an MVC, so it is simple to inject 3rd party code wherever you want.
Its fast. 100/100 on google pagespeed if you keep your jscript organized and setup a static resource domain.
I wrote it from scratch so I avoided all the pitfalls other CMSs have. (also it makes it easy for me to make webpages, since I know the code.)
extremely detailed access log and user management.


Weaknesses:


very low userbase (maybe 50 websites are running it now.)
closed-source and not free.
low developer support (I am the only one working on it.)
revision tracking works on a site by site basis

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@Bryan171

Drupal

Drupal is powerful and flexible, but not the easiest system to get to know.

Strengths:


Powerful Module architecture that has allowed for lots of great add-ons.
Large helpful community that offers support and guidance freely.
Good templating system that allows for near complete control of design.
Large template gallery with many options to start with.
Used by several high traffic sites and small sites, which means the community has people in it that can help with both.
Large collection of talented consultants available to support


Weaknesses:


Complicated to get to know.
Documentation could be better.
steep learning curve if working alone.

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@Kevin317

Drupal

Strengths


Open Source (free)
Very active community of contributors
Customizable (lots of add ons available for site customization plus you can create your own)
Lots of downloadable, free themes that work out of the box, or can be customized.
Scalable
Cross-platform (LAMP, MAMP, WAMP)


Weaknesses


Documentation can be better
Inexperienced developers may face a slow ramp up time
Might be overkill for smaller projects

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@Samaraweera270

Have a look at CMS Matrix this site is great as you can compare side by side any CMS.

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@Cofer257

Joomla

Strengths:


True content management system, unlike Wordpress.
Admin interface is pretty easy to use, once you have the hang of it.
Many many themes, components, plugins and modules.
Making your own templates is incredibly easy.
The Joomla framework is rock solid, although it takes a little effort to get your head round when you are developing extensions.
Not as popular as Wordpress so security flaws are rarer and less exploited. Vulnerabilities are patched very quickly though.


Weaknesses:


Often the better themes and components have restrictive licenses.
No custom user permissions management yet (it's coming in 1.6). But it has 8 fixed permission levels (User, Editor, Admin etc).
SEO isn't quite as good out of the box but there are components to handle that.
Generally development is slow, apart from security/bug fixes. Version 1.6 has been in development for at least 2 years now!

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@Martha676

Impossible to answer properly - the question is missing so much detail it looks like a troll.

Content Management Systems do different things for different people - for some its about making web publishing simple - for some its about managing a turnover of articles - for others its about distributing, selling and managing the intellectual rights associated with content. For some its about integrating billing with viewing / publishing of content....The term Content Management System is little more specific than Web based application.

Why do you care? What is it you need to use it for? What are the constraints on your application?

A quick search on Freshmeat turned up 90 listings Are you expecting a review of them all?

What has PHP got to do with it? Except in a very small number of highly specialized cases you shouldn't be looking for a tool based on the language its written in.

Read this then ask a better question.

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@Cody1181609

Wordpress

I am a big fan of wordpress for simple small sites.

Strengths:


A large user base
Lots of templates
Tons of plug-ins to do anything and
everything you can think of
A quick development pattern (means we get
newer and better versions often)
A very simple and easy to understand
event/filter model (makes it easy to
develop plug-ins)
The Loop (everyone can make highly personalized templates
for wordpress)
Easy to extend with
custom post types and custom
taxonomies (new in WP 3)


Weaknesses


is really a blog engine not a CMS
only native support for 2 data types (posts and taxonomies)

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