What is Content Management System?
Content Management System (CMS) is a software system used for content managements.
Important Features of CMS
- Any authorized members in the community can easily publish, manage and organize contents - news, articles on common interest, multimedia material & more.
- Administrator identifies key users and their content management roles.
- Publication of the content to a repository to support retrieval of the content anytime. In fact, the repository is an inherent part of the CMS.
- Ability to have different content sections and categories.
- Add-on to CMS website: Blog, Video streaming, Forum, Photo Gallery & more.
Open Source CMS Scripts
There are plenty of CMS scripts. You have to pay a price for it or can use the open source CMS scripts. Open source CMS scripts are getting much more polular with the evolution of Web 2.0 generation where the users and developers contribute toward the advancement of the script. There are also CMS tools which as free as long as you use it for the personal purpose such as Community Server from Microsoft.
At HumDomains we provide some of the most popular CMS scripts FREE with every hosting plan. Installation of these scripts are easy and fast. And It is FREE.
For Linux Hosting Plan the following CMS scripts are included.
Drupal is software that allows an individual or a community of users to
easily publish, manage and organize a great variety of content on a
website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations have used Drupal
to set up scores of different kinds of web sites. Drupal Wins Overall Open Source CMS Award, 2007.
Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management
Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything
from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy
to install, simple to manage, and reliable. Joomla is awarded the best PHP Open Source Content Management System
Mambo is a full-featured content management system that can be used for
everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications.
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source
software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help
educators create effective online learning communities. It can scale
from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University.
Nucleus is a content management tool that enables you to set up and
maintain multiple blogs. It supports multiple languages and includes a
commenting system and search feature.
PostNuke is software that creates an impressive, dynamic web site and
provides the webmaster with a site they can administer with a minimal
amount of HTML knowledge through a web browser.
XOOPS is a content management system (CMS) that allows administrators
to easily create dynamic websites. It is an ideal tool for developing
small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals,
corporate portals, weblogs and much more. It can be installed on an
Internet host with a PHP-capable web server (e.g. Apache) and a
database (e.g. MySQL).
For Windows Hosting Plan the following CMS SW/Scripts are included.
Community Server is the platform that powers web communities with over
50,000 customers, Community Server helps organizations around the world
power some of the most demanding web communities. It is FREE is long as you use for your personal purposes. For the commercial purpose, you may need to get the appropriate license.
DotNetNuke is an open-source Web Application Framework ideal for
creating and deploying projects such as commercial websites, corporate
intranets and extranets, online publishing portals, and custom vertical
applications.
Can I try these scripts FREE ?
Of course yes! You can download these scripts are try out at your own personal computer. For this purpose, your PC will have to act as the web server. The easiest way is to install WAMP5 in your PC. WAMP5 installs Apache, PHP5 and MySQL on Windows platform. You can download it free from here. Here you can even try out all the scripts listed for the Linux/Windows Hosting plan. Linux PC usually install Apache, PHP and MySQL unless you opt out during the OS installation.
Can I try these scripts directly on the Web Hosting Server for FREE?
Well, I am not aware of any hosting company who can allow you test these scripts for FREE. There are few hosting company who can provide very limited demo version of the CMS scripts with not much control over it. You can have a look however you can't play around much in your own.
When you register a cheap domain at HumDomains, we provide you a 5GB PHP/MySQL Linux or ASP/MS-SQL Economy Hosting Plan absolutely FREE. However, it will have a small ads on the top of the page, however non-obstructive for your website. Check an example here. You can install these scripts and test it for yourself. Select the most suitable script for your own purposes. Add more features into the CMS website such as forum, blog, gallery & more until you satisfy yourself. There are just unlimited features you can add to it. Check the extensions/addons on the respective CMS websites. If you have the courage you can try all of them - we won't ask you a single question. We also will never ask you to upgrade to the paid hosting plan. Feel free to use the FREE hosting plan as long as you are happy with the forced ads on the top of the page.
All the very best for your CMS website.
Sincerely,
Head of Support Team, HumDomains
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