Today, I would like to talk about choosing the top universal and free CMS. To even be on this list, it has to meet the following basic requirements:
• Free (no cost)
• It has to be open source
• PHP + MySql
• Large community
• Multilingualism
• Flexible design settings
• Flexible expansion of functional
The list of most popular CMS:
• Joomla
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• Wordpress
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• Drupal
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• ModX
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Let's look at each of them separately.
Joomla
Pros
1. Has been around awhile with a big community. Regular updates
2. Easy to use administration panel
3. Big selection of components, modules and plugins.
4. Support for multilingualism
5. Flexible system of designing your own templates
Cons
1. Long loading. Many requests to database
2. System can be hacked via (by) third-party components and modules, which are not
included in the basic extensions package
Wordpress
Pros
1. The best system for personal blogs
2. Standardized under Web 2.0
3. Large selection of plugins and widgets for expanding functionality
4. Large selection of free templates
5. Good SEO set up
Cons
1. Previous versions were very vulnerable to hacking
2. A little bit problematic to set up the system for own needs.
Drupal
Pros
1. Easy to use for advanced users
2. Modular Architecture and a large selection of complementing and expanding
3. Maintains complicated loads and a lot of users requests
4. Good support service
5. Good search module
Cons
1. Lack of quality templates
2. Complicated structure of template construction
3. To create web sites on this system, you need to have additional knowledge and understanding of PHP
4. No SEO module
ModX
Pros
1. Very quality SEO module
2. Easy and convenient construction of own templates
3. Uses Ajax
4. Stable work
Cons
1. To set up you need to have additional knowledge of PHP
2. Not a great community compared with Joomla or Wordpress
We recommend you take a look at the pros and cons and make your decision on what is most important to you. These CMS are free and have a big communities that will help you easily solve problems. For example, you can download free modules to expand the functionality. But, remember, no system is 100% secure.
Note that CMS systems that charge a fee with closed or partially encoded source and systems, are more secure and the probability of being hacked is significantly reduced. Also, you may get a guarantee from the system manufacturer. Thus, you can be sure, that your data will be saved and in case of loss.
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