- CMS Made Simple
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Not to be confused with CMSimple.
CMS Made Simple 
CMS Made Simple Admin PortalDeveloper(s) Ted Kulp (Project Leader) Stable release 1.10.1 / November 5, 2011[1] Development status Active Written in PHP Operating system Cross-platform Type Content management system, Community License GNU General Public License Website cmsmadesimple.org CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) is a free open source (GPL) content management system (CMS) to provide developers, programmers and site owners a web-based development and administration area.
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Software Design
CMS Made Simple is an open source package, built using PHP with support for MySQL and PostgreSQL. The template system is driven using the Smarty Template Engine. CMS Made Simple aims to provide easy development and customization with themes, add-on modules, dynamic menus, tags and translations.
Features
CMS Made Simple has a web-based admin section for theme, template, and stylesheet development, installing and updating add-on modules, configuring page content blocks, and user groups and permissions.
Modules and Themes
Modules
CMS Made Simple itself is designed as a base package that does not impose unnecessary modules and functionality on the user. It requires that site owners add modules and tags appropriate to the site. A small number of core modules are included with the default installation, notably a news manager, search function, and WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE).
Popular add-on modules
- Galleries
- Guestbooks
- Form Builders
- Captchas
- Company and User Directories
- e-Commerce / shops
- Calendars
- Blogs
- RSS
- Numerous additional modules are available via the module repository or Module Manager
Themes
Create: The internal template and stylesheet system allows for painless Theme creation. (Video Illustrating the Process) Download: Downloadable themes are currently available in a themes repository.
Software Requirements
- Web server with PHP 5.2.4 to PHP 5.3+. From version 1.7 PHP 5.3 is supported, but E_DEPRECATED must be inactivated. (Linux/Unix, Windows 2000/XP/ME/2003, OS X)
- CMS Made Simple does not officially support PHP safe mode
- Minimum 16MiB of available memory for PHP
- PHP tokenizer support enabled
- ImageMagick or GD enabled
- MySQL 4.1+ or PostgreSQL 7 +
- Access to your server to upload files and change some permissions
Support
Support for CMS Made Simple includes the content installed by default, built-in help, online docs, commercial/paid support, and a community.
CMS Made Simple holds an annual meeting for its enthusiasts known as The Geek Moot where how-to seminars and Q&A discussions are held.[2]
History
- Oct, 2009 - Three Quarters of a Million Downloads Reached
- Aug, 2010 - CMS Made Simple Reaches One Million Downloads
Release history
Version Release date Notes 1.6 2009-06-22 1.6.1 2009-07-23 1.6.2 2009-07-28 1.6.3 2009-08-01 1.6.4 2009-08-16 1.6.5 2009-09-05 1.6.6 2009-10-03 1.6.7 2010-02-23 1.6.8 2010-07-13 1.7 2010-03-20 Minimum PHP version required is version 5.2.4. Supports PHP version 5.3 1.7.1 2010-05-01 1.8 2010-07-04 1.8.1 2010-07-13 1.8.2 2010-08-13 1.9 2010-11-07 1.9.1 2010-11-21 1.9.2 2010-12-11 1.9.3 2011-02-05 1.9.4 2011-03-05 1.10 2011-10-23 Major upgrade with performance improvements and module api changes. 1.10.1 2011-11-05 Recognition
Articles
- CMSWire/water&stone | 2009 Open Source CMS Market Share Report - Listed in the 20 most popular content management product
- CMSCritic | Top 5 SEO Friendly Content Management Systems
- CMSWire | CMS Made Simple Goes Through a Major Rework in 1.6
- TechWorld OpenSource | Bästa Content Management Systemet utsett - Listed as the third best Open Source CMS (Swedish article)
Awards
- Packt Publishing | 2007 Most Promising Open Source CMS - 3rd Place
- Packt Publishing | 2008 Most Promising Open Source CMS - 2nd Place
- Packt Publishing | 2008 Best PHP Open Source CMS - 2nd Place
- Packt Publishing | 2010 Best PHP Open Source CMS - 1st Place
Books
- CMS Made Simple 1.6: Beginners Guide | Blog Announcement
- Build Your Site With CMSMS (1.8.x) | e-Book
Reviews
- Adobe Edge | Review of open source content management systems
- CMS Wire | Drupal vs eZ Publish vs WordPress vs CMS Made Simple
See also
References
- ^ http://http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2011/11/Announcing-CMSMS-1-10-1, Retrieved 2011-11-18.
- ^ http://geekmoot.com/
3.CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook.(April 2011).By Packt Publishing.
External links
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