The Big Four In Open-Source CMS Development

Open-source CMS development is the key factors that simplifies publication and editing of web based content. It allows content creators to provide contents without requiring the knowledge of HTML coding.  So one can say that CMS website development allows the owner of the website to make sure that better presence for his website is established. 

CMS software keeps the content on a Web site which can include simple text, photos, music, video, and documents in check. The greatest advantage of using a CMS is that it virtually requires little skill or knowledge to manage a website adding to this the fact that most CMS development platforms are Open-source. What this means is that website owners do not have to pay any license fees. Among these Open-source CMS development platforms the proverbial big four are Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, and Mambo. Now let’s try to understand what makes each of them be a part of the big four?

Wordpress - An Open-source CMS that requires no introduction and considerably one of the most favored by developers. Wordpress is no longer just simply used for blogging anymore. Wordpress, as mentioned before, is an Open Source platform, which means there are countless people all over the world working on it. It is free to use for any kind of website without paying anyone a license fee or design price. Identification code used by Wordpress is clean and very straightforward, making it simpler for search engines such as Google to read and index site content. In a nutshell its one of the most SEO friendly among the big four.

Joomla - It has quickly become one of the most popular and powerful content management systems for many different reasons such as its ease of use and requirement of little or no programming knowledge. Its abilities include complete database driven site engines, services sections fully editable and manageable along with fully customizable layouts. So it’s not only possible for you easily manage your content whether its articles, documents, and so forth but at the same time it’s possible for you to take advantage of form builders, calendars blogs, newsletters, forums and many more.

Drupal - This is another popular CMS that is written in PHP for building dynamic web sites offering a broad range of features and services including user admin features, publishing workflow, news aggregation, metadata functional capabilities, using controlled vocabularies and XML publishing for content sharing purposes. One of the best features, in this case, is the fact that it is constantly being reconfigured and new updates occurring on a regular basis to increase public popularity.

Mambo- Another member of the big four open-source CMS development platforms is Mambo. Mambo is mainly for those who want their own simple website while at the same time it has made a place for corporate websites as well mainly because of its features which include document manager, customizable layouts, optimization, accessibility, and can even the possibility to act as an e-commerce solution as well. Adding to this multilingual features truly make Mambo a world class CMS. 

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