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10 best open source content management systems
Long gone is time when designers and developers worked on coding HTML/CSS pages for a website project. These days there are plenty options when it comes to picking a content management systems; regardless of what type of site you’re building, there’s probably one perfectly suited to it.
While, open-source CMSs such as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla have become a household name among designers and developers. However, there are many other content management systems that are more than capable of accommodating the needs of your website. As a matter of fact, some of the not so popular CMSs come with features that cannot be found in the standard CMS. Hence, here we take a look at some of the comprehensive list of the top 10 best open source content management systems.
WordPress:
WordPress Open source content management system
WordPress, a PHP blogging platform is the most popular CMS for blogging and overall. It’s a great platform for beginners, thanks to their effortlessly good documentation and quick installation wizard. With a wide base of plugins and themes to choose from you can easily make a website that you’ve always dreamed of!
Drupal:
Drupal is an open source content management system
Drupal is a pure CMS that has a very large and an active community loved by a number of high-profile companies and organizations such as the United Nations, Sony Music, Warner Brothers Records, AOL, Yahoo and many more. It is highly extensible as it powers more than 6,000 modules; and its robust community support only adds to the strength of this CMS.
More example Drupal sites can be seen on Dries Buytaert’s blog.
Joomla:
Joomla is an open source content management system
Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS) to build websites and powerful online applications; also used by some prominent companies such as MTV, Harvard University, and IHOP. One of the plus points of using this CMS is its active developer community with over 200,00 users and contributors.
MODX:
MODX is an open source content management system
This content management system and web application framework was awarded Packt Publishing’s ‘Most Promising Open Source Content Management system in 2007’. It has an active, global end-user and developer communities. Linus in 2008 reviewed it as an easy-to-use, standards-complaint, search engine friendly, functional and extensible CMS.
Typo3:
Typo3 is an open source content management system
Typo3 is a free and open source content management framework with more than 5,000 extensions; delivered with a base set of interfaces, functions and modules; its huge functionality spectrum is implemented by extensions.
ExpressionEngine:
ExpressionEngine is an open source content management system
ExpressionEngine is a flexible and simple CMS solution of all types of project. It comes packed with helpful features like the ability to have multiple sets with one installation of software; it requires no knowledge of PHP, and has extensive online documentation. The software has earned reputation for creating websites for less-than-savvy clients that need to use the backend without getting confused.
Contao (Formerly Typolight):
Contao is an open source content management system
Contao has an innate user interface that uses Ajax and Web 2.0 technologies for optimal usability. The advantage of Contao is its clear structure, a high level of security and simple extensibility through modules. The framework also supports multiple languages, offers an integrated Data Manager and the mandatory search engine.
DotNetNuke:
DotNetNuke is an open source content management system
DotNetNuke is an intuitive and powerful content management system based on Asp.Net technology; very dynamic in terms of functionality, features and security. The admin interface is fairly innate and the code base is extremely consistent; and also highly extensible through modules. There are tons of 3rd party module developers such as SnowCovered and DNN Market Place.
Concrete5:
Concrete5 is an open source content management system
Concrete5 is a powerful open source content management system which enables users to edit site content directly from the page. This makes the platform easy to use with a minimum of technical skills. The software also allows users to edit images through an embedded editor on the page. According to the 2010 Open Source CMS Market Share Report, concrete5′s developer community is the fastest growing among any open source CMS.The community and support surrounding concrete5 make it a very appealing CMS for users at the beginning and intermediate levels.
SageFrame:
SageFrame is an open source content management system
SageFrame is relatively very young CMS platform amongst mentioned above; it is a promising content management system based on Asp.Net technology. It comes with several built-in modules at its installation such as banner, blog, breadcrumb, contact UI,FAQ, HTML, menu, news, sage search, RSS Reader, Side menu, news subscription, web analytics and so on.
Which CMS do you use? I’m sure many of you love WordPress, but have you tried any of the ones listed here? Or is there one you think should have been included in the list?
7 must try IFTTT Recipes
I have already acquainted you with IFTTT in an earlier post and there have been several improvements to the application since then. If you have tried it then you pretty much know of it as a luxury that saves both your time and effort.
I heart IFTTT so much that I am counting down some of the great recipes that are hard to disregard.
Text to escape
Text to escape - ifttt
Ever got yourself into never-ending arguments between friends or a date so bad that you just couldn’t wait to leave? With this IFTTT recipe, you can text IFTTT and receive a customized phone call to get you out of any awful situation. You can create a number of messages for different situations you expect the need to escape from.
When Facebook profile picture changes, update Twitter profile picture
When Facebook profile picture changes, update Twitter profile picture ifttt recipe
This IFTTT recipe can come handy if you want to use same profile picture across social networks; you can automate the process by forcing twitter to update your profile picture when you change your Facebook profile picture.
Email Attachment to Dropbox
Send email attachments to Dropbox - ifttt recipe
Do you have corporate email accounts that are constantly running out of web space for email attachments? With this specific recipe you can back up all your attachments to Dropbox not having to archive them manually.
Receive a text message, if it’s going to rain or snow
Receive a text message, if it’s going to rain or snow
With this recipe you can let web be your virtual umbrella so that you’re not caught in rain or snow. You can easily receive notifications from all of your favorite services.
Backup Facebook Tagged Photos to Dropbox
Backup Facebook Tagged Photos to Dropbox - ifttt recipe
When you are tagged in someone else’s photos on Facebook, they control the exposure. If you want to make sure to get a copy of these photos; so that you can even go through them when you’re offline, it’s when this particular IFTTT recipe comes real handy. This recipe automatically pushes your Facebook tagged photos to a pre-designated location on your Dropbox.
Thank #FF
Thank #FF - ifttt recipe
Friday follows or #FF is a great way for Twitter users to share their favorite Twitter users with their own followers. Now when you get mentioned in a #FF by another Twitter user to thank them automatically!
Tweet about the new YouTube video upload
Tweet about the new YouTube video upload
Do you run a product specific channel on YouTube? If yes, then this IFTTT recipe lets you automatically update your status on Twitter once video gets uploaded on YouTube; saving your time from having to open Twitter and update the status separately.
Do you use IFTTT? Feel free to share your favorite recipes in the comments.
Words that make you smile
Source: http://wolf-teeth.tumblr.com/post/16889415051
Promote your business in Pinterest by Following big hitters
Pinterest, a two-year old social wishlist that lets users collect and manage their interests is already becoming a significant source or traffic for retailers’ websites. A data from Compete indicates Pinterest’s traffic has increased more than fourfold between September 2011 and December 2011, bringing in 7.51 million visitors in December alone. While there’s no action for potential customers to buy your products directly from the site, Pinterest has the marketing potential to pin popular images (with links back to the original source) that can get repined on hundreds of other users’ boards.
How to improve your pins and pinboards click-through?
One of the best ways to get your company noticed is to start following the big names on Pinterest. This is a proven method on Twitter: When you follow popular figures, and they follow you back, other twitter users get the message and follow the leader.
Here are the 10 big figures on Pinterest with maximum followers, the list is inherently subjective:-
- Ben Silvermann: 882458 followers
Ben Silvermann currently has 882458 followers
2. Jane Wang: 2183950 followers
Jane Wang has got 2183950 followers
3. Christine Martinez: 992204 followers
Blog: http://www.milestostyle.com/
Christine Martinez has got 992204 followers
4. Emilee Richardson: 399690 followers
Blog: loveemileejean.blogspot.com
Emilee, a life style blogger has 399690 follower
5. Inge Falappino: 412376 followers
Falappino, a DIY enthusiast has 412376 followers
6. Joy Cho: 824657 followers
Blog: www.ohjoy.blogs.com
Joy Cho currently has 824657 followers
7. Evan Sharp: 694500 followers
Sharp, among 3 founders of Pinterest has 694500 followers
8. The Perfect Palette: 242537 followers
Blog: www.theperfectpalette.com
The Perfect Palette currently has 242537 followers
9. Victoria Smith: 476436 followers
Blog: http://www.sfgirlbybay.com/
Victoria currently has got 476436 followers
10. Sha Hwang: 162748 followers
Sha Hwang has got 162748 followers
While you are at it, don’t forget to check out http://pinterest.com/ishuinterest/!
Have you come across any interesting Pinterest accounts worth following? Let me know what you think of the selection, and feel free to suggest other top users.
Put the internet to work for you with ifttt
Ever wish that you could automate some of the actions that you find yourself doing from one web service to another over and over? Yes, you can!! With IFTTT you can actually put the internet to work for you by creating a task that fits the structure: if this then that!
What’s the catch?
There’s simply no catch; IFTTT is a way of making all those different web tools or app services you’ve signed up for actually work for you. It lets you create your own social curation tools that can automate actions on social media networks or applications after an action occurs on a separate social network or application. For instance, when I have a mention on twitter I can automatically thank for the mention, greet my new followers or when I have a new video upload in YouTube I can tweet about it at the same time.
How does IFTTT work?
IFTTT works with a number of programs like twitter, Facebook, your web based email, Gmail, Flickr and so on; which it calls ‘Channels’. Currently, you can connect to 39 channels and create numerous tasks by carrying out ‘IF’ instructions on items in the programs.
How does ifttt work
Here’s how you can create a task and make it a recipe in IFTTT
If you have a new follower on Twitter, send them a direct thank you message automatically.
Note: You will be required to activate the channels, before you prolong creating tasks!!
How to create a task and a recipe in ifttt
Check out some of the best recipes to get started:-
- Text To Escape: Text IFTTT in order to receive a fake call to get you out of almost any disastrous situation.
- Facebook Tagged Photo to Dropbox: Every time you are tagged in a photo on Facebook, it will be sent to Dropbox.
- When Facebook Profile Picture Changes, Update Twitter Profile Picture
- Rain Forecast Via SMS: Receive a text message if it’s going to rain.
IFTTT turns your favourite web services into Lego blocks and enables you to save time curating content and automate activities such as monitoring your brand online. Your imagination is the only limit of what you can achieve with this great tool.
Be Yourself, everyone else is taken
How to make your YouTube videos widescreen
YouTube has now gone over the modern era if I might call it like that, by releasing a quality option of 720 or 1080p HD or widescreen as well. So, it’s killed me to get my old videos on YouTube to appear widescreen; human nature we want everything trendy! After tedious hours of searching through internet and applying every possible setting on YouTube; I uncovered a simple trick that’s worked like ‘magic’.
Follow through these few steps and Voila enjoy the new widescreen look of your videos:-
- Click on ‘Edit Video‘.
- Go to ‘Info and settings’,
- Just enter yt:stretch=16:9 code in the tags section at the end of the tags, this zooms in on the 16:9 area and removes window boxing of your video.
Widescreen YouTube video after applying a code in the tag section
I hope this little trick will come in handy! It really did for me!
Funniest quote I have ever uncovered
