10 New And Useful PHP CMS

CMS Made Simple

CMS Made Simple helps experienced web developers and designers to create sites of power and beauty in a fraction of the normal time, avoiding hours of coding and allowing your clients to update their own sites with a minimum of fuss. From a simple brochure site to a complex portal, CMS Made Simple puts the power of a modular and extendable content management system at your fingertips.

Documentation: comprehensive documentation with many detailed tutorials.

Community: large and very active forum.

License: GNU/GPL.

Last releases: 1.7.1.

Size: 5.6 mB.

Project example: Procter.

Zikula

No matter what your needs, Zikula can provide the solution. Whether it is a corporate presence with ecommerce, a simple blog or a community portal, Zikula can do it all.

Documentation: good documentation divided in two parts. The first part is for admins and users, the second is for developers.

Community: include several forums, discussion group, IRC channel and wiki documentation.

License: GPL.

Last releases: 1.2.3.

Size: 5.5mB.

Project example: Lavoo.

Nucleus CMS

Nucleus CMS is an open-source blog management software package written in PHP, with a MySQL backend, primarily written and maintained by Wouter Demuynck. It is used to manage frequently-updated Web content. With a little tweaking (mainly to skins) it might be considered a lightweight content management system, although there is no facility to upload file types other than graphic files to be displayed within the blog pages.

Documentation: documentation includes the devekloper documentation, user documentation and the wiki.

Community: consist of several not very active forums.

License: GNU GPL.

Last releases: 3.41.

Size: 620kB.

Project example: Asian Online Recipes.

Xaraya

Xaraya is a cutting edge open source framework (written in PHP) on which developers can create sophisticated web applications and designers enjoy considerable flexibility.

Documentation: large comprehensive documentation, containing lots of articles and tutorials.

Community: has several rather active forums.

License: GNU GPL.

Last releases: 1.2.1.

Size: 3.6mB.

Project example: LolliSoft.

XOOPS

Easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP.

Documentation: well written compact documentation.

Community: several active forums and community wiki.

License: GPL.

Last releases: 2.4.4.

Size: 5.2 mB.

Project example: Government of Brazil’s State of Parana .

Contao

Contao is an open source content management system (CMS) for people who want a professional internet presence that is easy to maintain. The state-of-the-art structure of the system offers a high security standard and allows you to develop search engine friendly websites that are also accessible for people with disabilities. Furthermore, the system can be expanded flexibly and inexpensively. Easy management of user rights, the Live Update Service, the modern CSS framework and many already integrated modules (news, calendar, forms, etc.) have quickly made Contao one of the most popular open source content management systems on the market.

Documentation: there is a large user manual and several screencasts on site.

Community: consist of forums, developer blog and Facebook group.

License: LGPL.

Last releases: 3.9.

Size: 3.9 mB.

Project example: Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders.

eZ Publish

eZ Publish is an Open Source Content Management System chosen by thousands of enterprises and organizations world wide. It helps you build corporate websites, intranets, webshops and media portals. eZ Publish is 100% Open Source, available either as a free download or as an enterprise solution “eZ Publish Premium” with support, guarantees and maintenance.

Documentation: several manuals covering all aspects of framework.

Community: includes forum and IRC channel.

License: GPL and commercial license.

Last releases: 4.3.0.

Size: 34.3 mB.

Project example: Gyldendal – Norsk Forlag.

E107

e107 is a content management system written in PHP and using the popular open source MySQL database system for content storage. It’s completely free, totally customisable and in constant development.

Documentation: there is a large documentation wiki on the site.

Community: forum and IRC channel.

License: GPL.

Last releases: 0.7.22.

Size: 4.1mB.

Project example: Muskegon Historical Railroad Society.

PrestaShop

PrestaShop is an e-commerce solution which is both free and open source. The software PrestaShop was founded in Paris, France by Igor Schlumberger and Bruno Leveque. Over 40 languages are available to varying degrees, with only English and French having full support in all release versions. While official support is not provided, many answered questions are available on the official forum. The software makes extensive use of AJAX in the admin panel, while module blocks can be easily added to the store to provide extra functionality; these are normally provided free of charge by independent developers. The makers of PrestaShop have an official marketplace for priced modules and themes entitled PrestaStore.

Documentation: small wiki with documentation on the site.

Community: includes large forum and FaceBook group.

License: OSL Ver. 3.

Last releases: 1.3.1.

Size: 7.5 mB.

Project example: AktywnySmyk.

SilverStripe

SilverStripe is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for creating and maintaining websites. The CMS provides a web-based administration panel that enables users to make modifications to parts of the website. This panel includes a WYSIWYG website editor.

Documentation: compact and well written.

Community: include the forum, IRC channel and core development discussion group.

License: BSD License.

Last relases: 2.4.0.

Size: 4.9 mB.

Project example:Simply Fabulous.