26 CMS Solutions That Help You Do Things Other Than Blog
An article about content management systems that neglects to mention Wordpress is a rare thing, and there is a good reason for that. Wordpress helped web designers create full-featured and dynamic web sites without needing to deal with back-end coding.
Installing and updating a Wordpress blog could be done in one click, allowing designers to focus on making beautiful and useful web sites for their clients. Additionally, any feature you can think of that is not included in the out-of-box installation can easily be implemented due to the thriving plug-in development community.
With that said, I still believe that it is sometimes better to have a ready-made CMS solution that is designed to handle different types of websites. In this post, I will list different CMS solutions for creating social sites, handling multimedia, project collaboration, and e-commerce with example websites created using each solution.
Social Networking
1. Pligg
Use Pligg content management system to start your own social networking community in minutes.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Pligg:
2. Moveable Type
An all-in-one social publishing platform.
Features: Open source (Developers), Free (Individual bloggers), Commercial, Self-Hosted
Site using Movable Type:
3. GroupSite
Create discussion forums, blogs, group calenders, and more.
Features: Free (Ad supported), Commercial, Hosted
Site using GroupSite:
4. CrowdVine
Create a community around your conference.
Features: Free (Ad supported, 500 Attendees Max), Commercial, Hosted
Site using CrowdVine:
5. Boonex Dolphin
Create your own community site with Dolphin
Features: Free (Ad supported), Commercial, Self-Hosted
Site using Boonex Dolphin:
6. Elgg
Build out your social networking vision.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Elgg:
7. KickApps
Provides social tools for collaboration and communication.
Features: Commercial (30-day free trial), Self-Hosted
Site using KickApps:
8. Ning
With Ning you can create your own custom social network.
Features: Commercial, Hosted, Self-Hosted
Site using Ning:
9. Hotaru CMS
All the plugins you need to make your own Digg-style community.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Hotaru CMS:
10. OSQA
An open source Q&A system.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using OSQA:
Multimedia
11. Media Core
Delivers an exceptional media experience to any site that depends on delivering video or audio to its users.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Media Core:
12. PHPmotion
A free video sharing software that also has support for other types of media such as audio/mp3 sharing.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using PHPmotion:
Collaboration
13. Confluence
An application developed to help people work better together and share information effortlessly.
Features: Commercial, Self-Hosted, Hosted
Site using Confluence:
14. Redmine
A flexible project management web application, written using Ruby on Rails framework it is cross-platform and cross-database.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Redmine:
15. xWiki
A collaboration software developed in Java and under the LGPL open source license.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using xWiki:
Microblogging
16. Tumblr
A full featured blogging platform that lets you effortlessly share anything.
Features: Free, Hosted, Self-Hosted
Site using Tumblr:
17. Posterous
A blogging web application that lets you post from your email or from a browser bookmarklet.
Features: Free, Hosted, Self-Hosted
Site using Posterous:
18. Status.net
An open source microblogging platform that helps you share and connect in real-time within your own domain.
Features: Open source, Hosted, Self-Hosted
Site using Status.net:
19. Jaiku
You can use Jaiku to create your activity stream.
Features: Free, Hosted
Site using Jaiku:
E-commerce
20. Devhub
Devhub can make creating your own sites fun, rewarding and profitable.
Features: Free, Self-Hosted
Site using Devhub:
21. Magneto
Ecommerce platform for growth.
Features: Open source, Commercial (Enterprise Edition), Self-Hosted
Site using Magneto:
22. Pretashop
Free e-Commerce shopping cart software.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Pretashop:
23. Zen Cart
A free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Zen Cart:
24. Oscommerce
An open source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Oscommerce:
25. Opencart
A shopping cart solution that is designed to be feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and visually appealing.
Features: Open source, Self-Hosted
Site using Opencart:
26. Vendr
Make any website with a product to sell into an online store.
Features: Commercial (Free up to 5 products), Self-Hosted
Site using Vendr:
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