Friday, May 2, 2008

Who’s Who? - Content Management Systems

Posted by Dennis Kittrell in Developer's Corner

Over the last 5 or 6 years, 100’s of CMS (content management systems) have come and gone. Only the tried and true persist in today’s highly competitive open source community. Today, we are going to tackle the topic of who’s who and what’s what when it comes to the big players in CMS.

I will start by saying that every system has its pros and cons. Each CMS has its own community backing it, therefore they usually focus on different areas of demand. Recently the biggest players have been sneaking in on each other and are really becoming superstars in the realm of CMS.

Let’s take look at the top dogs:

Joomla is certainly winning the popular vote. Drupal is a close second and was originally geared more toward developers than the masses. PHP-Nuke is the resilient one (allthough its days may be numbered). And DotNet Nuke is the clear leader on the Windows Platform.

I think the real battle here is between Joomla and Drupal. They have the biggest communities and (in my humble opinion) the best platforms for growth and future expansion. The gap is slowly decreasing between the developer and the standard web user and these two (CMS) platforms are the driving force that makes this possible. I am not sure about the rest of you, but I am certainly keeping my eyes on this battlefield as I can foresee an epic battle of many forces to take on these two.

I would definitely like to hear from our readers if you have an opinion on this topic. I am sure there are some very stern viewpoints when it comes to this. Please also share any new and exciting CMS systems out there that I have not yet seen as I would love to take a look at those as well.

You might also want to keep your eyes on this site to stay up to date with new CMS systems.

Thanks as always, and I am looking forward to your comments!

Dennis Kittrell

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