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What is a CMS? |
Content Management System (CMS):A computer application, usually web-based that supports the creation and modification of digital content, usually supporting multiple users working in a collaborative environment. |
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What are the most common CMS’s utilized? |
WordPress (PHP / Open Source) - https://wordpress.com Drupal (PHP / Open Source) - https://www.drupal.org Joomla - (PHP / Open Source) - https://www.joomla.org Sitecore - (.NET / Closed Source) - http://www.sitecore.net Sitefinity - (.NET / Closed Source) - http://www.sitefinity.com Umbraco - (.NET / Open Source) - https://umbraco.com Kentico - (.NET / Closed Source) - http://www.kentico.com |
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Roughly what percentage of websites are run by each? |
WordPress: 27% of the top 10k websites Drupal: 6% of top 10k websitesJoomla: 0.6% of top 10k websites (this illustrates a major lack of confidence in the framework compared to Drupal and WordPress) Sitefinity: 0.4% top 10k websites Umbraco: 0.2% top 10k websites Kentico: 0.5% top 10k |
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What are the most common Open Source CMS, in order? |
PHP - WordPress, Drupal, JoomlaNote: Joomla had major success many years ago and current numbers are misleading given its past success, but recently has seen major declines. (see builtwith usage statistics) .NET - DNN, Umbraco |
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Why go Open Source for CMS? (Advantages + For whom is it a good fit?) |
- No license fees - can get good quality software, free of cost. - Not tied into a contract. - Usually good community support. - Often better suited when enterprise level features and support is not required. - Typically better for SME’s, however can be used for any size of business / client / project. |
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What are the most common .NET CMS’s in order? |
Sitecore (.9%), Kentico (.5%), Sitefinity (.4%), Umbraco (.2%) |
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WordPress Pros / Cons |
PROS: Largest CMS worldwide, Very easy to work with on back-end, extremely large community, thousands of plugins with dozens of really good ones, very fast to work with compared to other CMS’s, built originally as publishing platform and good with SEO as a result |
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WordPress Pros / Cons |
CONS: Often hacked because used so widescale, larger code base sometimes with more features than you need, fragmented code, mismatched standards, difficult to scale for web apps |
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Drupal Pros / Cons |
PROS: Large community, well regarded for security, high level of government and public sector adoption, Good for app integration, large number of plugins |
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Drupal Pros / Cons |
CONS: Steeper learning curve, fragmented module/theme support between major releases |
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Joomla Pros / Cons |
Pros: Good for social and user-driven websites, Been around a long time, has a community, has plugins |
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Joomla Pros / Cons |
Cons: Losing market share, somewhat rigid structure, UI is a bit dated |
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Sitecore Pros / Cons |
Pros: Enterprise level CMS, most amount of features |
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Sitecore Pros / Cons |
Cons: Most expensive (~100K just for software), somewhat rigid |
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Sitefinity Pros / Cons |
Pros: Enterprise level CMS, Much more affordable than Sitecore, Good list of features / plugins, good documentation, open enough to integrate with apps and systems, Fairly easy to work with on back-end, Enterprise Support |
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Sitefinity Pros / Cons |
Cons: Not a marketplace or huge community, Proprietary system |
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Umbraco Pros / Cons |
Pros: Open Source, Easy to integrate with, Growing community, fair amount of plugins, free |
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Umbraco Pros / Cons |
Cons: Poor documentation, Back-end UI is so so, Not a lot of plugins and not a large community yet |
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Kentico: Pros |
Pros: Enterprise level CMS, lots of features, easier to build larger enterprise level sites. Solid system architecture offers good reliability and performance. |
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Kentico: Cons |
Cons: Relatively small community, fairly expensive, fewer 3rd party components, more technical skill required to customize. |
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What does Fresh specialize in and why? |
WordPress (85%), Easiest to work with for most content heavy/lighter functionality websites Sitefinity (5%), Most affordable Enterprise level supported CMS with some flexibility and strong featureUmbraco (5%), Open Source free .NET CMS that has a growing community and easy enough to integrate and customizeDrupal (5%), Good for more complex applications as strong CMS |
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What does Fresh have experience in? |
Wordpress, Drupal, Sitefinity, Sitecore, Umbraco, Kentico |
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Could Fresh work with other CMS’s? |
Yes, we have experience working with many CMS’s and many systems where we do front-end styling or add custom plugins or integrations on top. |
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What is the best CMS? |
It depends on existing systems a client uses and what clients have expertise in. If a company has 4 Drupal developers, they should probably stay with Drupal. |
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What is the best CMS? Part 2 |
If they are a Microsoft stack company, and might have some integration in the future, we would recommend a .NET CMS, either Umbraco or Sitefinity, as they are both built on Microsoft technologies. -----Umbraco is an Open Source .NET CMS that we have good experience. -----Sitefinity is a commercial / enterprise level CMS that we have good experience. |
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What is the best CMS? part 3 |
For most people we recommend Wordpress because it’s the fastest to work with and often the easiest for clients on the back-end. |
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What are examples of using the various CMS’s at Fresh? |
Wordpress - FreshConsulting.com, Pro.Whitepages.com, F1Consultancy.com, TalkingRain.com, Apana.com, ValentineRoof.com Drupal - Benbridge.com, Krusteaz.com Sitefinity - WashingtonFederal.com Umbraco - EthosGroup.com SiteCore - Kingcounty.gov/depts/assessor.aspx |
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Resources: |
CMS Comparison Deck Builtwith.com/CMS Why Wordpress |
