04 June 2010
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Tools & Services
Have you ever wanted to kick the tires on a content managment system, but can't find a good sandbox site to play with? Installing and configuring some of the populat CMS tools on the market can be a daunting chore. In order to give you a better understanding of each of the content management systems we use, we have setup some sample versions for you to kick around on our site.
Go ahead and try these out. The login is either demo1 or demo2 and the password is password.
Joomla!
Website: http://www.joomla.org
Cost: FREE (donation recommended)
Joomla! is our favorite. it is an open source CMS with lots of great extensions. To get an idea of how many there are, you can checkout the Joomla Extesions Directory. Currently, there is support for over 5,000!
Front-End: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/joomla/Admin: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/joomla/administrator/
Expression Engine
Website: http://expressionengine.com/
Cost: $99 to $250
This one isn't free, but is very simple to use and very full featured.
Front-End: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/expressionengine/
Admin: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/expressionengine/system/
ModX
Website: http://modxcms.com/
Cost: FREE (donation recommended)
This is an AJAX based CMS tool. It is a litlte limited in the add-on functions, but has a very intuitive admin interface.
Front-End: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/modx/
Admin: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/modx/manager/
Wordpress
Website: http://www.wordpress.org
Cost: FREE (donation recommended)
This is one of the most popular CMS tools. With the advent of version 3.0 (still in beta now), it aims to become more of a website framework (like Joomla/Drupal).
Front-End: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/wordpress/
Admin: http://demos.mydevdepartment.com/wordpress/wp-admin/
