Users have to know basic HTML and CSS editing, and also database administration and creation techniques.
Here are some key features of "CMS Made Simple":
General Features:
· SEO Friendly URLs
· Integrated and online help
· Modular and extensible
· Easy user and group management
· Group-based permission system
· Full template support, for unlimited looks without changing a line of content
· Easy wizard based install and upgrade procedures
· Minimal server requirements
· Admin panel with multiple language support
· Content hierarchy with unlimited depth and size
· Integrated file manager w/ upload capabilities
· Integrated audit log
· Friendly support in forums and irc
· Small footprint
Design Features:
· Accessibility WAI, WCGA, Section 508
· XHTML and CSS compliant
· Auto-generated menu
· Every page can have different theme
· Design protected from content editors
· Multiple content areas on one page
Via Extra Modules:
· Search "core" content along with certain registered modules. You put in a word or two and it gives you back matching, relevant results.Search
· Easy-to-use text editors. What you see is what you get.WYSIWYG
· To provide an easy to use polls system, which allows a poll box to be placed on your page, polls to be created/maintained and poll results to be shown.Polls
· A fully integrated gallery manager for cmsmadesimple.Picture Album
· Display news events on your page, similar to a blog style, except with more features!News
· An easy-to-use blog-module, allowing everything from simple personal blogs to larger with several overall categories/subjects.Blog
· An easy to use, administer, and support newsletter system for CMS Made Simple.Newsletter
· CGCalendar is a module for displaying events on your page.CGCalendar
· This module provides a means of allowing users to upload files to you.File Uploading
· This allows the administrator to create a list of terms, which will appear in a paginated list.Glossary
· A powerful interface to manage contact forms.Forms
· Manage and create users that can log into your site.User Management
· Give visitors the ability to leave comments on your site.Guestbook
· Auto-generate a Google sitemap of your entire site.Google Sitemap
· Detailed search for add-on modules is currently best done from the dev. subdomain.You can find all available add-ons on the forge
For Programmers:
· GPL'd source code
· Rich module API for unlimited expandability
· Full API documentation
· Events system
· Ability to program simple PHP coded plugins right inside the admin
· Smarty for templates
· Database abstraction using ADODB Lite (optionally ADODB)
· Intelligent caching mechanism to only get what is necessary from the database
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixes to MicroTiny when theme uses dark background colors.
· Fixes to MicroTiny problems in various modes.
· Fixes to MicroTiny styles dropdown.
· Minor documentation fix in contentoperations.
· Fixes to cms_stylesheet plugin regular expressions.
· Fixes to cms_http_request.
· Fixes to cms_selflink.
· Fixes problem with login when homepage is set.
· Minor enhancement to the setlocale stuff.
· Fixes issues with get_module_instance.
· Fixes create_textarea for syntax highlighters.
· Fixes minor issue wrt home page in user preferences.