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List of Open Source/PHP CMS

Terry Apodaca — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:21:50 +0000

I’ve seen a few recent blogs ask where are all the good PHP and/or Open Source CMSs? I’ve even seen a few touch the surface of this subject: The Great CMS Roundup, Judging Five Open Source CMS. EDIT: and Matt has pointed me to a nice site that might list just about all of them: http://php.opensourcecms.com/

I am not going to do a ‘Roundup’ because I am not going to review every single one of them. I am not going to even list features, nor am I going to show what each one supports. All I want to do is put together a nice LIST of all the PHP based CMSs out there…so please, if I missed one that you know of…leave a comment for me.

Here is your list, in no particular order other than by maybe popularity and my personal preference. It can be argued between Joomla, WordPress and Drupal about which is in the lead….but either way…here they are:

I will be adding to this, if/when someone suggests another one because I know there are hundreds of them out there. So keep this bookmarked!

960 Grid System

Terry Apodaca — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:48:54 +0000

A wonderfully crafted and beautifully designed system to help any and all designers when it comes to Grid Designs/Layouts. Thanks for the awesome resource Nathan!!

CSS Frameworks

Terry Apodaca — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:17:48 +0000

Some people can master it. Some people know only enough to get a simple style set on an HTML element. Then there are some people that just don’t have the time, so they look to something that can help speed up the development process…just like most other programming languages. This brings up the notion of a Framework where the developer can just plug into an already built Style Sheet and make his/her changes as needed.

I’ve been compiling lists in my Firefox bookmarks for years, so now it’s time to place some of the most common (and not so common) in a list on here so that the many others can reference to.

This is a slim list so far as many people are not ready to release an official Framework classification for their CSS. I don’t, but I do use the same setup across most of my projects.

If you see one that is not on this list, please let me know and I’ll keep an updated and continuous list of these much like I have done with my preferred free software post. I’d love to hear what you all have to say about these as well.

LinkedIn Copied?

Terry Apodaca — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:41:43 +0000

I don’t write about many of these things, like when Simplebits (Dan) had their logo ripped off, or when The City Church got it’s design stolen. But this time I haven’t seen anyone write about it.

I was perusing a couple sites that had information on being a professional blogger or just ways to make money at home and off the internet. Come on, who doesn’t want their own home based business and the opportunity to work for themself!!!

Anyway, this is what I came across:

Hey! Who’s that handsome man in that profile?

And then here’s the thief:

And it’s ironic, don’t you think? Why Do Work when you can copy someone else’s stuff? Hmmmm…

Text Editors for Windows (PC) – Notepad++

Terry Apodaca — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:35:28 +0000

I am not going to turn this into a one vs the other or even a review of those that are most popular out there. I know there are tons, some full and rich with features and others that are super light and to the point (just editing text). But, when I am not at work using Visual Studio for my development, I am usually at home writing PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc…by hand.

With that, you usually want to find a nice editor that has the features you want and makes things as simple as possible to complete your task. Here’s a list of some very nice Text Editors for the PC:

Notepad++ (my editor of choice at the moment)
Intype
Crimson Editor
HTML Kit
Aptana
Notepad2
E Text Editor (they say will rival TextMate for the Mac, but I can’t justify paying for one when there are soooo many good ones out there that are FREE)
UltraEdit (again, why pay?)

The main reason I even started this article was because I was getting tired of the simple white backgrounds. Yeah, you can go in and change colors through some of the options, but it’s just not right. You can’t ever get the color scheme correct. So, I did a quick search for a nice theme for one of these editors…and since I already use Notepad++ as my primary Text Editor for my PC at home…I downloaded and installed Port of Ruby Blue theme. And let me tell you, this is one nice theme and it’s very easy on the eyes!!! I highly recommend this theme if you don’t want to spend endless hours trying to get your own theme complete.

Here are a couple I’ve used for the Mac:
Coda
TextMate
Bluefish

These two are kind of different in they are the WYSIWYG editor:
Amaya
Nvu (pronounced N-view)

And this is a nice little Suite of Products with both free Text Editor and WYSIWYG Editor: Trellian, Trellian WebPage, Trellian CodePad. They have a ton of other cool products too…go check them out!