Types of CMS, Forums, and Blog Publishing

Softwares

Website Management Systems

● CMS (Content Management System) 1. Free and Paid2. Self-Hosted and Hosted

● Blog publishing platform● Forum1. Free and Paid2. ‘Standalone’ and ‘Plugin-Like’

Free Forum Platforms

Also called ‘discussion board’, ‘bulletin board’, ‘forum’

★ Supported Version 3.0.12

★ MODs Creation

★ Vulnerable Security

★ Q/A CAPTCHA

★ Supported Version 1.8

★ Themes and Plugin

★ Powerful Protection

★ Register Time Control

★ Supported Version 2.0.6

★ MODs Creation

★ User-Friendly

Paid Forum Platforms

★ CMS + Discussion Board

★ Out of the box functionality

★ Theme Diversity Available

★ Supported version 5.0.5

★ Paid Upgrade

★ Invision Power Services

★ Tags and Categories Creation

★ IPS Spam Monitor

★ Supported version 3.4.5

★ Version and Modules Compatibility

Hosted CMSs

➔ www.blogger.com ➔ www.tumblr.com ➔ www.wix.com

★ Powered by Google

★ Built-in Functionality

★ Free Themes Available

★ SEO Friendly

★ Co-owners

★ Visual Representation

★ Social-Media-Like Interface

★ Easy to Get Followers

★ Plain Content Options

★ HTML5 web-publishing platform

★ Coding-Free Functions

★ Non-Editable Template

Self-Hosted CMS

● Developed for Wiki Projects

● For High-Traffic Websites

● Developer-oriented

● CMS/CMF + Workflow

● Flexibility

● Well-Organized Documentation

Self-Hosted CMS

Drupal● Developer-oriented● CMS + CMF (content management framework)● Schedule of New Versions● Powerful Security System● Modules, Themes● Customizable

Joomla● More user-friendly than developer-oriented● Extensions, Templates● SEO-Friendly Gap● Painful Upgrade

WordPress

★ User-Friendly CMS Platform★ Plugins and Themes★ Out-of-the-Box Upgrade★ SEO-Friendly★ True CMS or Blog Publishing Platform

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems

https://drupal.org/

http://wordpress.org/

http://www.joomla.org/

https://www.phpbb.com/

http://www.mybb.com/

http://www.cms2cms.com/

http://www.cms2cms.com/blog/dont-be-so-serious-its-wordpress/

http://www.cms2cms.com/blog/wordpress-cms-jazz-rhythm/

http://www.simplemachines.org/