Category Archive: CMS (Content Management)

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.52)
August 23, 2010 - 2 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Javascript,Twitter News,Web Apps,Web Design

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week. If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by subscribing to our [...]

30 Grid-Based WordPress Themes
July 21, 2010 - 31 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Web Design,Wordpress

Grid based layout designs can be very useful for building structured, usable and content rich (not limited to) websites. Grid design certainly has some major benefits for developers (its really easy to to plan where things should go), but its real power lies in what it can do for your readers and users. With a [...]

14 Light and Easy to Use Open-Source Content Management Systems
July 19, 2010 - 28 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Web Design

An all singing and all dancing CMS (who uses all of there features anyway?) is not always the best option for every web design project, sometimes all you need is something with a little less punch, something with a smaller learning curve and something that is really, really light. All of the CMSes below can [...]

9 More Useful and Free Downloadable Web Design Books
July 13, 2010 - 32 Comments
Ajax,Application,Blogging Platforms,CMS (Content Management),CSS,Cheat Sheets,Darn Good Read,Ebook,Javascript,Web Apps,Web Design

A few months ago we published a popular article called 12 Useful and Free Downloadable Web Design Books, and the positive response we received from our readers was phenomenal. But, just as there is with most things, there is always room for improvement. With the help of readers and authors we have discovered another 9 [...]

A Review of the Best and Most Intuitive Flash CMS Solutions
May 12, 2010 - 15 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Flash Design,Frameworks,Web Design

Despite the rumors, Flash websites are still very much popular. Flash does provide a unique and rich user experience with its amazing animations, unique effects, its somewhat genius interactivity. Yes, Flash can be beautiful, but it is also very difficult to learn and is certainly very difficult to easily update (especially for clients) and maintain. [...]

HTML5 video Libraries, Toolkits and Players
April 23, 2010 - 26 Comments
Ajax,CMS (Content Management),CSS,Javascript,Web Apps,Web Design

For the most part, Flash has always been the standard for showing video on the web (think of YouTube and Vimeo), supported in all browsers with the only exception being the iPhone and most recently, the iPad. But now, with HTML5, the new video tag is creeping into our lives and opening up many new, [...]

45+ Fresh WordPress Tutorials, Techniques and Hacks
April 5, 2010 - 32 Comments
Blogging Platforms,CMS (Content Management),Tutorial,Web Design,Wordpress

The growth and popularity of Wordpress continues to spiral to a seemingly endless end. It continually proves itself time time and again that it has very few limitations, and is rapidly pushing itself to being, if not the best, but certainly the most versatile CMS available. Out of the box it is certainly not perfect, but in the hands of the huge WP community, it might just be.

Joomla, WordPress and Drupal – Should you look outside the big 3?
February 4, 2010 - 60 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Drupal,Joomla,Reader Opinion,Wordpress

Todays post is a guest opinion article from Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos, he shares his thoughts on how to choose the best CMS and to not be limited to only, as he calls them, The Big Three (Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal). What are your thoughts on CMS selection? Which is the best, and why?

Tutorials, Resources and Tips for Joomla! Template Development
August 14, 2009 - 7 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Tutorial,Web Design

Taking the step into a new Content Management System (CMS) can be a daunting prospect. Sometimes you just have to take the step, it could be a client requirement, or simply that the new CMS is tailor made for your current projects spec. Whatever the reasons, it is best as a web designer, to have the knowledge of several CMSs and not be limited to only one.

40 Professional and Free Drupal CMS Themes
June 24, 2009 - 30 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Web Design

The massive Drupal community, headed by its 2000 developer account members, offer a huge range of free resources. As with the nature of anything open-source, the resources available for Drupal, are (mostly) free, professional and high quality.

15 Amazing, Free and Professional Joomla! Templates
April 2, 2009 - 34 Comments
Blogging Platforms,CMS (Content Management),Joomla

Joomla, the free open source CMS, is still number one when it comes to building a big, robust and professional websites (WP must be catching up quickly with its great progress). It has a pretty solid reputation as a CMS. The only downside, the community never really had a great resource of free templates, until now.

2200 CMS Load Time Comparisons, Which is the Fastest?
January 15, 2009 - 5 Comments
CMS (Content Management),Wordpress

I received an email from the Admin of Page Load Time at the start of this week, informing me that they had tested the Page Load Times of 2200 web sites, here are the results.

May 18, 2008 - 15 Comments
Blogging Platforms,CMS (Content Management),Drupal

I love Drupal, It is a very powerful CMS that is easy to use and configure. Very little programming knowledge is needed, but will still accomplish so much. If there is anyone that hasn’t used Drupal before, I would definetly recommend it, it is a major step up from WordPress. Below are ten resources to [...]

February 3, 2008 - 42 Comments
Blogging Platforms,CMS (Content Management),Web Apps

The obvious choice for Number 1 is WordPress, it is the most versatile and flexible platform that I have come across. But, that is my opinion, WordPress seems to fit my needs 9 times out of ten. Our needs and that of our clients are different, don’t get me wrong I am not saying that [...]