CMS - Content Management System design

is the term that is used to describe a Web application that allows easy maintenance without special programming knowledge. With the use of a WYSIWYG interface the customer can edit the whole Website remotely without the use of special editors like Dreamweaver ©, GoLive©. CMS applications vary from e-commerce focused applications like Interchange©, WebGUI © which is more for simple content changes, to Plone © which has a "Wiki" architecture that allows easy collaboration among different departments within segmented company structure. Plone consists of different "plug-ins" which create a powerful suite of useful Web apps which runs on Zope©, a Web Application Server. There are many CMS applications available, though most are commercial costing thousands of dollars in licensing fees. We have chosen to work within the Open-Source community of applications which are consistent with our philosophy of the Internet as being an "Open Collaboration" for the common good of the medium. Plus "Open-Source" is FREE, though donations to the developers are common courtesy.

There is a great CMS comparison and evaluation site at http://www.opensourcecms.com/ which details different open source Web Applications and lets programmers and users evaluate each.

• WebCalendar - WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, or as an event calendar viewable by visitors.
• Xaraya - Xaraya's modular, database independent architecture introduces tools which separate form, function, content, and design. Xaraya delivers the requisite infrastructure for a fully dynamic multi-platform Content Mangement Solution (CMS).
• WordPress - State-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
• phpwcms - Very easy to learn with flexibility to separate layout and content.
• Plone© - plone.org - Plone: A user friendly and powerful open source Content Management System
• WebGUI© - WebGUI (pronounced web-gooey) is one of the most popular open source content management systems (CMS) available today.
• Interchange© - Content Management System for ecommerce website development.