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The most efficient and light-weight CMS
I'm working on templates for CompactCMS. See tutorial section.
CompactCMS might just be the tenth CMS you considered using for your website. If that's true, ask yourself why you haven't found the right Content Management System just yet. If flexibility and efficiency come to mind: read on! CompactCMS is not your usual "fully loaded", "handle all fuss" and "too many features" CMS. Instead, it pretty much leaves all the designing and programming up to you, but makes editing the content easy without getting in your way. CompactCMS supports your way of working.
Some core features of CompactCMS:
- Administration: one page handles it all, fully AJAX loaded
- Modifying content: a truly no fuss, efficient WYSIWYG editor
- Template system: design it once, use it all the time
- You're in control: use your favourite editor for delicate programming
- Fully SEO-proof: friendly urls, dynamic site map and structured page lay-out
- Completely free of charge for personal use
The aim of CompactCMS is to help designers and programmers to not stand in their way while developing a website, but provide their end-users with a reliable and easy to use Content Management System.
Recent changes in version 1.2
Since I do not want to make CompactCMS too extensive - there are enough of those packages already! - I decided to try to optimize possible security glitches. Although no real risk exists since version 1.0, the newest version does fix some low-risk potential glitches. Furthermore I made the error reporting more sophisticated to better help new users adopting CompactCMS.
Version 1.2 is still fully compatible with Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. Safari remains untested.
The main benefits of the latest release of CompactCMS include (changed since RC1)
- A spelling checker. Supporting the English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French and Italian language.
- An easy to use image manager allows you to upload/delete images directly to and from the server and include them within your pages.
- CompactCMS automatically generates a XML site map file to be used with (e.g.) Google Webmaster tools. See the site map for this website.
- Automatically check for new updates of the script from within the administration. Never miss an important update.
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) friendly. Friendly urls, headings, clear code and a low code to text ratio.
Note: for stability, security and compatibility reasons it is suggested to update to the latest release.
