Every now and then I run into a useful resource that bears mention. My latest forays of late have been into Content Management Systems. As the choices continue to grow so does the confusion. As one who realizes that collaboration is the key to growth I think CMS is important- perhaps more so for small publishers and emerging businesses who really need to scale.
If you are into PHP/MySQL based systems have a look at opensourceCMS.com. (Note- they demo both open source and free software packages.) The interesting “twist” to this site is that you get to play administrator. Every two hours the CMS systems are reset. Within the two hour time-frame you get to play diety and kick the tires of the entire system.
A sampling include: CPG-Nuke, Exoops, eZ Publish, Mambo, PHP-Nuke and XOOPS. For those who are into exploring wikis (like me) there are even several Wiki systems you can play with too.
About Wayne Porter
Wayne Porter is one of the original founders of ReveNews.com, and served as the CEO and founder of XBlock Systems a specialized research firm on greynets and malware research before being acquired by unified communications security leader, Factime Security Labs. His work includes serving as a panlist at the Federal Trade Commission to shape legislation on software and the creation of two patent-pending technologies for corporate networks. Wayne is a frequent speaker at e-commerce & business events including CJU, ASW and RSA and frequently cited in the press. He has been designated a Microsoft Security MVP three times and is recognized on Google’s Responsible Security Disclosure page- in addition to receiving the first Summit Legend Award. Wayne currently works as a Security Consultant on Social Media and operates a consultancy on digital worlds. His hobbies include reading science fiction, playing chess, fishing, writing, collecting shiny digital gadgets, playing racquetball and studying memetic engineering. He maintains a personal weblog at WaynePorter.com detailing his explorations in security, web 2.0, and virtual worlds.
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