"Content management remains an unsolved problem. Untold billions of dollars (and hours) have been spent building commercial, open source, and custom content management systems since the first Web page was pushed to a Web server using FTP, and yet they all still suck." High five!

"A Wordpress CMS plugin, focuses in simplifies content management for the admin creating custom write panels also with Magic Fields you will be able to create (in a very easy way) custom fields for your write panels."

"Before there were blogs we had websites. Beautiful, random websites that felt more like a zine — one page looking nothing like the one before or after it."

"This document aims to lay out the pros and cons of two popular web publishing platforms: The PHP-based Drupal content management system (CMS) and the Python-based Django framework." With a bit of Wordpress thrown in.

"Partners have little or no incentive even to investigate non-fee-producing options. Therefore, open source or lower cost, more out-of-the-box CMS solutions are rarely if ever offered as possible solutions. In fact, my experience found that more times than not, the Big 5 partner already knew exactly which CMS solution she was going to pitch before she walked through the client’s door. This was something that never ceased to amaze me, but the lesson here is to beware of software recommendations from any Big 5 firm." No shit.

"A full-featured content management and website development system, with Django templates and a custom data model integrated with GIT."

Hosted, accessible CMS solution from Nomensa.

"I persevered, I obediently followed the tutorial, and I discovered all the things that make Django such a powerful framework; the excellent separation of concerns, the superb templating system, the lack of so-called front-end “helpers” that cripple other server-side frameworks. I think Gareth was really onto something when he noticed the way that the web standards world appears to be choosing Django."

"A really little content management system for when you (or your clients) need to edit content without the hassle of setting up a big CMS."

"Humane Content Management for Rails"

"An open-source collection of re-usable apps for the Django Web Framework. By integrating numerous reusable Django apps to take care of the things that many sites have in common, it lets you focus on what makes your site different."

"A simple Django CMS that can be used stand alone or with your existing Django site."

"A blog engine, written on Django"

"To summarise this little call for input: any suggestions, hints, and recommendations on open source content management and portal software are welcome."

provide some control on how Wordpress displays the hierarchy of its page menu.

A blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is driven by PHP and MySQL (with some AJAX thrown in) [...] Chyrp destroys the fine line separating a blog and a tumblelog."

"A simple rule for good web sites: content is golden. In an accessibility context, structured content is golden. It a core responsibility of the site owner to ensure this is followed (not just the developer)."

"I'm designing a small site for a restaurant, and all my client will really need to do is replace the content on existing pages (menus, reviews, news/events) rather than adding and archiving lots of content. My dream solution would also have a pretty simp

Since this is a technology blog I want to focus on just a couple of technical areas that I’ve been tracking — templating and layout, and some of the issues we’ve had there.

How do you go about choosing an accessible content management system (CMS)? What are the main criteria for success? And how to ensure ease of use for authors including screen reader users?

"To implement a successful content management system, we have to go beyond business process and technology and understand how the organization, as an organism, interacts with and uses its content."

"A gathering of open source tools, plugins, APIs, and code for use with RedDot CMS."

"Community site for users of Open Text's RedDot Content Management System."

RedDot tracking on CMS Watch

XSLT-based CMS. Recommended by Fazal.

"In a two-part article (Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1), Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 2)) published on Digital Web Magazine, Chris Heilmann explains some accessibility mistakes he has encountered and how Web developers can avoid them."

"User-centred design and internet software development for inclusive, accessible web communication"

"It is easy to get caught up in the detail of the requirements and the CMS project, losing sight of the overall objectives and process."

"A web-based WYSIWYM editor."

"There is another kind of editor that is better suited than WYSIWYG for content-driven, client-edited sites - the WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) editor."

"Not a full fledged comparison of both products, but I thought it might be of interest for other people as I came out with some interesting differences that might help someone else make their mind about them."

"I can imagine that some people are considering [ExpressionEngine] as blog tool and I want to give them an introduction."

"a 5 minute demonstration of the open source content management system eZ publish"

"Open Source Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP". YACMS.

"Generally, it means to use WordPress as a more conventional CMS, for less blog-ish content and presentation style. We’re looking at portfolio sites, news and magazine sites, article libraries, gallery sites, photologs, e-commerce sites, and many more."

"A simple, but effective way to give an extreme visual example to show the editors that something has gone horribly wrong"

"A no-fluff, open source content management system designed for small teams."

"Quick & Easy Accessible CMS, Weblog and Podcasting Software."

"Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) - Document Management, Collaboration, Records Management, Knowledge Management, Web Content Management and Imaging."

"A rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly d

"An open source PHP Application Framework"

"Describes how we used one blogging package (WordPress) to replace a traditional content management system (phpWebSite) to run a community website."

"an OO PHP framework with the core modules licensed under BSD"

"Here in Part II, I'll examine usability through the lens of system functionality. What does it mean to have a usable workflow? Can a "Help" subsystem make up for the inevitable gaps in user training and understanding? How can authors find what they need?

"In conference rooms around the world, authors are standing up and declaring, 'Our CMS tool sucks!'" No shit.

"A full-stack, open-source web framework in Ruby for writing real-world applications with joy and less code than most frameworks spend doing XML sit-ups"

"A fast, powerful, and language-neutral HTML template system."

"The goal of accessibility faced multiple challenges, all which are part of a bigger challenge"

"An easily installed, easily customisable WYSIWYG editor for simple content. It replaces existing textareas with an improved editing pane using JavaScript"