A lightweight CMS
"Content Management System"
What is a Content Management System (CMS)?
A content management system (CMS) is software that enables users create, manage, and modify content on a website without the need for technical knowledge. In other words, a CMS lets you build a website without needing to write code from scratch (or even know how to code at all). 'Lightweight' means simply built: fewer files and easier to use.
This is Qwwwik CMS
See also superMicro CMS »
This website is built with Qwwwik, a lightweight content management system that stores all the content in plain text files and not a database. Qwwwik is an even simpler manifestation of superMicro CMS which is already simple. I have been developing this "lightweight CMS" for my personal use since 2008, initially named 'Le CMS' then 'La Plume Micro CMS' then 'superMicro CMS', all based on the same principle of ease of use and simplicity of construction. All those systems are similar and are all built with PHP, a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. WordPress and Facebook also use PHP.
Default install here »
Features
- Very easily installed by unpacking the ZIP, uploading the files, then install with two clicks and start writing web pages.
- One-click backup then download the ZIP and have a simple text file for every page you made. Do this occasionally and your content is (i) safe and (ii) easily transportable.
- Simple to use admin panel: write pages, passworded pages, upload images, create backups, all easy as pie.
- HTML helper to copy and paste markup for images, slide shows, videos, menus, lists and all the other standard HTML features like bold text, italic text, coloured text, quoted text, horizontal lines, coloured blocks – you name it.
- All done online, including editing styles to change the look of the site (requires a knowledge of cascading style sheets or CSS).
- Optional search page, contact page, visitor comments and selective spam filtering.
- All the PHP scripts are fully commented to be easily understandable for editing as desired (requires some knowledge of PHP but nothing too complicated or advanced).
- Ready-made theme (mobile friendly).
- Tried and tested since 2008.
For more information see Qwwwik or superMicro CMS. They both work the same way but Qwwwik is the simplest.
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