Open Source Web CMS Scripts
As a founder of the Pligg content management system, nothing frustrates me more than to see everyone and their mothers using Wordpress on their sites when it’s really not called for. I have nothing against using Wordpress for your blogs and other projects, in fact I use Wordpress on this very website, but many people end up using it just because they don’t know of the many other solutions out there that might do a better job accomplishing your goals for your website.
This post is dedicated to those who aren’t familiar with what free scripts are available and I will do my best to describe what each content management system is capable of and what they are best used for. This list is by no means exhaustive, but I try to address many of the more common CMS solutions and demonstrate some of the more interesting ways to use them. I will not cover forum software, since they will be covered in their own post in the near future.