Open-source Content Management Systems: News & Resources

CMS Expo
May 3-5, 2010
Evanston, Illinois (north of Chicago)
$279 for one day, $779 for three days.

A three-day conference for web designers, developers, and managers. This is the fourth annual conference, featuring six tracks relating to open-source content management systems:

WordPress Training
Drupal Training (Drupal founder Dries Buytaert will be keynote speaker)
Joomla! Training

Power Track: for third-party developers of add-ons, apps, plug-ins, themes, templates, components, modules, and services.

Business Track: insights on how to run, promote and structure a web business for success and maximum ROI. From usability to SEO and marketing techniques, from Twitter and social media practices to Google Analytics and e-commerce.

Foundations Track: "agnostic learning" track provides the foundation-level skills needed to create and manage the best websites, including: PHP, Javascript, QueryPath, MySQL, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, etc. 

2009 Open Source CMS Awards
Packt Publishing announced the winners of its annual awards in November 2009. Packt publishes how-to books on WordPress, Drupal, content management, web development, and many other subjects; also a monthly newsletter. Here are the 2009 award winners:

Overall Best Open-source CMS: WordPress
     (Runners-up: MODx, SilverStripe)
Most Promising Open-source CMS: ImpressCMS
     (Runners-up: Pixie, Pligg)
Best Open Source PHP CMS: Drupal
     (Runners-up: WordPress, Joomla!)
Best Other [not PHP] Open Source CMS: Plone
     (Runners-up: dotCMS, mojoPortal)

In 2008 the overall winner was Drupal, and the Most Promising winner was SilverStripe. See all previous years' winners (2006-2008) here.

Comparing WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone
A white paper from idealware, issued in March 2009. The main attraction is a comparison chart, which occupies a single page. There are 45 pages of explanation and notes about how the study was conducted. Here are some highlights (in each category, I'll indicate which CMS received an "excellent" rating):

Ease of hosting and installation Ease of setting up a simple site Ease of learning to build complex site Content admin ease of use Graphical flexibility Structural flexibility User roles and workflow Community / Web 2.0 Functionality Extending and integrating Scalability and security Site maintenance Support/community strength

WP, Joomla, Drupal WP WP, Joomla WP all four Drupal, Plone Plone Drupal Drupal, Plone Plone WP all four

 

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