These last 24 months, the blog has become a complete new way of communication. In addition to traditional information channels such as newspapers, radio and television, the web 2.0-powered internet enables a more modern, rapid information delivery. Blogging, today, is considered as natural as speaking or chatting.

The main actors of the web 2.0 have quickly reacted to the phenomenon, and the number of integrated online blogging solutions has literally exploded. But although blogs are now the most common way to be online, there are still people who either prefer an alternative web publishing method, or require a more robust, customizable solution. Those people generally opt for a CMS — a Content Management System.

A Content Management System is a program used to create a framework for the content of a website. The approach followed by CMSs focuses on the content rather than on the technical functionalities. That content consists of images, photos, videos, sound clips and other electronic documents that are managed through an online interface, and ultimately combined, organized and presented through templates to form a website.

To help you choose the right CMS, to enable you to learn about the different possibilities, and to allow you to forge your own opinion on the subject, we developped the CMS Week concept. In this series of articles, during two weeks, we're going to review twelve CMS solutions, one by day (except on sundays. Sundays is for BBQs and farniente, that's sacred).

Each system has its strengths and its weaknesses. Some are very straightforward and easy to use, others will require a bit of customization. Some integrate all the features you can dream of, others offer only the basics but rely on a plethora of plug-ins. However, these twelve content frameworks have one point in common: they are all open-source.

CMS Week article index

The following list will get updated as we publish new articles in our CMS Week set. You can thus bookmark this post if you feel like coming back later to check for new stuff.