Paid engines. Determining which CMS is best to use. Additional components for Joomla

Although any webmaster should know HTML/CSS and be able to put together something on them themselves, it is not at all necessary to create websites from scratch using only these tools.

The Internet developed, the information flow grew, but the purpose of most sites did not change, and from resource to resource people needed approximately the same set of functions. Naturally, constantly reinventing the wheel, and the same one over and over again, is a thankless, costly and useless task. The solution to the problem of quickly creating sites with similar functionality was CMS - content management systems.

What is CMS

The CMS is the so-called “engine” or “skeleton” of the site - basic functionality with ready-made design themes. The webmaster can only upload the CMS files to the server, configure it to suit his needs, select and, if necessary, adjust the design theme, and fill the site with content - text, photographs, videos, etc.

CMS are written in different programming languages ​​(mostly PHP), but they always use CSS and HTML code, so knowledge of these development tools is always useful.

A CMS can be compared to a program or even an operating system - you install it, configure it and use it. You don’t need to have programming skills for this - you can manage the site through a convenient administration panel, and you can expand the functionality of the resource by installing pre-written extensions - plugins.

Benefits of CMS

A CMS almost completely eliminates the problems associated with creating a website - installing and configuring any modern engine is simple and does not take much time.

To change the text or add a page to a site created manually using HTML and CSS, you need to edit the code. In the content management system, everything is done through the admin panel with a convenient user interface.

Websites on a CMS are dynamic, they can contain thousands and even tens of thousands of pages, they are easy to expand, they are easy to manage, their design can always be changed with minimal intervention or even without touching the system code at all.

CMS classification

All content management systems can be divided into free, paid and self-written.

A separate line is “mobile CMS”, which runs sites optimized for portable devices. Among them there are also paid, free, and self-written ones.

Paid CMS

It is believed that paid CMS are safer than free ones, and there is logic in this. There are fewer sites running on them, which means they are less popular, which means there is much less information on the Internet about how to hack them. And the developers of paid engines care about their image, and therefore they eliminate vulnerabilities in a timely manner and try to prevent them. By purchasing a paid system, you can count on official technical support.

Typically, the website of a paid engine offers several editions, from which the user selects the optimal one, depending on his needs. The versions differ in functionality and, as a result, in price: fewer features - cheaper. When it comes to choosing a CMS, “More expensive” in no way means “Better”. The editor's choice should be based solely on what the site should look like and what functions it really needs.

Among others, there are three very popular paid content management systems.

• 1C-Bitrix. A product that is best used for really large business projects and complex online stores integrated with 1C. There is a huge amount of reference information on the system in Russian. Thanks to its popularity, it will not be difficult to find a site administrator specializing in 1C-Bitrix.
• NetCat. A fast and low-resource system with an intuitive interface, convenient admin panel and good technical support. You can make any website on it: from a business card to a portal, but NetCat is not very suitable for creating an online store.
• UMI. CMS. The system has well-thought-out documentation and a convenient control panel. UMI.CMS even has its own mobile application. However, now the Umisoft company has moved towards the development of its website builder umi.ru.

Free CMS

People do them not for profit, but “out of love for art.” Hundreds and thousands of developers from different countries support free and open source CMS. New plugins and themes are constantly being created for them, updates and patches are being released.

In principle, a free CMS can also be used to create an online store and a corporate portal, and not just a blog or gallery. Such CMSs also have disadvantages. If paid systems are handled by one company for which the image of its brainchild is important, then anyone can write a theme or module for a free engine. Because of this, extensions are not always safe, not always of high quality - the stability of free systems suffers.

Let's look at three common CMSs that are distributed free of charge.

• WordPress. A huge number of websites have been built on this system; today it is the most popular engine. A sea of ​​themes, thousands of extensions, wide support, ease of use are only part of its positive qualities. But the downside of popularity is a large number of vulnerabilities and increased interest from hackers. You have to fight for the security of a website running on WordPress. It is believed that search engines do not favor the resources on this CMS. This can be explained, again, by popularity. There are too many websites of the same type with a template structure and design themes. It’s no secret that for better optimization, the website design also needs to be optimized. See also tutorials on creating a website on WordPress.
• Joomla!. The second most popular CMS. WordPress is more difficult to learn, but more flexible in settings. See also training lessons on creating a website on Joomla.
• Drupal. The system is even more difficult to master than the previous ones, but it is distinguished by incredible flexibility - if desired, you can create a website on Drupal that suits almost any need.

Self-written CMS

These are control systems written to order. Such a CMS will fully meet all customer requirements and fully suit the needs of the project. Any schoolchild will no longer be able to hack it, because there will be no information on the Internet about the vulnerabilities found in it. In principle, there is only one disadvantage of a good self-written system - the price. Moreover, the price of both development and maintenance, because in the future both modules and design themes will also have to be ordered exclusively for this CMS - third-party developers will not write ready-made extensions.

What to choose?

There is no clear answer. It all depends on the budget, goals and personal preferences. Of course, a large portal or online store cannot do without a CMS; using an online builder you can only create websites “for yourself,” and HTML/CSS is more suitable for static and small business card websites. As for the rest, the choice is yours, my preferences will be as follows:

• For business card sites and blogs - WordPress, because This CMS is the simplest and in terms of labor costs it is the easiest to create a project on it;
• For sites with catalogs and filters - Drupal, a very flexible CMS that allows you to create an optimal structure for SEO tasks; also, with minimal labor costs, you can create a project with elements of social networks and small portals. Many people do the same on Joomla, but I personally don’t like this engine, although I learned to make my first websites on it and it is more popular;
• I often use it for client sites Netcat, because it has a convenient admin panel that is intuitive for users even with minimal computer experience. Also, in terms of labor costs, projects are deployed quite quickly on it, which is very convenient for me for commercial purposes;
• For online stores where there is integration with 1C I use Bitrix, especially in cases where you need to use multi-warehouse technology (if 1C has several warehouses with different prices and balances), I also sometimes use narrow-profile engines for online trading Shop Script(paid) and Opencart(free).

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In recent years, the Internet has so rapidly amazed the public that it has not only become a significant part of human life, but also a key factor in business development. The Internet plays a significant role and provides great assistance to companies in doing business and developing it, provides bread for programmers, and is also an excellent means of communication for all people. But what would the Internet be without the so-called virtual information space? This space consists of millions of websites.

It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner who knows nothing about website building, or an experienced professional, you can become part of the virtual space by creating a website. There is only one big question - how? Naturally, you can hire a team of professional designers, programmers and SEO managers who will bring your idea to life, or you can use CMS (content management system).

Of all the huge mass of websites populating the Internet, about 31% use a CMS. Below is a graph showing the historical dynamics of the share of websites on a CMS, starting from September 1, 2011 to September 19, 2012. The graph shows a clear positive trend towards an increase in the share of sites with a CMS, and all because these tools make your life easier. There are many CMSs available, and you can choose the one that best suits you, depending on the goals and specifics of your website.

Figure 1 Dynamics of CMS use in websites for the period from September 1, 2011 to September 19, 2012.

There are many reasons to create your own website. It can represent your business (corporate website), serve as an online store, be a social network, information portal, gallery, blog, forum, and so on. At the same time, as we have already said, there are many different CMSs, each of which can be useful to one degree or another for each type of site. It is worth mentioning that today the so-called open source CMS, that is, free, have become widespread. As a rule, these systems have quite powerful communities that ensure the constant development of the CMS and filling them with various “features”.

In this article we intend to tell you about the advantages and disadvantages of the five most popular CMS. It is possible that this information will help you make the right decision when you want to create your own website. So...

Figure 2 Percentage of use of various CMS

The diagram shows the market shares of various CMS at the present stage. As we can see, more than half of CMS sites use WordPress. And now you will understand why.

WordPress: Rules the Internet!

It's hard to say something new about WordPress. This CMS initially established itself as an innovative blogging platform with high usability. But the development of the system’s functionality has ensured its high popularity among other website formats. Today, the web design industry is in high demand for WordPress development services. WordPress is used everywhere, from personal blogs to e-commerce sites.

Advantages:

• This is the most popular CMS: more than half of users prefer WordPress. Perhaps these statistics are already strong evidence in favor of the advantages of this system;
• The widest range of plugins, themes, widgets for galleries, forums, multilingual, various catalogs, stores, and so on;
• WYSIWYG editor will make life easier for those who have problems with HTML markup and other languages;
• Technical experience is not required. The admin panel is much simpler than in other CMS: PHP and CSS files can be edited directly in the admin panel. For example, you can easily paste text from any text editor, unlike Drupal or Joomla;
• WordPress is also a pretty powerful tool for developers and designers who create websites for clients.

• The system provides a huge field of choice, so the main problem is how to use all its capabilities correctly? This CMS will work much better if you customize the settings correctly;
• If you are a beginner, you may encounter some problems during installation, despite the popular belief that the installation process is easy.

This CMS may be the best option if you need an easy to administer website. The use of this system provides wide, but at the same time simple functionality. WordPress is ideal for news sites or blogs, but, as we have already written, it is also used for other types of sites.

Joomla: cute but small, like your brother's girlfriend

Joomla the next most popular CMS, used by 9% of users. It's somewhere between the richness of developer-focused Drupal and the simplicity of WordPress, but with more development capabilities. Despite this, Joomla has a user-friendly interface.

Advantages:

• Despite its simplicity compared to Drupal, Joomla is a complete development tool;
• Support for access control protocols (OpenID, LDAP, Gmail.com);
• Availability of a convenient admin panel with a wide range of functions: templates, styles, menu management, and so on;
• Simple installation process for inexperienced users;
• And it's also impossible to miss the fact that this CMS is quite beautiful.

• The system is rather superficial and weak, despite all its versatility;
• More paid plugins and themes compared to WordPress. Be prepared to pay;
• For inexperienced users, Joomla may seem to have a lot of unnecessary features, but for experienced users it is too simple.

Joomla– this is the best solution if you are looking for a CMS with advanced functions and features. It provides a richer and more flexible website structure than WordPress.

You can use Joomla to create a corporate website, community or website with e-commerce functions.

Drupal: Strength and power!

About 7% of users prefer Drupal. Developers love its comprehensive power and developer-friendly interface that allows it to create complex websites. And like other "cool" tools, Drupal requires some technical skills that you could do without using Joomla or WordPress.

Advantages:

• The presence of so-called hooks, which allow you to avoid almost any problems in the system;
• The CCK and VIEWS modules allow you to construct arbitrary data types and their display;
• With each new release, Drupal becomes easier to use;
• This system is known for its Taxonomy module, which allows you to organize content by levels, features and categories;
• Drupal has an active and large community;
• A huge number of modules that will allow you to add many features to the site, such as user blogs, OpenID, forums, profiles, and so on, increasing functionality.

• Due to its complexity, Drupal is definitely not suitable for the inexperienced user. In order to customize modules in Drupal, additional programming skills are required. But you can hire a specialist for these purposes.
• Drupal requires advanced technical hardware, otherwise some performance issues may arise. Therefore, you need to be sure that your servers can handle the load imposed by such a complex system.

• This is a good, but technically complex tool for constructing highly functional, versatile and advanced sites.
• Typically, Drupal is used for sites that require complex data organization: forums, online stores, web blogs, corporate websites and community sites.

vBulletin: Bull power for your forum!

This CMS is preferred by about 4% of users. But speaking of popularity, it is worth noting that this system has been losing its market position in recent years. vBulletin provides the user with tools for creating and administering forums and blogs.

Advantages:

• vBulletin is an advanced and innovative solution for creating forums;
• Wide range of blog plugins;
• - Lots of skins and clean code;
• Simple and nice admin panel;
• High level of security, thanks to which a large number of forums have been created on this platform;
• Lots of SEO components.

• This CMS is not free;
• The system has a lot of options, which can be a problem for an inexperienced user;
• If you need to import data from other electronic bulletin boards, you will need to install a separate modification patch.

vBulletin is an advanced tool for creating forums and publishing content. This is definitely a good decision if you decide to make a forum on your blog. vBulletin makes it easy to monitor your website.

TYPO3: last but not a loser

TYPO3 used by 2% of websites using a CMS. Demand for this system has increased significantly since the release of version 4. This is a professional and powerful tool, rich in various features and options.

Advantages:

• The system provides a wide range of features that can be customized or expanded;
• Easy to install;
• Effective management of content and graphic elements;
• Improved login for users and administrators;
• You can easily add content, pages, documentation, images, even if you are an inexperienced user who knows nothing about HTML and web markup.

• Requires good hosting because the system is large;
• TYPO3 is quite difficult to learn;
• There are many holes in the code that developers propose to fix with hashing, but in fact this does not solve the problem.

Hello! When I decided to make a new blog on the Internet, I faced a typical situation for a webmaster. Which engine is best for creating a website on the Internet? I went through a lot of options to choose the best one to achieve my goals. Today I’ll tell you more about it. I will also tell you about the features of choosing such software products.

Let's start with the fact that the engine is a simplified name. This software solution is called CMS (content management system). It greatly facilitates various work on an electronic resource.

Let's consider each point in order.

Paid and free website engines

I decided to make a small selection of popular options. Let's see what happened?

Popular free CMS for the site:

• WordPress (https://ru.wordpress.org/);
• Joomla (http://joomla.ru/);
• Drupal (http://www.drupal.ru/).

Most likely, at least one of these engines is familiar to you. There are plenty of mentions of them on the Internet. This is not surprising, because they are used by a huge number of webmasters from different parts of the world.

We will consider one of the simple content management systems in more detail later in the text. Now let's take a look at other options.

Popular paid CMS:

• 1C-Bitrix (http://www.1c-bitrix.ru/);
• UMI.CMS (http://www.umi-cms.ru/).

Very useful software solutions. You can get acquainted with them in more detail by going to the appropriate address.

Can you guess why I included these particular engines in the top five? There are two reasons for this.

I constantly see that many high-quality hosting sites indicate the possibility of supporting these particular CMSs.

By the way, I dedicated a separate publication to the topic.

From time to time I look at successful resources on the Internet and see that they work using one of the above-mentioned content management systems.

There are exceptions. For example, a unique development created specifically for a specific site. This is a different story.

How to choose the right engine for a website?

Choosing one of them is not an easy task for a beginner. However, it only seems complicated at first. Now we will make sure of this.

Paid options are always better. Sounds familiar? Yes, it is true in most situations, but now there are interesting nuances.

If you have firmly decided to make a successful website, then the choice of engine should be based on a number of factors. It is worth considering the necessary functionality and main goals of the new project.

Without theoretical knowledge and decent practical experience, it will be difficult to choose the optimal CMS for yourself. The task will be greatly simplified if you pay attention to a couple of recommendations.

• Seek help from a professional. In this case, a paid consultation can be much more useful than free advice.
• Look at what engines are used on successful websites with themes and functionality similar to the resource being developed. Service for checking CMS – https://2ip.ru/cms/.

By the way, do you know where to look for professionals? Owners of successful resources, specialists from web development companies, experienced freelancers on . There are many options, you just need to choose.

I’ll add some specifics on my own behalf. For example, for simple information sites, blogs, training systems, and online stores, I consider WordPress to be the best option. For more complex projects - 1C-Bitrix. It is worth understanding that each specific case is individual and must be considered separately.

The best engine for an information site

There are many opinions on this matter. And I, as you already understood, consider WordPress to be such.

Now I will briefly explain why I came to this decision.

• Websites on it can be promoted well in search engines. For example, on my blog it all started with the first goal - and now the figure is already over 1500 and continues to grow.
• The engine is free, relatively simple and easy to use.
• There is a huge selection of free and paid website templates.
• There are a bunch of free add-ons (plugins) if you need to expand the functionality.
• Even if it is necessary to develop and implement additional functionality, the cost of the work is quite acceptable. If similar work is carried out for some paid CMS, then the cost may well jump several times.

There are other benefits, but I won’t make a “kilometer” list. This alone is enough for me to classify WordPress as the best engine for creating information websites. This is my personal opinion, formed on the basis of many years of observations.

Let me note an important nuance. Regardless of the choice of engine, there will be no decent results if you approach website development incorrectly. Are you familiar with the professional intricacies of technical configuration, compiling a semantic core and other necessary work? I have already talked about certain nuances; at the beginning of this article I gave a link to a thematic selection of materials.

Would you like to get help from professionals by taking part in a step-by-step training program on creating, promoting and monetizing a blog from scratch? This opportunity is provided at this school.

Information about which engine is best for creating websites on the Internet is now nearing completion. It was interesting? Leave comments.

I continue to prepare new materials. I regularly publish them on the blog, and add announcements to the social pages created for this blog. You can find the corresponding transition icons in the right side column. There is also a free thematic email newsletter.

Good luck with choosing a CMS and simple human happiness! See you later.

Choosing the right engine for a web resource ensures the success of its operation and the effectiveness of achieving the goals set for the site. Today there are hundreds of different engines: popular and not so popular, commercial and so-called open-source.

Usually, as part of articles about engines, we present an overall ranking of the top 10 website management systems. Here we will expand the information a little; below you will see several ratings of different CMS types.

So, the first top represents commercial systems. They were created specifically for the purpose of making a profit from sales of licenses and add-ons. Nevertheless, such engine options lead in quality and popularity. No wonder they say that you have to pay for everything :)

Open-source are so-called free systems, which manifest themselves in free access to copying a program and distributing it. Attention! They are not necessarily free.

Characteristics

1C-Bitrix

This software is in first place in the ranking of boxed engines and in the overall top. What did she do to deserve such recognition? Many developers choose such an engine if they need to create a large portal, online store, information resource or website of any other type. It is advisable to use this system specifically for large projects, since Bitrix requires the same large investments.

It is often chosen for creating online stores due to its integration with a wide 1C base. The advantage in this case is also that you can set up various promotional programs for buyers, as well as divide them into different rates for several legal entities.

In general, web resources made on this engine are distinguished by the quality of their work, the ability to add many modules, excellent protection against third-party attacks, the separation of rights of several administrators, and the integration of the site with Yandex. Market and other services.

Joomla!

• extensive tools that can be expanded even further by installing various extensions (additional modules, plugins);
• high security, including multi-level authorization of administrators, as well as division of rights for moderators;
• the ability to choose from an extensive catalog of templates - you can change the appearance of the site, in addition, there is a special option for creating an individual layout; in general, many people like Joomla precisely because many aspects can be customized;
• Updates are constantly coming out.

Joomla websites have a fairly flexible structure thanks to all the listed advantages. Initially, this engine was created for corporate websites, blogs, business card sites, but in general it works great with e-commerce portals and social platforms.

Drupal

When it comes to the question of which cms is better, you can definitely pay attention to Drupal. This is a powerful engine, aimed primarily at complex web portals and professional administrators. Working with this program requires some training and previous experience.

Let us list the advantages of this system:

• synchronization with partner sites;
• short convenient addresses;
• the ability to change the “themes” of the site, choose from the proposed options;
• translation option into different languages ​​is available;
• the function of creating web portals with similar elements (a single user base, for example);
• mechanical protection of the load on the web portal (for example, when the load is too high).

Drupal is suitable for advanced sites: online stores, large communities. In other cases, it is unlikely that the time, physical and material costs will be justified.

MODX

If you are wondering which cms to choose on a financially affordable basis, we recommend that you pay attention to MODX - professional-grade software that is suitable for providing a variety of sites.

Distributed under license, it belongs to the second group of our open-source rating, but in terms of popularity it occupies an honorable fourth place in the top ten.
It is logical to assume that such demand is associated precisely with the ability of everyone to use this system for e-commerce and other purposes.

A definite plus is that MODX can run on almost all web servers and interacts effectively with different browsers.

UMI.CMS

UMI.CMS is the final position in the top five engines. Almost all developers note the functionality of this content management system:

• ability to work in several languages;
• a large selection of different templates;
• adaptive design;
• for online stores, you can track various statistical data such as information on the amount of the average check.

At the same time, UMI.CMS is also cost-effective.

WordPress

WordPress is the answer to the question of those who are looking for how to choose a cms that is simple, understandable, but at the same time functional. Indeed, technical knowledge in working with this engine is not at all necessary; the developers tried to make the interface as simple as possible. Moreover, such simplicity is an advantage even for professionals.

By creating a web portal based on this engine, the webmaster does not have to worry about how it will be filled without his participation, because the administrator has a large number of instructions and ease of management at his disposal.

Using WordPress, it is easy to create blogs, news resources, and any portals where you need to quickly add content. The best part is that the functionality can be increased by installing various plugins at an affordable price.

NetCat

NetCat is one of the options for those who are looking for which cms is better to use to create a website for electronic media, a store, create a corporate resource and other complex projects.

NetCat allows you to develop portals in a mobile version and also supports adaptive design. For a high-quality management system, it is necessary to have good functionality for search engine promotion, integration with payment programs, the 1C database and other useful services. NetCat meets these requirements.

Many people consider NetCat to be an intuitive engine. It is useful that the interface can be divided into two: for the user and the developer, and for use there is no need to use complex technological solutions.

HostCMS

What can you say about HostCMS? If it is in our top, it definitely deserves attention. And here are the reasons.

• There are no special requirements for hosting and servers.
• Effective SEO optimization of sites based on this engine (you can specify meta tags, create simple page addresses, etc.)
• Works great with high traffic sites.
• Ability to exchange data with the 1C system.
• The cost of the small business version is about 6,000 rubles, but the user receives a fairly functional engine with the ability to expand the toolbar.

CS-Cart

Many people choose CS-Cart to work with online stores, since website developers based on this system are provided with an extensive toolkit:

• convenient organization of Internet marketing;
• good form of working with orders;
• the ability to easily add content;
• good SEO optimization of resources based on this engine;
• creation of adaptive website design;
• integration with various services such as 1C or Yandex. Market.

Amiro.CMS

In total, the set of this content management system consists of about 60 modules, which are enough to launch a high-quality web resource on almost any subject.

So, we’ve finished our review of dozens of leading content management programs; now it’s time to turn to the capabilities of the online generator engine.

System from LPgenerator

Of course, when we talk about how to choose cms for a website, we cannot forget about the advantages and capabilities of online one-page generators. This is an excellent solution for both beginners and professionals.

Based on LPgenerator, you can create landing pages of various types. This could be a business card website, for example.

Or a mini online store.

Or a portal through which a simple presentation of a service/product takes place.

Users have at their disposal a convenient editor, as well as hundreds of templates in , which can be redesigned for a niche business, then easily assign their own domain, synchronize it with the necessary services and optimize it.

Choose what you think is the best option for you, but don't neglect the really good deals.