Popular cms on the Russian market. WordPress content management system. Rating of paid CMS

Let's see what we have in terms of engines for the site - is it necessary to use them, is it better to do it in pure HTML, does the use of a certain engine (CMS) affect promotion, and so on.

What is a site engine

The engine is the system with which you manage the site. The professional name of the site engine is Content Management System (CMS), that is, a website administration system. Any CMS is a ready-made shell for hosting. With its help, the webmaster creates the necessary design, works on the usability of the site, formats the content and does much more. Most engines are easy to use and allow people far from web design and programming to work with them.

The main purpose of engines is to make website management easier.

Before the advent of engines, websites consisted of static pages, which were created manually and uploaded to the server. With the advent dynamic pages the necessary data began to be extracted from the database and sent to the user. The pages contain special scripts that are compiled by programmers. To facilitate the process of creating dynamic sites, engines began to be developed. The interface of any CMS looks like a button menu, with the help of which the cascade of the site and content is built like a constructor.

There are many CMS designed for different types project. Some are better suited for hosting a blog or news portal, while others are better suited for creating and maintaining an online store. To understand which website engine is better, you need to familiarize yourself with popular CMS and their capabilities.

What are the most popular CMS today?

Engines can be paid or free, and have their own advantages and disadvantages. Beginners, when choosing an engine for a website, should first focus on studying free engines, since they should not get into the weeds ahead of time, without knowing for sure what will suit best.

This is my favorite engine. My blog is based on it. is the most popular CMS. More than 50% of websites on the Internet are created on the WP engine. This free engine. Since its inception, WordPress has been an advanced platform with a large arsenal of capabilities.

Main advantages of VP:

• simple installation, configuration and interface;
• availability of large quantities free plugins to expand works that can be quickly connected;
• editing php and css files in the admin panel, inserting text from any editor;
• the presence of html tag macros to automate content design;
• Most WordPress products have been translated into Russian.

As a minus, we can note the case when it is installed a large number of plugins that can cause pages to take a long time to load. If you expect to use complex functionality when working with a site, it may be worth trying other engines.

WordPress is recognized by everyone as the ideal engine for creating blogs. Maintaining and expanding a blog will not be difficult. It’s worth tinkering with the template design, adding convenient functionality, choosing necessary plugins. When new versions are released, do not forget to update. Every beginner will be able to get into this process without any problems.

OpenCart

The best free engine for online stores, in my opinion. OpenCart is a system for creating online stores. The engine is also free and has a diverse set of functions. The CMS is easy to manage and does not require much effort to install and configure.

OpenCart is convenient for on-page optimization. The engine allows you to manually enter page urls. On the category or product page, you can enter title, meta tags and image names. The CMS is multilingual, supports viewing customer order history, and Excel import. In addition to the above, it is possible to create coupons for discounts, gift certificates, place promotions on product pages and create an affiliate program.

The free CMS OpenCart is quite successfully used by small and medium-sized businesses.

Disadvantages include possible problems with. The deleted page may not be returned by this code, which is why the search bot will continue to index it. Thus, there is a danger of “clogging” the index of your site, which will result in problems with search engine optimization. And in general in standard version There are a lot of raw points from an SEO point of view that the programmer will have to finish.

Joomla!

Joomla sits in second place in the top popular CMS, on which about 10% of all websites are created. Not only is Joomla similar to WordPress in many ways, but it also has a number of tools for professional developers that are combined with a simple interface.

There are many fewer free extensions than on WordPress. In general, it’s a problem to get the simplest things, for which plugins have been written on WordPress for a long time.

There is such a site - Jumlan. So, my friend Sanya Arsenkin and I believe that those who make websites on Joomla are complete Joomlans. These people have been collecting sets of plugins and solutions for this CMS for years, and now they are shaking over them, like Koschey, and cannot free their minds and go over to the side of WordPress.

Drupal

The powerful Drupal engine is breathing down its closest competitor, Joomla. More than 7% of developers prefer Drupal to other CMSs. Professionals appreciate the power and thoughtful interface that allows them to work on large sites. The engine has cool but complex tools.

I would like to note the following advantages:

• the presence of hooks allows you to ensure stable operation of the system;
• construction of arbitrary data types and their display thanks to the CCK and VIEWS modules;
• systematization of content by levels, characteristics and categories thanks to the Taxonomy module;
• other modules that allow you to expand the site with blogs, forums, profiles, OpenID.

Cons of the engine:

• a complex system For Not experienced user, requiring programming skills;

Drupal is an excellent engine for creating complex multifunctional websites. This CMS is suitable for creating Internet portals, gaming and other communities, large online stores, and corporate websites.

phpBB

The phpBB engine is a popular CMS among forum developers. Based on the name, you can guess that the engine is written in PHP, which supports all popular databases.

Despite the free distribution, phpBB has wide functionality and a large RuNet community, which also complements the engine’s arsenal of capabilities. Main CMS functions are settings of access rights for the administrator and moderator, recognition of search robots, creation of questionnaires and user groups.

The engine is convenient for both management forums and ordinary users. Having the necessary potential for creating and developing forums, the CMS is not particularly demanding on hosting resources.

punBB

If you need to create a simple forum with simple controls, the punBB engine is the best choice. The free CMS is easy to install and customize. The compact engine is characterized by high operating speed and maximum simplicity.

You will not have a special arsenal of modules and extensions at your disposal, since the system is one of the weakest among forum engines. However, in the admin panel you can quickly understand the settings and necessary functions. The CMS creates a negligible load on the hosting and has a sufficient security system to maintain stable operation small project.

If you want to create a small and simple technically forum for which a large budget and other resources are not planned, then punBB is quite enough for implementation.

MODX

Despite its small popularity, CMS MODX is quite promising and many progers rate it highly. It is also well suited for SEO tasks.


Among the advantages are:

• setting up meta tags for each page of the site;
• ease of creating internal linking;
• creating any design without any restrictions using XHTML and CSS code;
• powerful API;
• expanding the site using chat, forum, catalogs, news lines, blogs, etc.

In principle, the engine can be called universal, since it can be used to create good websites of various types: blogs and other information resources, corporate websites, stores and even social networks. PHP programmers are provided ample opportunities on customization and changes in the working shell. The engine has great features for internal website optimization work. You can set the necessary headings, create CNC, description, etc. CMS is used by both beginners and professionals.

With MODX you can work on multiple sites at the same time. This feature will be very valuable for network site owners.

Bitrix

The paid Bitrix engine is the most popular commercial CMS in RuNet. This system has a clear shell for creating the correct structure by any user. The engine is primarily intended for creating commercial websites.

Main advantages of Bitrix:

• clear interface;
• constant work on safety;
• availability of a wide range of reference materials, manuals, thematic sites for mastering the intricacies of work;
• high level technical support;
• ability to connect popular databases;
• support accounting programs, thanks to which CMS is in demand among corporate firms.

The main disadvantages of the engine:

a Bitrix package with the necessary extensions can cost a pretty penny, the products have a wide price range: 4,000-25,000 rubles;

relatively low performance systems.

Thanks to advanced accounting systems and other modules for economic calculations, Bitrix is ​​the best commercial option for creating a powerful information and computing base for a corporate portal or large online store.

DataLife Engine

DataLife Engine (DLE) is a paid management system developed by the Russian company Softnews Media Group. The engine is quite popular among domestic developers and has long been entrenched in the top ten top systems. DLE is distributed under two types of licenses. The basic license provides an open source script and the ability to update throughout the year. With an extended license, you can copyright the user part, try all the features of the engine and take advantage of additional technical support for the script.

In RuNet, DLE hosts mainly entertainment resources: online cinemas, torrent trackers, video game sites, etc. Sometimes you can find informational sites on DLE, but much less often than on Joomla or Drupal.

CMS is characterized by relatively high resource intensity. With limited hosting resources, you can create a fairly large portal. Also on the engine you can create CNC and page meta tags, which is positive thing when optimizing the site.

Despite the wide range of CMS capabilities, it also has significant disadvantages. The main drawback is the security system. If you look at Yandex statistics, you can find the majority of infected sites that run on DLE. Despite the commercial basis of the engine, security statistics are clearly not on its side, which calls into question the integrity of the developers.

Every twentieth website created on DLE is banned by search engines.

For beginners, the process of updating a CMS can be difficult. Some files will require manual adjustments, which requires some programming skills.

Vii Engine

With Vii Engine you can create a full-fledged social network, like VK and Facebook. The engine is paid and costs approximately $500. In some ways, Vii Engine resembles DLE, but the engine itself is a self-written script. For testing, you can download a hacked version on the Russian Internet.

It is not necessary to consider the Vii Engine as a purely creation engine. social networks. You can try to implement a project in the form of a small community, say, fans of a car brand or a youth site for Pepsi lovers.

Pure html or engine?

Both options have advantages. In general, one or the other option will be suitable for different projects and people. For a beginner, the html set is most likely not suitable, so the choice is up to the CMS. A more experienced user or professional developer, when choosing a method, should evaluate the scale of the project and the time resource.

Advantages of using the engine:

• most CMS are free;
• a lot of reference materials on popular engines;
• all kinds of extensions;
• saving time;
• abundance of ready-made templates;
• in most cases, it is not necessary to know html to design a website.

Positive aspects of writing html:

• high level of security;
• unnecessary code is excluded, which ensures fast loading;
• independent choice of layout type;
• unlimited implementation of any ideas.

A high-quality website written in html is considered more optimized, unlike engine templates. The best option for creating SDL is to use a CMS with manual edits in html.

Experienced developers are ambivalent about the issue of performance. Using pure html for purposes fast loading The site is of a formal nature. You should not miss the fact that performance is affected by the power and channels of the server. A bad server waits longer for a response, which can negate code optimization.

Does choosing a CMS affect promotion?

Arthur Latypov said that they conducted experiments in their SEO company, and came to the conclusion that the engine does not affect promotion at all. I personally agree with this completely. There are so many ranking factors that in the top search results there are various sites, including those made on fake hosting. Everything can depend only on the topic, for example, if it is narrow-profile. Don't fall for the myth that a commercial engine is better than a free one. If you look at the statistics, the percentages are on the side of free CMS. The paid version may provide clear, effective tools, but this does not mean that the free version cannot provide the same capabilities with a more professional approach.

As for SEO optimization, the best engine should include at least the following necessary features:

• manual or automatic filling meta tags (title, description, keywords);
• placement of headings h1-h4;
• no duplicate pages;
• creation of CNC;
• high page generation speed and caching support;
• ensuring the “purity” of the html code.

As noted above, to good engines, predisposed to optimization include WordPress, MODX, Bitrix. There are often problems with optimizing sites on OpenCart. When setting up the boxed version, without connecting the necessary modules, a large number of duplicates are created. The work of creating a CNC also looks strange.

The best solution for creating a great website is to prepare for its optimization at the creation stage. Carefully prepared structure, unique content and a suitable semantic core will be the key to success. Any engine plays the role of a tool that you need to learn to use effectively.

How to determine what kind of engine a site has

You can determine the site engine by source code pages, external elements design and structure, login paths to the admin panel. But more in a simple way is the analysis through special service. Let's look at a couple of services that define a CMS.

The Russian-language service includes a database for the analysis of more than 50 engines. Just enter the website domain and wait a while.

If you don’t find signs of use among the available list, then the site is contained on a rare, perhaps even home-written CMS.

With the help of a cool English-language service, you can find out all the contents of the site. For a more detailed analysis, you can use a paid tariff.

The default service provides the following information:

• server;
• email service;
• hosting provider;
• engine
• frameworks;
• analytics counters;
• JavaScript libraries;
• widgets;
• mobile version support;
• using CSS.

If you have anything else to say on the topic, write in the comments.

CMS – website content management system (Content Management System). In the jargon of specialists - an engine. This is a software shell and a set of tools that allows you to create and manage content, change the design and functionality of the site, ensure security of access, and safety of information.

The features provided to the user differ in each CMS. Some of them specialize in a specific type of website: online store, corporate website, informational portal, landing page. Others are universal. For obvious reasons, we are exclusively interested in modern engines for an online store.

CMS ratings for online stores

The question of popularity and evaluation by users of a particular CMS is not dictated by idle interest. People without experience in developing online stores when planning a project can only trust either expert opinion or the majority. Let’s try to figure out how CMS for online stores are distributed by popularity and how close the majority opinion is to the opinion of professionals. For what? So that you have something to build on when making such an important decision.

The analytical portal CMS Magazine regularly updates ratings of engines for online stores. The placement of a particular system in the ranking depends on the number of sites created on the engine and their authority from the point of view of search engines - thematic citation index or TCI. The rating also reflects the number of partner companies and developer reviews.

This list includes more than 900 engines for an online store, not all of which deserve mention. Let’s study the leaders of this market: here’s how paid CMS for online stores were distributed:

2.UMI.CMS
3. NetCat
4. Shop-Script
5. CS-Cart
6. Diafan.CMS
7. Host CMS
8. AMIRO.CMS
9. Simpla
10.inSales

Most of the items in the rating are “boxed” CMS, which are purchased and installed on the customer’s server. Shop-Script, HostCMS and inSales are tools based on cloud technology (SaaS - Software as a Service), which users use remotely on a rental basis. We will discuss the difference between these solutions a little later.

Free CMS for an online store are ranked as follows:

1. OpenCart
2. Joomla!
3. WordPress
4. Drupal
5. Magento
6. PrestaShop
7. Moguta.CMS
8. django CMS
9. osCommerce

This time consider the demon paid engines We won’t - such solutions are inferior to commercial solutions in terms of security, functionality, and integration capabilities with internal accounting and payment processing systems. In addition, developing serious projects using free CMS for online stores is often not much cheaper than using commercial products. Due to the lack of sane support from both the manufacturer and free software platform, and on the part of the integrator, the cost and time of programmers working on tasks grows in proportion to the complexity of these tasks. The main advantage of free engines is that they are free. Agree, this is not the most important thing for development in the field of online commerce.

"Runet Rating" is a resource that analyzes many important information in the field of digital technologies. Among other merits, there is an annual rating of the effectiveness of boxed, studio, and open source website engines. So, the top paid CMS we are interested in:

1. “1C-Bitrix: Site Management”
2.UMI.CMS
3. NetCat
4. HostCMS
5. CS-Cart
6. Shop-Script
7. AMIRO.CMS
8.DataLife Engine
9. DIAFAN.CMS
10. CMS S.Builder

The positions in this ranking are distributed slightly differently - the methodology, in addition to the number of projects and their TIC, provides for the average attendance of each resource. It seems that this method of estimation is more accurate, but this is highly controversial. Traffic to sites made on any engine is assessed regardless of the specifics of the resource: online store, blog or news site, landing page. But traffic to an online store and, for example, entertainment portal- far from equivalent things. Due to the presence of such a controversial criterion in this evaluation method, we will consider the first rating to be more relevant.

The agony of choice

Choosing the main tool for working on a project based only on other people's preferences is a rather risky business. Approach choosing a CMS should be taken seriously, assessing the goals and capabilities, as well as the features of the systems offered by the market. Remember: there are no downright bad or better engines, only the most successful solutions. Here are the main characteristics by which you should evaluate and compare paid engines:

Openness of the engine code

Varies from completely open program code, to closed “cloud” CMS. Affects the ability to integrate with other systems and services, capabilities fine tuning and expanding functionality for your own purposes.

Security of the administrative part

The functionality and content of an online store should be protected as much as possible from intruders. It is important that the platform architecture guarantees the owner protection from developer errors and makes it as difficult as possible to interfere with normal work site from outside.

Ease of use of the engine

Even professional, complex tools should leave room for a novice user to get comfortable on their own, and content management should be as fast and convenient as possible.

Flexibility of customization, functionality

The rule “the more the better” does not work here. It is important to evaluate the prospects and goals of your project and choose a tool that can satisfy them all, taking into account future developments. Purchasing the most sophisticated edition of CMS for online stores in order to develop a small and simple website is quite unwise. If you find it difficult to choose, discuss the issue with a consultant or your developer. It’s like in medicine: self-medication rarely leads to the desired result.

Integration with other products

Possibilities and ease collaboration with CRM, ERP, IP telephony services necessary for the operation of an online store. Such things are almost never done in “two clicks”, so the complexity and cost of integration work will depend on the chosen CMS.

Reliability and stability

The store website and data exchange with the CRM or accounting system must work without errors or delays, even under maximum load.

SEO optimization

The online store engine should not interfere with search engines properly indexing the site’s content. It should have a logical page structure and high-quality visual editor, do not produce “junk code”. Unfortunately, even popular out-of-the-box CMSs allow users and developers to make serious mistakes in this regard.

Solution cost

The price of the license and its renewal, the volume and cost of work of analysts and designers are taken into account. developers, designers, purchase of additional modules. The cost of an engine license is just the tip of the iceberg, so choosing an inexpensive CMS can entail much higher costs in the long run.

Popularity of CMS

Operating speed

All pages and elements of the site should load as quickly as possible (no longer than 2 seconds), work without freezes and long loading times. This parameter is often underestimated and in vain: low website speed irritates potential buyers, leads to incomplete purchases and worsens search engine rankings.

Visualization of a bad CMS choice

Popular commercial engines, universal or for e-commerce, almost always provide basic functions for the operation of an online store: trade catalogue, shopping cart, integration with delivery services, payment and accounting systems. But functionality differs from functionality and you should clearly know: what your store needs, what you would like to have, and what of this is in the CMS in question. The implementation of functionality also differs greatly from one CMS to another. For this reason, you should trust specialists with proven implementation experience rather than the assurances of the CMS manufacturer.

Most paid engines for online stores come in several editions, differing from each other in the presence of additional functionality. For example, in “1C-Bitrix: Business”, for each product you can keep track of several prices, but in “1C-Bitrix: Small Business” - only one.

In addition to the abundance of engines and their editions, developers sometimes supplement their products with a “marketplace” - a catalog of ready-made solutions and modules that expand the functionality of the engine. Contains both free and paid solutions.

Checklist for choosing a CMS

Let’s create a brief algorithm for selecting and evaluating a CMS:

Form your expectations from the store’s website, down to the smallest nuances. Compose technical task in the language of specialists, this is quite serious work, so it is better to hire a consultant with proven experience. The technical specifications for creating a website generated by incompetent people is, if not a premature death of the project, then a very unpleasant experience.

Break down the requirements into major, important and non-essential. Write it down in list or table form, in priority order.

Check out the functionality of each CMS: are all systems capable of fully satisfying your needs? If yes, which edition? If not, make the appropriate note to add this modification to the terms of reference for creating an online store.

Seek advice from trustworthy developers. We recommend choosing those that work on the same system, since each of them has its own characteristics. Do not trust the project to specialists who claim that they work equally well with several platforms - this is a lie. Describe the requirements for the site, product niche, target audience. Ask for an approximate estimate broken down by expense item. Pay particular attention to how the contractor estimates pre-design work and whether the estimate includes the design phase. Its absence is an alarming signal.

Collect Additional information: Contact the support service of each CMS directly for clarification on questions of interest, compare system requirements, look at examples of popular sites developed on the chosen platform. It would be useful to read discussions of platforms of developers and Internet merchants in their usual habitats.

After comparing all the data, exclude inappropriate CMS from consideration and mark the most suitable ones.

The final decision path looks like this:

What do I want

What CMS are suitable for this?

Which studio can do

How much will it cost

Review of popular commercial CMS

When the issue of choosing and evaluating a CMS for online stores has been sorted out, it is appropriate to do short review on the top 5 engines for online stores. Based on the ranking positions and short description features of each system, choosing a CMS will become much easier.

"1C-Bitrix: Site Management"

1C-Bitrix is ​​a universal product for creating websites, which is convenient for developing resources of all types. A number of advantages brought the system to the top of the ratings.

1C-Bitrix is ​​the most powerful commercial engine for creating any Internet projects. The company has several thousand partner developers, and the number of online stores developed on it is in the tens of thousands. As a CMS for online stores, 1C-Bitrix takes first place in all ratings, including international ones. Finding a specialist or development studio for a project on 1C-Bitrix is ​​much easier than for other products.

This platform has created the most developed project development ecosystem around itself. Thousands of companies of various profiles are able to take on projects of various classes. The customer, however, must have sufficient competencies to analyze the competence of the developer. Another advantage of the engine is safety and reliability. Sites on Bitrix are resistant to attacks, data theft and hacking attempts. Everyone, from hacker gurus to schoolchildren, is trying to “hack” the market leader, so vulnerabilities are recorded and fixed very quickly. In other CMSs they can exist for years.

“1C-Bitrix: Site Management” integrates much more easily than other systems with products from the “1C: Enterprise” family (“1C: Trade Management” and others). Integration with the accounting system is one of the most important stages in the development of any online store.

Among the shortcomings, as a rule, they note slightly increased resource requirements and the complexity of the program code, which, however, can be solved by involving a qualified integrator in the project. The license "1C-Bitrix: Site Management" is slightly more expensive than the average cost of paid CMS, as well as average price hours of development on this engine. The 1C-Bitrix company regularly conducts certification of partner developers. This is a good initial filter in choosing a developer. The company's partners and their competence can be checked on the official website.

In total, two editions are suitable for working with an online store: “Small Business” - 35,900 thousand rubles and “Business” - 72,900 thousand rubles. An annual license renewal costs owners 60% of its cost or 22% if the renewal is done no later than a month after the license expires. Also, the company offers the product “1C-Bitrix: Enterprise” for particularly large projects with a heavy load. License price: from 1.5 million rubles and above, development and licensing - on individual terms. Suitable for large projects that require distributed computing.

Control panel "1C-Bitrix"

We at Art-Fresh Ecommerce Solutions work exclusively with Bitrix and are its gold certified partner. In particular, the edition of this CMS can also be purchased from us (just below).

UMI.CMS is one of the oldest systems among paid engines. A fairly simple engine both for creating a website and for working with it.

UMI.CMS is one of the oldest systems among paid engines. Is different convenient control content, well-researched technical documentation and a fairly low price for a license, but not development. A fairly simple engine both for creating a website and for working with it.

Disadvantages: frequent bugs in the admin panel, difficulty in finding qualified specialists, which can lead to high cost of rework and significant risks when changing developers. The system is well-established for solving standard problems, but developing it for your own unique tasks can be difficult.

For online stores, CMS presents three editions: Shop, Commerce and Ultimate, 22,900, 34,900 and 79,00 thousand, respectively. License renewal - 80% of the cost and 20% subject to advance renewal.

UMI.CMS control panel

Quite functional for its price CMS for online stores. Among the first advantages of the engine is efficiency.

Quite functional for its price CMS for online stores. The company positions the product as a “smart CMS” that allows not only to create projects, but also to increase their efficiency. There is a simple landing page builder and several interesting original modules. Among the first advantages of the engine is efficiency. This applies to both the price of the product and the system’s resource requirements.

Among the shortcomings, the most often noted are errors and illogicalities in the program code, which complicates the work of specialists, and the inconvenience of the interface. The speed of the finished website may leave much to be desired - for high-load projects it is better to prefer another platform.

CMS offers five editions, but only three of them are suitable for online commerce: 14,900, 29,900 and 44,900 thousand rubles. Renewal - 40% of the editorial cost.

Cloud based website builder SaaS technologies. The service combines CMS, CRM and hosting for a future online store.

Website builder using SaaS technology (located in the cloud). Project management takes place on a remote company server and does not require installing software on your own hosting or server. The service combines a CMS, CRM (not on all tariffs) and hosting for a future online store - the user only needs to customize the appearance and functionality, upload a product catalog, optionally integrate with 1C, select a domain and start trading. Great for a first and small online store.

No developer or studio is required; creating a store on your own is quite easy. The company also offers paid setup turnkey online store. Thus, all that is required from the user is a technical specification, ready catalog goods, communication with tech. support.

Distinctive feature engine, in addition to SaaS technology - the presence of useful analytical tools. Shop-Script provides better analysis of traffic, SEO parameters, behavioral factors, profit from sales, customer “cost”, etc. than its competitors. The service is equipped with all kinds of metrics, tests and tools for analyzing everything that makes sense to analyze.

Among the disadvantages are closed code, complexity of SEO optimization, inability to fine-tune functionality and design, lack of expandability and security. In particular, Shop-Script was involved in a scandal when the Yandex search engine absolutely freely indexed the personal data of thousands of users of online stores on this CMS, after which they became publicly available. The cost of a Shop Script license is from 250 to 2500 rubles per month. Turnkey website setup - 10,000, done by company employees.

Today you can no longer buy anyone with payment support for different payment systems or integration with Google Analytics and other systems. All this is already available in free versions. Paid CMSs largely get their users by collaborating with web development studios who “convince” (sell) their clients that they need to make a website on a paid CMS by purchasing a license for it. And the developers themselves receive a partner percentage from sales of these licenses.

Many people mistakenly believe that paid CMSs are more secure than free ones. This is an absolute myth! Today, free CMSs have teams of hundreds of people working on them, and hundreds of thousands of people who are users and report bugs to the developers. This leads to constant testing and fixing "holes" through which the system can be hacked. For a CMS to be secure, it needs to be constantly updated, and whether it is paid or free has nothing to do with this. We have a separate article on website security on this topic, if interested.

How to choose a CMS for a website?

Choosing a CMS should begin with the fact that you clearly know the objectives of the site for which you are choosing a management system. In the recommendations of our experts, we tried to take into account our own experience of using various CMS, and also paid attention to the fact that the system worked well on most domestic hosting sites and did not have excessive requirements for them.

CMS rating for an online store

Paid or free?

Our advice is free! This market segment is so popular that free solutions They provide a lot of functionality. Paid CMSs captivate with their support service (in a paid CMS you ask a question to the developer support service, and in a free CMS you ask a question on the forum), and also try to achieve maximum audience coverage by differentiating the functionality (the more modules are available, the more expensive the CMS version is). However, everyone already understands that modern free CMSs have all this functionality, and you don’t have to pay for it.

Here, the market leaders are both individual engines and bundles of popular CMSs with special add-ons to them, which make it easy to create online stores. For us, purely subjectively, number one n is a combination of Joomla+VirtueMart (official website | Russian website). All the basic requirements for an online store are perfectly implemented here (plus work with popular payment systems is well done), and you can also find many paid and free templates. The only downside is the need to have at least a minimal understanding of Joomla. For a more or less experienced user this will certainly not be difficult. If you don’t want to master Joomla, then see the next line of our rating.

After all, on conditional second (and objectively first) place We are not installing a bundle, but a separate CMS - PrestaShop (official Russian website). There are also practically only advantages: the development team is more than 100 people, 150,000 online stores work on this system, good localization into languages different countries, excellent work with different currencies, etc. Personally, we really liked the convenience, ease of learning and good speed.

On third place We have Magento (official website | official website in Russian | Russian unofficial website) - as many believe, the world's most popular CMS for an online store, which was purchased by eBay in 2011. It will be a little more difficult to figure out than with PrestaShop and it doesn’t work as fast (most users don’t even notice the difference), but it has very powerful functionality, and probably the largest community in the world. The disadvantages include not quite traditional job with MySQL (InnoDB) databases, which can lead to problematic performance with some hosting providers. Although, as a rule, contacting support resolves this issue. Also note that the developers are constantly trying to “sell” you paid version Magento, although in free version The functionality is enough.

Fourth position we give away osCommerce (official website | Russian website). In addition to the fact that it is free, this system has more than 200,000 people in its community, which gives it a lot of possibilities and makes it very flexible and suitable for almost any requirement.

On fifth place We have a combination of WordPress and WP e-Commerce (official website). This is just a plugin for WordPress, and it provides only minimal functionality for online commerce. But given the overwhelming popularity of WordPress among bloggers, the WP e-Commerce plugin itself has become quite popular. In principle, we can only recommend it to WP fans, and for everyone else, we recommend looking at the higher lines of our rating.

Sixth place : openCart is a CMS that is used not only by online stores, but also by regular websites, but it still has a clear focus on e-commerce. This is a rather complex system that can only be recommended to developers. The disadvantages also include not very good implementation of SEO settings, as well as work with goods. Although from version to version these and many other parameters are significantly improved.

Seventh place - Drupal + Ubercart (official website). Not to mention that Drupal itself is quite difficult to master, its add-on for online stores Ubercart is no exception. Among other things, it does not have a large community, which hinders the development of the system. But for Drupal fans, this engine is quite suitable as a first step in mastering e-commerce.

In principle, we cannot make any rating in this section, because... there is obvious market leader - WordPress, and then everyone else comes with a big lag. So if you want your own blog, don’t listen to anyone, and make it on WordPress (official website). WP has a very large community all over the world, which has led to the emergence of a huge variety of modules and gadgets that allow you to create not only a blog, but even a very serious news site or portal. It is also very easy to learn and very often you can find cases where people over 50 who are just starting to get acquainted with the Internet understand it without any problems. One of the downsides is that experienced developers like this system less and less. Reason - constant updates engines, which make the system less flexible to professional settings (addition). But trust us, for the vast majority of bloggers, WordPress is enough.

If you have a personal dislike for WP, then Joomla (official site | Russian site) and MODx (official site | Russian site) are good options for a blog.

CMS rating for websites of various types

For corporate websites, business card websites, and other entry-level and mid-level projects, the following CMSs are perfect:

First place : Joomla (official website | Russian website) - yes, we love it, and we consider it the most suitable for such tasks. It has a stronger engine than WordPress and is easier to understand than Drupal and MODx. There are also many templates that are suitable for any project (websites of photographers/artists, real estate agencies, hosting providers, etc.).

Second place : WordPress (official site) is an engine that is more suitable for blogging, but there are excellent examples of corporate and even news sites on this CMS. Even Ford uses it for some of its projects. Among the advantages we highlight is that it is a fast, understandable, easily customizable engine, with good localization into Russian and many plugins/extensions.

Third And fourth place share MODx (official site | Russian site) and Drupal (official site | Russian site) - these systems have a smaller community and are quite difficult to learn. But nevertheless, they are very good and strong (from the point of view of program code) engines. Therefore, many developers use them to create almost any website for their customers.

UMI.CMS, Bitrix, NetCat - many of our users ask in the comments why these popular systems were not included in our rating? The answer is because they are paid, and in our opinion they do not have obvious advantages over their free counterparts.

There are opinions on the Internet that the more popular the forum, the more programs it might get spammed. It's like thinking "the more popular a CMS, the more people hack it." Yes, more popularity attracts more hackers and spammers. But great popularity is the large number of users who send messages to the developers about hacking, thereby pointing out “holes” in the site’s engine. And the more secure the engine becomes, because... Developers are constantly releasing updates to “patch” these “holes.”

So, first place : phpBB (official site | Russian site) is probably the most popular free forum engine in the world. For first place in our ranking it was enough good set localizations, a large set of modules, ease of use, and also quite frequent updates(this is a big plus for website security). It was also a plus big set assemblies that users make, which allows you to get exactly the kind of forum functionality that most webmasters need. This is considered the most popular assembly.

On second and third places paid engines IPB (official site |) and vBulletin (official site | Russian site). They are approximately the same and we did not see the point in putting them on different lines of the rating. Among the advantages can be noted high speed work, well-developed security and spam protection, as well as very large communities around the world.

On fourth place we install the PunBB engine (official site | Russian site) - this is one of the simplest engines for creating forums. Thanks to this, it works quickly, does not require hosting, is easy to set up, and is also easy to understand. It's also worth mentioning that it's free. The downside is that it doesn’t have as much functionality as CMSs that are higher in the rankings.

On fifth place Vanilla (official site | Russian site) - for the most part, this engine was added to the rating in advance. It is the youngest of the popular CMS for forums, but very promising. It has a user-friendly interface, style, and is made on its own framework, which gives developers great opportunities.

When we're talking about about portals, then webmasters mean wide functionality (news, banners, galleries, FAQ, reviews, comments, accounts, etc.) and high traffic. To ensure that the portal does not load the server on which it is located (if too many visitors come to your site and the server cannot process them, the site will begin to work intermittently), the site engine must be optimized for heavy loads and high traffic. For example, a crooked engine will overload a server with an attendance of 500 people per day.

To provide wide functionality, you need to either install individual modules(for them it doesn’t matter what CMS the site runs on - they work independently), or use a CMS that already has all these modules (or you can add them). We are not considering the first option, because... All these individual modules have a different design and users, for example, going to the FAQ section, think that they were transferred to another site.

The second option is a CMS that would not load the server and would have all the necessary extensions (FAQ, news, etc.). And here we would need to compile another rating, but it is simply impossible to compile it. Because We highly recommend using self-written CMS for portals. Those. look for very high-quality studios that have previously developed large websites and made them on a CMS that they created themselves and for the specific tasks of the project. True, the cost of their services will be from $10,000.

You don’t want to pay that kind of money, but you really want to have a portal? Then pay attention to a combination of such CMS as Joomla (official site | Russian site), MODx (official site | Russian site) and Drupal (official site | Russian site). All of them are free, have many extensions, and can also withstand high traffic.

CMS for knowledge base

There can be no rating here, because... The most popular engine for creating various encyclopedias, dictionaries, terms and knowledge bases is the CMS MediaWiki (official website) on which Wikipedia was created. This engine is free, works on almost any modern hosting, and is also quite easy to use and familiar to most users (try to find at least one “bast guy” who has not visited the Wikipedia website at least once in his life).

Hello friends and colleagues! Today we have another review article. We will consider very interesting topic: which CMS to choose for your website. You will find a review of 11 (as always) popular systems. I hope that this article will be useful for beginners in website building, so I will try to explain as clearly and in detail as possible what a CMS is, why they are needed and how to choose the best option for yourself. So, first things first.

The difference between a constructor and a CMS is that you do not need to buy hosting, download a CMS, or install it on your hosting - the constructors work online. All plugins and templates are also usually provided out of the box. The user is completely freed from the need to deal with the technical aspects of administering his site - the designer does all this for him.

One of the most popular constructors on the Runet is Nethouse. His specialization is primarily online stores, business cards and landing pages. There are two options for using the service: free and paid. With the free option, the user is provided with a third-level domain and rather limited functionality:

As we see, on free plan A third-level domain is provided without the ability to connect your own domain, the number of products is only 10, and the number of photographs is 20.

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Advantages:

• Ease of learning. After registration, the user enters the control panel, which is convenient and understandable. Choosing a template is a matter of a couple of minutes.
• Editing the site structure is also easy and simple; blocks are added or removed in the visual editor.
• With a paid plan you get a free domain.
• You can buy a domain for only 49 rubles. in year.
• Great functionality - everything you need to develop a store is included.
• All actions are carried out practically with just a mouse click.
• Detailed documentation.

Flaws:

• The possibilities for customizing the design are very poor - the templates cannot be reconfigured to suit your needs.
• The HTML code is closed - therefore it will not be possible to insert advertising banners.
• A small number of tariffs - only paid and free, i.e. insufficiently flexible pricing policy.
• Focused on the store - business cards and landing pages look a little pale.

Conclusion:

Choosing a CMS for your store is not easy. If you have a very modest business. Or you are just starting it - perhaps it would be a good option for you to work on paid plans of constructors such as Nethouse. Free - you can, of course, try, but restrictions and a third-level domain will not benefit you.

uCoz

Probably the most popular of the designers is the uCoz service. With its help, you can develop projects of any complexity and any direction. The modules of this service can be used individually - to create online stores, blogs, business cards, or in combination, as part of a large portal.

The main functionality is provided free of charge, including a third-level domain. You can expand the list of services for a fee. Exist tariff plans, which include additional services:

Advantages:

• Rich functionality - you can create any website: a large number of templates, including paid ones, plug-ins.
• Convenient control panel.
• The ability to change the design of templates, order your own unique template.
• Convenient HTML editor.

Flaws:

• Advertising banner – can be disabled for an additional fee.
• Since there are many possibilities, it is not so easy to figure them out, especially for a beginner.

Conclusion:

In terms of functionality and knowledge required to create a high-quality website, uCoz is quite comparable to any CMS. If you want to choose a CMS for a blog or other type of site, but have not yet decided and are thinking about trying your hand for free, this builder may well become your faithful assistant.

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