BEST CMS FOR CREATING BLOG//by Aahil
Content Management Systems (CMS) like
WordPress and Joomla are very popular these
days.
The main reason for their popularity is that they
offer starters and non technical users a way of
creating powerful websites or blogs whilst being
robust enough to handle the busiest types of high
traffic websites.
They are also extremely adaptable with
thousands of extra plugins which can add every
conceivable type of feature and function to a
website.
Even better, the most popular CMS like
WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Ecommerce
CMS like Prestashop and Magento Community
are free, opensource software that can be
installed with one click using a tool like
Softaculous via your cPanel control panel.
Which Is The Best CMS?
There are tons of CMS available so making the
best choice depends on your situation. Let’s
have a run through some of the options,
including:
WordPress
Ghost
Serendipity
All these CMSs are available in Softaculous and
you can install it with a single click. Let’s look at
some of the advatages of some of these blogging
CMS platforms.
WordPress
WordPress is the world’s most popular CMS and
is perfect for bloggers although it is often used to
build the complete website, not just the blog. It
also has Ecommerce capabilities with paid
Ecommerce options like WooCommerce.
As well as being free, there are hundreds of free
themes that you can use. You can install
WordPress themes easily via the WordPress
administrator interface and add/delete/modify
pages with ease.
There is a large and active WordPress
community and they update this free web
software in a regular basis which helps you to
stay on top of your site’s secutity. Important
features are: flexibility, user and media
management, easy theme system, extend with
plugins functionality etc.
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Ghost
Ghost is a platform dedicated to blogging and
describes itself as ‘A publishing platform for
professional bloggers’.
Probably the best feature of Ghost is its
simplicity and elegance. It is coded in Node.js
and hence is not vulnerable to attacks and hacks
as much as other CMS coded in PHP . The initial
configuration of Ghost is extremely simple and
straightforward. It offers you complete
customization, basically you can build it the way
you want. You can even write your own themes
if you want your own design. Since the code and
MIT license is open, there are no restrictions at
all in terms of customization. One really
useful feature in Ghost is the split-screen editing
that allows users to see the preview of the post
(exactly how it would appear after publishing) at
the time of writing.
Serendipity
Serendipity is a weblog or web based CMS
intended to allow users to easily maintain an
online diary. Similar to WordPress, it also has a
wide range in website design, possess flexible,
expandable and easy-to-use framework. Also
the features and functionality can be modified
with the help of plugins. Important features are a
robust editing interface, anti-spam comment
moderation, standards compliant, easy
upgrading, flexible input/output etc.
We support all these CMSs in our servers and
our 24/7 support team can provide basic-
intermediate support to all these applications.
Recommendations
Choosing the right Blogging CMS depends on
your needs. Overall though there are a lot of
positives for WordPress. It is the most popular
CMS for good reason. It is easy to get to grips
with, it is well supported and maintained, it is
free, there are loads of Themes and Plugins and
it performs well in terms of SEO.
You can install WordPress free with just one
click using our hosting plans.
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