Find the best CMS and started working with to create websites, blogs, communities, e-commerce sites, and intranets Understanding the various types of CMS and select the one that best fits your needs and customize the CMS Install with themes and plug-ins Learn the key concepts of Content Management Systems and how to systematically assess your needs introduction to the main CMS including Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, Plone, Magento, Alfresco, and! A more hands-on, easy-read book that gives you practical tips on hosting, project management, working with specialists and community, and finding experts In Detail There are many powerful open source CMS is available to take the pain of managing a web site. How can you be sure that you select and work with the right tools? This book will guide you through choosing the right CMS for your needs. Open source CMS is the best way to create and manage sophisticated web sites. Because open source CMS that is free for download, you have a large number of choices among various systems. But there are many open source CMS to choose from, each with unique strengths - and sometimes the limitations as well. Choosing between the number of confusing choices can be tough. Making the wrong choices early on can lead to a lot of work in vain, because you'll have a half-finished site that does not meet your initial requirements - and needs to be restarted from the beginning. This book will show you how to avoid choosing the wrong CMS. It will walk you through assessing the needs of your site, and then use that assessment to identify the CMS that will best suit your needs. It discusses the technical considerations such as programming languages and compliance with best practice standards with a clear friendly manner that non-technical reader can understand. The book also contains quick-start guide and examples for the most popular CMS like WordPress, Mambo, and Drupal, so you can experiment with this CMS, could feel how they work, and began using them to build your site. After reading this book, you can rest assured that your choice of CMS will support the needs of your website because you have to carefully assess your needs and explore options available. What you will learn from this book? Analyze your web site CMS requirements, and identify the most appropriate choice of CMS needsExplore you the differences between the main CMS, and to understand which option best suits your CMS siteAssess level technical skills and choose a CMS that combines ease of use with flexibility and powerExtensive discussion and guidance to start fast for some major CMS: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and moreDiscover "Special CMS" for specific requirements: intranet, document sharing, community, e-commerce, blogging, and more.Know how to choose the right developers and designers to customize the CMS to requirementsKnow you what to do when you CMS plays up: solving problems, getting help from the community, and makes full use of the site documentationMake you sure get the best web hosting: find an ISP that can give you CMS with a web hosting needs, or learn about hosting serverInvestigate your own site plug-ins available for each CMS - plug-ins extend the power of a CMS, which means that you can build features into your site to the CMS letter itself may not provide Approach This is a practical guide that takes the task-centered approach. Who is this book written for? This book is written for anyone who wants to start a website and find a good CMS. It is most suitable for those who choose a CMS for their site and the people who will manage the CMS.