The document discusses popular content management systems (CMS) like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. It provides an introduction to CMS and their purposes, compares key differences between the platforms, lists popular sites that use each, and details free themes and plugins available. It also outlines how each CMS defines itself, when each is best used, how they are developed, and how to do a live WordPress installation.

1. PHP Training – Session 10
Popular PHP Content Management
Systems

2. Introduction to CMS
• Central Interface to modify or add content
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3. Popular CMS’s
• WordPress
• Drupal
• Joomla
• Magento
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4. Some differences
• WordPress – Best for beginners
• Joomla – Preferred for Ecommerce websites
• Drupal – Complicated, but powerful
• All are free, all have different plugins /
modules / extensions
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5. Sites using them
• WordPress
• Drupal
• Joomla
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6. Free Themes & Plugins
• WordPress – 2000+ themes, 34000+ plugins
• Drupal – 1800+ themes, 27000+ plugins
• Joomla – 900+ themes, 900+ plugins
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7. How they define themselves?
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8. WordPress
• WordPress is web software you can use to
create a beautiful website or blog. We like to
say that WordPress is both free and priceless
at the same time.
– http://wordpress.org/
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9. Joomla
• Joomla is an award-winning CMS, which
enables you to build websites and powerful
applications. Many aspects, including its easy
of use and extensibility have made Joomla the
most popular website software available.
– http://joomla.org/
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10. Drupal
• Drupal is an open source content
management platform powering millions of
websites and applications. It's build, used, and
supported by an active and diverse
community of people around the world.
– http://drupal.org/
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11. Best used for
• WordPress – Blogs, corporate websites, small
to medium sized websites
• Joomla – Ecommerce, social networking sites
• Drupal - All
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12. Development
• Community based
• Usually updates available on Github or Trac
• Anybody can contribute
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13. Live WordPress Installation
• Download from http://wordpress.org/
• Setup database
• Install
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14. Questions?
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