TweetContent Management Systems are open source software which can be downloaded and or installed straight from your online hosting control panel in minutes. After you have chosen from the available list below you and your band can choose what topics you wish to talk about for your own website news section. You are available to create static pages which gives the look of a fully pledged interactive website. Out of the box CMS’s as they are known can be used instantaneously. They all have free theme/templates which gives you your unique look. Just spend some time to browse these before you choose your the platform you wish to create your content on with the rest of your band.

As well as the themes you can include plugins and addons which will aid your bands features/interactivity and option for other ideas you may have , such as a gig listing plugin which will allow to showcase your gig and tour dates. Content Management Systems can offer you everything your band will need now and in the future to control and display what you wish. Unlike service hosted sites like bloggr, if you’re in full control it will never randomly disappear.

WordPress

“WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.”  It is also the platform we use to show your band how to create a website in minutes for free that you can really understand, just check out the guide to the right.

http://wordpress.org/

Page Rank: 9

Alexa Rank: 153

Joomla
“Joomla! – the dynamic portal engine and content management system”

http://www.joomla.org/

Page Rank: 9

Alexa Rank: 292

Drupal

“Drupal, an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.”

http://drupal.org/

Page Rank: 9

Alexa Rank: 503

Nucleus CMS

“Maintenance of one or more blogs, Multiple Authors, Runs your own servers, Drafts and future posts, Extensible through plugins”

http://nucleuscms.org/

Page Rank: 7

Alexa Rank: 69,647

Text Pattern
“Textpattern CMS; A Flexible, Elegant and Easy-To-Use Content Management System.”

http://textpattern.com/

Page Rank: 7

Alexa Rank: 27,378

Lifetype
“Open Source Blogging Platform”

http://lifetype.net/

Page Rank: 7

Alexa Rank: 150,427

CMS Madesimple
“CMS Made Simple – the open source content management system for the rest of us”

http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/

Page Rank: 7

Alexa Rank: 13,261

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