12 September, 2010
By Lauris Veips
SilverStripe is a CMS for content editors.
For the most part, SilverStripe is just like any other CMS.
It’s written in PHP upon the Sapphire framework; Sapphire developers – migrate to SilverStripe!
It does, however, have the features to compete with other systems.
For example, SilverStripe has an integrated payment system which is great for publishers of books or a niche store.
What you’ll like about SilverStripe:
- Great documentation
- Nice built-in features (custom 404 pages, easy links to the site’s pages)
- Integrated payments
- Beautiful themes
- Built-in SEO and search
- Outstanding UI and backend
What you won’t like:
- Amount of widgets and themes is on the small side
- Too complicated for a one-page site
- Takes a while to get a grip of
Basically, SilverStripe is a CMS that you can deploy, theme a little, and go straight to using it. SilverStripe’s built-in features make it really convenient.
- Website: http://www.silverstripe.org/
- Demo: http://demo.silverstripe.com/
