Drupal is an open source content management platform. If you aren’t familiar with the term open source, it means that this software is free. Drupal is also considered to be a content management framework. This means that instead of the software being specialized for building certain types of websites it can be used to build any type of website that you want. Drupal is left open and generalized intentionally. It includes tools that can be pieced together to create a seemingly endless array of websites, widgets, news programs, etc. The possibilities are up to the programmer. This benefits a beginner because different tools in Drupal can be contained to merge different ideas. Most programmers will look for specific modules to include on the website that can not be merged. Drupal may not seem as flexible as thought when it is first used. Once a person becomes familiar with the program the possibilities with Drupal becomes almost limitless. The generalization and flexibility are not overly intimidating to a new user and provide the professional programmer an opportunity to expand their ideas to new and greater levels.

Drupal is also very convenient for the end user. Normally websites are designed with different pages for different functions. A user logs in and navigates the preset layout to find what they need. Using Drupal to design a website allows the programmer to customize the end users experience as soon as they login to the website. Depending on the client or user, the content can be customized on the fly depending on what type of user logs into the web site.

Drupal is an excellent choice for your website if you need your web site to have the ability to evolve over time. It is not uncommon to begin with a blog site and find out later that you want to some type of forum or Wiki entry. Drupal can easily be configured to interact with other websites and allows speedy custom configuration based on the users needs.

When editing a Drupal page the administration page and the users viewing experience are almost identical. The only difference is that the administration page has menus for customization of the page. Many programmers find this extremely helpful and much easier than other programs such as Frontpage, Dreamweaver, or Joomla. Drupal is an open source program as mentioned before. This makes the program free and provides a massive on-line community of users that are there to help with any problems. I’ve found that programs in an open source community are much easier to become acclimated with because everyone is willing to help and no one is there for financial gain.

Drupal is not as easy to master as simple page builders, but it is an extremely powerful tool to use and only requires a short time to understand. The flexibility of the program and easy to use modules are a much better choice for anyone looking for a more elaborate yet, easy to use content management system.

Author: Steven Taylor
Co-Author: Jan Benschop
http://www.trajanstudio.com

Customizing WordPress RSS Feed is very easy if you know how HTML works, but most WordPress Users don’t know how to change codes specially in modifying the default RSS feed Widget. Majority of Blog Owners who are using this default available widget are syndicating Contents from the other source URL to there Sidebar in the form of News Flash or Updates from the Original Site. The main problem regarding the default WordPress widget, when you click the feed, you are redirected to the feed URL instead of having an option to open the link to a new window and having also the option to vary the link into a “no follow” attribute.

To Fix these Problem without knowing how to program. Check the Better RSS Widget Plug-in.

Download their Developers Plugin at this Page

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-rss-widget/

Unlike the Default RSS Feed Sidebar, the Better WordPress RSS Sidebar Plug-in has the functionality of adding “no follow” to outbound links and the ability to open target links to a new window which gives you the benefit of total control over your links, but not only that, you may choose where to display the Feed and Cache Setting is not a Problem.

There are Plug ins that are more flexible than this one but I still prefer the simplicity of this tool.

There you have it, it’s a simple way how to customize WordPress RSS Sidebar Display using the “Better RSS Feed Widget” Free WordPress plug-in. I hope this simple article solves your problem.

This article was originally posted at WordPress Installation Category. For more WordPress Guides and Small Business Reviews visit the author’s profitable business ideas Blog.

As Joomla is a great application to build all sorts of websites, you can be able to mix and match PHP code with the rest of the Joomla code. Here are some Joomla PHP tips to help you create your own website. Firstly, you should check the limit of your PHP memory limit and then change it to the higher one. You can follow the instructions at Joomla tutorials blog. After that, you can create PHP in this ways which later can make you have the fast loading Joomla website.

For best performance of your website, use the minimum size of images. You can minimize those images as much as possible. Putting your files in html can make your website faster because it has smaller size. Joomla Cache, optimize CSS/JS files to remove the white spaces or comments, and remove unwanted or unused components, modules, plugins.

This can be very effective because those unwanted or unused components give more spaces for other contents or files. The PHP language of Joomla makes the PHP page become smaller. However, the best way to manage PHP of Joomla is to use this mambot: KL_PHP. This mambot is not publicly available anymore but you can still download it. Also, you can use Joomla ‘Static Pages’ to create PHP code. They make you easy to create a page and refer to it directly because they don’t belong to any categories.

Joomla has its own PHP language that makes you easy to create PHP code. However, you should know the basic PHP syntax of Joomla. Those are several tips to create Joomla PHP. Hopefully, it can help to solve your problems of Joomla PHP files.

For more info about Joomla PHP, you may go to Joomla tutorial blog.

When it comes to Content Management on the Internet there are many different solutions available, some which you pay for and many which are free (and open source). CMS Made Simple is one of the better open source content management systems available, especially when it comes to smaller sites, which may be static or dynamic. Some of the features that CMS Made Simple offers which I find helpful and unique include a menu manager (which allows for different menus on different pages), a separation between the layout code (CSS) and the page code (HTML), and of course a permissions based system which allows for different users to have control over different areas of the site.

Installation

Installation of CMS Made simple was a breeze, there were 3 options available for installation (Shell, FTP and cPanel), although it was said the Shell was the most reliable method I am more comfortable using cPanel. After I uploaded the CMS Made Simple files and created a database for the CMS, I was able to follow a simple installation process which was very easy to follow.

Once CMS Made Simple was installed my site was ready to use, and even came with dummy content illustrating what CMS Made Simple could do. Overall I found the installation process easy to follow and had my site ready to use in less than five minutes.

Getting Started

Once you have installed CMS-Made-Simple on your web server one of the first tasks you should do is to clean up all of the dummy content that came with the installation. There is nothing worse than your personal or business web site showing content that was only meant to illustrate how the CMS works. You can now upload your own CSS and Template (or continue using the pre-installed template if you wish).

Publishing Content

Once you have the dummy content cleared away and a working template you like, you can start adding content to your new CMS-Made-Simple web site. The most common method of adding content is to create a new page, you can specify many settings on that page such as the template used, along with the content itself. Pages are edited using the page manager, and CMS Made Simple also has built in permissions that allow for editors to edit articles (with limited non administration permissions).

Modules

CMS Made Simple has a large amount of modules available for download, some such as the news module also come pre-installed. Personally I am a fan of using the news module as an article manager, as it has options for displaying extracts on one page and the full article on it’s own page. There are also ‘bridges’ available for linking CMS Made Simple to forums such as SMF and PHPBB.

Final Words

In closing I have found CMS-Made-Simple to be an easy to use CMS with great features. I found the install to be quick and painless to follow, and once the site was up and running adding content was just as simple to get up. The amount of modules available rivals such CMS as WordPress, and CMS Made Simple is actively developed. Overall if you are looking for a light CMS for a smaller to medium sized web site (with static or dynamic content) then CMS-Made-Simple is right form you.

This article was written by Ryan Bailey, an experienced Web Developer.

Put simply a Content Management System (or CMS) is a way of controlling your web site. Instead of manually editing static (non changing) pages, you interact with dynamic (changeable) pages through the CMS. On the market today there are many different Content Management Systems available, most are free or open source although there are paid options available.

The problem that many web developers face when creating a web site is choosing the right Content Management System. In the following article I will look at the most common types of web sites and will give examples of what the best Content Management Systems are for each type.

A General Purpose Company Web Site

If you are a small business owner who wishes to create a simple web presence then CMS Made Simple is right for you. CMS Made Simple, like the name suggests is an easy to use Content Management System that is suitable for smaller end web sites. It is perfect for those that require static and dynamic web pages, and even has some nifty modules available, including mailers for email. Best of all CMS Made Simple is free and open source.

A Personal Blog / Article Site

If you wish to run a personal blog or a site where you display articles/news written by you or your company then WordPress is right for you. It is available for you to host yourself or for those without web hosting you can use their hosted version. WordPress is a popular publishing platform that has thousands of different themes and plugins available and can literally be modified into the right CMS for any project. WordPress is also free and open source and this very web site is currently running on it.

A Forum

For those wishing to run a forum there are several great options for the software you can use. PHPBB and Simple Machines Forum are the best open source (free) forum software packages available. However if you are looking for a more stable and supported forum CMS then Vbulletin is one of the more popular paid pieces of software out there.

Just remember whatever Content Management System you choose, ensure that it is updated regularly and when those updates come out to update your version straight away. Also look around before paying for a CMS because there are actually many open source alternatives that are better than the paid versions. Lastly you might consider deleting the default ‘admin’ account and using a different login name as this can save you from many security vulnerabilities.

This article was written by Ryan Bailey, an experienced Web Developer.