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Score 8.7 out of 100

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Nathanael Girard | TrustRadius Reviewer
June 06, 2014

Concrete5 - A strong foundation for your website.

Nathanael Girard
Score 10 out of 10
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Reseller
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Implementation

10
Build off of an existing theme to speed up the creation of custom designed themed. Bootstrap is a good one but there are many others that are probably much simpler to build from than the Bootstrap one was. Make sure you host on a Unix/Linux server so you don't have to install PHP or MySQL separately. It's just smoother on those platforms.
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Kirk Roberts | TrustRadius Reviewer
June 21, 2014

Concrete5: a powerful and user-friendly CMS

Kirk Roberts
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
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Implementation

9
It's important that any CMS is implemented by a skilled developer. Content management is not a commodity. One of the keys I've found with Concrete5 is to create a homogenous content-entry method (e.g. focus on in-context editing OR focus on using the Composer feature). This seems to make it more likely that site editors will be able to easily come back to editing after a layoff without having to "remember" too much.
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Concrete5 Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (62)
8.7
Likelihood to Renew (22)
9.9
Usability (12)
9.0
Availability (1)
10.0
Performance (1)
9.0
Support (3)
10.0
Implementation (6)
9.8

Feature Scorecard Summary

Role-based user permissions (16)
9.8
API (12)
10.0
Internationalization / multi-language (10)
10.0
WYSIWYG editor (20)
8.8
Code quality / cleanliness (16)
8.9
Admin section (18)
8.3
Page templates (18)
8.7
Library of website themes (17)
6.6
Mobile optimization / responsive design (17)
9.8
Publishing workflow (15)
9.7
Form generator (17)
9.0
Content taxonomy (18)
9.0
SEO support (18)
10.0
Bulk management (17)
4.8
Availability / breadth of extensions (17)
7.7
Community / comment management (18)
8.7

About Concrete5

concrete5 is a free and open source PHP built content management system for content on the web and also for intranets. Its emphasis is on management and editing with minimal technical skills and with an embedded editor allows most editing to be done directly from a page, rather than through an entirely separate interface or editor. It features integrated server caching, supports OpenID, version control, and SEO. As with most open source content management systems, its content management functionality can be augmented with many possible addons or via the developer API.

Online magazines and newspapers are the ideal target of concrete5's capabilities though many other sites can be made and managed as well. concrete5 is touted as being both developer and DIY friendly. Marketplace content to extend features are both free and not free, so cost of implementation will vary.

Categories:  Content Management

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