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dotCMS Core is the most feature complete open source web CMS available today. Available under the GPL, you can freely download the dotCMS system and get up, running and managing web sites and web content in a matter of minutes. Unlike many other “open source” cms, dotCMS is in no way crippled. When you download the dotCMS system, you are getting all of the functions and features needed to begin creating customized, manageable and scalable web sites. This includes so called “advanced” features such as LDAP/AD integration, clustering support, online templating, Web2.0 Calendaring and the structured content engine.

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If you are looking to get a head start in getting your new web sites off the ground, they offer accelerators – starter sites – that combine the power and flexibility of the dotCMS system with cutting edge information architecture, compliant HTML and pre-build functions. These accelerators are designed to be easy to customize and brand with unique graphical design.

Pricing: Free
Source: http://www.dotcms.org/

Readers Comments

Would you say dotCMS has more features that WordPress? Thanks for sharing.

@ Michael Castilla

I think dotCMS is suitable for company site / web application site. WordPress is more suitable for blogging. :)

How would you compare dotCMS to Drupal or Joomla? I’m in the midst of redesigning a 10,000+ page site and right now it’s between WP, Drupal and Joomla…but maybe I need to look into dotCMS as well:)

I’m going to give it a try, thanks for sharing

I would use WordPress as a CMS.

Yo

There is a problem with dotCms… There is no place to buy templates. Joomla and similar probably are worst -technicaly- than dotCms, but they have more ‘community support’

I am impressed, but share simalar sentiments on templates and community support. All things come to those who wait.

Samrat Banerjea

If one is looking for a java based CMS, the dotCMS is the way to go. I have downloaded the “dotcms_1.6.5RC5″ source from SVN , setup eclipse environment , built & deployed the complete dotCMS application. Its working perfectly well. As I have the codebase, I can easily make modifications. We will use dotCMS for a large project.
dotCMS is much easier to work upon.
I had a brief intro to Joomla! (Not being a PHP developer, I was greatly handicapped to enhance it) . I had a tough time adding just a field to User form. Moreover, free ACLs were not available still then, that meant fine grained controls could not be achieved.

Rajesh Kumar

I personally feel dotCMS is technically really strong enough to stand against other CMS leaders in the market. Eventhough I have tried Joomla, Alfresco, Drupal also but I like the dotCMS.

The support documentation is a problem.


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