The Silver Stripe CMS Impresses Both Web Editors and Designers As Well

In the world of content management systems, (CMS), it's typical for many systems to satisfy the needs of either the webmasters that enter content into a website, or the developers that create the functional elements of the CMS. Many CMS platforms exist, and do a fairly good job of delivering the means to publish a professionally designed website but, in some form fail to be a complete tool that so many webmasters desire. There is although, a New Zealand-based CMS called Silverstripe that's generating lots of buzz due to its ability to impress both web developers and content managers at the same time.

The Silverstripe framework is based on Sapphire, an object oriented PHP5 development platform that will let you focus on your business logic and data. Coding is very simple using Sapphire as it is easy to simply plug-in different elements called modules and build a feature rich and robust website. Even template developers will find working in Sapphire a breeze with its simple, yet feature rich template engine. Additionally, Sapphire's object relational mapper will handle your data seamlessly and securely.

Based in Wellington, New Zealand, and also Melbourne, Australia, the Silverstripe team is it a passionate group of talented individuals, devoted to making Silverstripe the premier CMS on the Internet. Being an open source project, Silverstripe is always looking for individuals wanting to assist in the further development of many aspects of the CMS. Simply visit silverstripe.com/about-us for more information about donating your time to the Silverstripe Project.

Some of the many reasons to choose Silverstripe as the CMS platform for your web project are many. First and foremost is the rock-solid stability of Silverstripe. Let's look at a few other reasons to help in your decision:

The Silverstripe community: At the heart of all this is the impassioned community of individuals devoted to Silverstripe and it's advancement. There are members in the forum that will immediately answer most any question an individual might have about an issue with Silverstripe. Currently, the project has been divided into two separate websites, silverstripe.com and silverstripe.org. The.com site contains all of the company information and the .org site is where you'lll find all of the open source code for Silverstripe.

The MVC Approach: Silverstripe is based on the PHP5 platform and incorporates their MVC, Model-View-Controller approach. Those of you familiar with Ruby On Rails Will definitely appreciate this system. This flexible platform for development is impressing many web developers from all around the world.

Customization: The Silverstripe CMS is easy to customize thanks to it's ability to create data relationships between its pages and data objects. Databases are almost created for you using Silverstripe's intuitive Object-Relational Mapper (ORM).

An Ajax Style Navigation Tree: While editing your website you're probably going to be very impressed by the easy-to-use hierarchal navigation system that's built into Silverstripe. Drag and drop ease makes organizing your site's pages a breeze when editing.

A Simple Learning Curve: As mentioned before, Silverstripe is extremely easy to learn how to use. Combine that with a devoted group of followers, willing to help 24 hours a day, and you'll find that developing websites with Silverstripe will become second nature and your finished product will be a robust, professionally designed Internet presence.