Umbraco News & Articles

Considering WordPress as a Web content management system is something hundreds, and maybe thousands of website owners likely do on a daily basis, and we've got a ready-made short list of alternatives that we think are viable alternatives.

Every month we like to serve up a little open source CMS roundup, and like most months in this busy segment, May is packed with interesting tidbits.

Welcome to this month's wrap up of what's to come in open source CMS projects when we offer some highlights of what to look forward to in the open source world in April.

Open source Web CMS provider, Umbraco has released version 6 of its flagship product. Technically called Umbraco 6.0 RC (for Release Candidate), the new solution will shortly be offered as the final release of version 6 unless initial usage reveals any serious problems.

Welcome to the November 2012 installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month. If you feel that your project was left out, we invite you to email us at pr@cmswire.com to have a project representative added to the list of people we contact for updates.

Microsoft's WebMatrix 2  web developer toolkit is now free to download in its final version, and the release includes support for Node.js templating as well as with ASP.NET and PHP.

The open source content management system Umbraco may have dropped version 5, but the refocus on version 4 has brought some nice improvements and a number of bug fixes.

Welcome to the July 2012 installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month. If you feel that your project was left out, we invite you to email us at pr@cmswire.com to have a project representative added to the list of people we contact for updates.

I suspect that any amount of time spent building a new version of a web content management system is priced in blood, sweat and tears. But when you realize it's not working, it's time to cut the chord and move on -- or in the case of Umbraco, step back.

Welcome to the April 2012 installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month. If you feel that your project was left out, we invite you to email us at pr@cmswire.com to have a project representative added to the list of people we contact for updates.

Welcome to the January 2012 installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month. If you feel that your project was left out, we invite you to email us at pr@cmswire.com to have a project representative added to the list of people we contact for updates.

Normally in this space we look back over the current month and forward into the next month, keeping you up to date with the open source CMS and other related projects that might interest you. Like last year, we're taking a look back at 2011 and into 2012 for some extra insights into what's to come.

Water&stone released its 2011 Open Source CMS Market Share Report, which shows that Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla command the market, but Concrete5 had a great year and is a CMS to watch.

Computer-based analysis of billions of social media posts focuses on the economy's affect on...women's footwear.

The open source web CMS built on Microsoft ASP.NET, Umbraco, is making some changes in how it handles content. Changes many developers will like.