LightCMS
A commercial CMS from Element Fusion. While they have several similar CMS’s for different groups, (churches, businesses…) LightCMS is the one for designers. There is a free option, but it is limited to 3 pages, otherwise the system requires a monthly subscription, similar to a web host.
You can sign up for free to test out the system
Cost: Free up to $129/month
Development: Commercial
Hosting: Subscription hosting
Source: Closed Source
License: Custom
Our Impressions:
LightCMS is well-featured for a basic CMS. The layout is a “edit-in-place” kind of system, where you’re working within the template layout. They have thought through a lot of the basic things that a user wants to do (create a page, web form, photo gallery, etc.) and make it simple to add these elements into your site. Its the kind of system that is easy to understand, and easy to implement.
Their pricing is pretty steep, considering you’d have to be paying $70/month in order to have an unlimited number of pages. But, is much more reasonable for 10-25 page sites. They also enable you, as a designer, to pass these costs onto your clients and charge whatever you want for them, so it could be a money maker too.
Helpful Links:
- LightCMS The homepage to find out information, and pricing for LightCMS
- ElementFusion The creators of LightCMS along with its sister family of CMS products
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Voting has been open for this CMS since Tuesday, March 10th, 2009. There are a total of 2 Reviews for this CMS. You can follow future reviews through the RSS feed if you'd like.
Review by DeviantGreen October 19th, 2010 12:00 am
Review by Gavin MacKay July 12th, 2010 3:59 am
Strengths: Light CMS is simple for my clients to use in many ways. They offer a design to template service which is good, but i haven’t used it.
Weaknesses: the wysiwyg editor is like tinyMCE or something, that kind of resembles the output but the panels implemented end up looking nothing like they do on the page. I’ll probably switch over to xevo at some point, but for now it’s ok.
Strengths: Deviant Green uses Light CMS as a basic tool for small businesses to get started and take complete control of their internet marketing. That’s exactly what it provides! We are able to design and code (to W3C Standards of course,) the design and image that our client needs, and LightCMS takes control of all of the functionality. The Photo Gallery tool is great and a big hit with our clients! It definitely leaves a feeling of empowerment and ease in our clients, which of course makes a happy client, and in turn, a happy company!
Weaknesses: LightCMS is closed source so you can not develop your own plug-ins for it. If that’s something your looking for, LightCMS may not deliver all you need. For simple, “light” management, it’s superb!