CMS Made Simple is the best content management system you’ve never heard of.

Version 1.4 brings a much needed redesign of the admin area, as well as numerous performance and stability tweaks.

As I mentioned before, no-one wants a static site anymore; I believe CMS Made Simple offers the simplest content management solution today.

Why do I love it?

• Any type of layout achievable with CSS is achievable with CMS Made Simple
• Completely table-less setup. (Assuming that’s what you want)
• Focus on accessibility; more so than most other CMS’
• Fine control over what administrators can and can’t do
• Easiest admin area imaginable

But what I really love about it is the speed at which users pick up the knowledge they need to run their site. Most training sessions for CMS Made Simple run at about 30-45 minutes, and not one person has had to come back for further training.

By contrast, I’ve seen training sessions for other CMS’ run into several hours, with repeat sessions required before they decide to delegate it to someone else anyway!

Having said all that, it isn’t perfect for every site; some of the extensions are of…dubious quality, so if a forum, e-commerce, or front-end login facility is required, I would go with another solution.

Having to edit the template in the browser window is also an annoyance, and I don’t favour the smarty templating system, but for small-medium formerly static sites, it can’t be beaten.

So please, check it out and spread the word!