SilverStripe - a leading content management system (CMS)

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by Desmond Walford

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Contents

1 What is SilverStripe?

2 SilverStripe Features

3 In Action

4 Developer Friendly

5 Technical Landsmarks

6 FAQs

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SilverStripe was conceived to be a true modular CMS for creating websites and web applications based on years of R&D. It is used by governments, start-ups, businesses and NGO’s globally.

At its core SilverStripe is a PHP web application framework that allows developers to build and extend websites and applications based on modern programming methods (MVC).

What’s more, SilverStripe benefits from a continuous deployment pipeline model and industry leading security features.

What is SilverStripe?

A well structured content management system (CMS) that provides flexibility and scalability

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• Intuitive Interface and easy to use: live preview of what you are editing • Drag and drop content functionality • Multi-lingual and multi-site capabilities: run all from one interface • Search engine friendly • Secure as standard • Integrated users’ permissions via Security Groups

End user features of SilverStripe

SilverStripe includes all the features required from a robust CMS

SilverStripe in action

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See the video on YouTube.

We produced a video demoing the content editing capabilities of the CMS.

A developer friendly platform

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• Highly customisable MVC-based PHP powered platform • Open source with managed core releases • Solid framework with hundreds of add-ons and open source packages for rapid

development • Large community of developers globally • Scales easily with the needs of your application • Multiple database support • Framework available as standalone product

• Interoperability with Windows IIS

A carefully conceived CMS that provides flexibility for the developer

Technical landmarks

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• In 2007 SilverStripe was selected for the Google Summer of Code program

• In 2010 it became the first open web application to attain a “Certified for Windows” badge

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FAQs

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Q: ls SilverStripe similiar to Wordpress? A: No. Wordpress was originally designed as a blogging platform, whereas SilverStripe was designed to be a CMS. Also, SilverStripe includes a web application framework and leading security features.

Q: Do I need the SilverStripe CMS to use the web application framework? A: No. The framework is available as a standalone product.

Q: How does SilverStripe differ to the popular Enterprise CMS Systems? A: SilverStripe is leaner, more agile and customisable than most larger CMS systems.

Q: Is SilverStripe built with proprietary code? A: No. It’s open source and built on PHP.

Q: What does SilverStripe cost? A: It’s totally free although you may require an agency or an expert to help with implementing it to your desired organisational requirements and user experience, including templates.

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