Disqus is a content management system that creates threaded conversations and discussions on blogs and other sites that it is embedded in. Disqus has four key functions: Engaging Audiences: Users are engaged through real time comments and interaction (upvotes, downvotes, recommends, replies) and rich media commenting (allows images, GIFs, and videos to be embedded in comments). User reputation rankings allow for users to be rewarded based on their contributions, thus helping moderators easily identify spammers or trolls. Disqus functions on both mobile and desktop devices and is available in over 70 languages. Read more on their engagement page . Retain readers: Under one Disqus account (that can be linked to a user’s Google, Facebook, and/or Twitter accounts), users receive notifications on additional activity, can subscribe to specific comments, and review digests of their activity on frequented sites. Read more on their retain page . Understand Analytics: Disqus comes with analytics for administrators to gain additional insight into the comments and interactions of users. Disqus tracks article reads, comment reads, and total engagements for both individual articles and sites as a whole. Read more on their analytics page . Monetize Engagement: Disqus can integrate ads into its comments section either above, in-thread, or below the comment widget in the form of sponsored stories, sponsored links, IAB displays, or videos. Read more on their monetize page . Disqus is developed by Disqus and headquartered in San Francisco, CA (US).
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From Wikipedia (as of April 7, 2015): Drupal (pronounced /ˈdruːpəl/) is a free and open source Content Management System ( CMS ) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for many different types of websites, ranging from small personal blogs to Enterprise 2.0 collaboration and knowledge management uses to large corporate and political sites. In October 2009, the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama adopted Drupal for the official Whitehouse.gov website. The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features common to most CMSs. These include the ability to register and maintain individual user accounts within a flexible and rich permission / privilege system, create and manage menus, RSS -feeds, customize page layout, perform logging, and administer the system. As installed, Drupal provides options to create a classic brochureware website, a single- or multi-user blog, an Internet forum, or a community website providing for User-generated content. Drupal was also designed to allow new features and custom behavior to be added to extend Drupal’s core capabilities. This is done via installation of plug-in modules (known as contrib modules) created and contributed to the project by open source community members. For this reason, Drupal is sometimes described as a content management framework. Although Drupal offers a sophisticated programming interface for developers, no programming skills are required for basic website installation and administration. Drupal can run on any computing platform that supports both a web server capable of running PHP version 4.3.5+ (including Apache, IIS , Lighttpd, and nginx) and a database (such as MySQL or PostgreSQL) to store content and settings. Drupal’s documentation and a number of tutorials can be found here . Drupal is open-source and available on Github .
IntenseDebate is a blog commenting system that supports Typepad, Blogger and Wordpress blogs. The system allows blog owners to track and moderate comments from one place with features like threading, comment analytics, user profiles and reputation, reply-by-email, comment voting, and comment aggregation. Users can comment using Facebook, Twitter, Gravatar, a site-created online identity, and guest account. Administrators have moderation and blacklisting powers, spam filters (using "Akismet"https://akismet.com/), and can assign multiple users as admins. IntenseDebate is developed by Automattic headquartered in San Francisco, California (US) with a worldwide staff.
Joomla is a free, open-source content management system ( CMS ) and application framework.
Lutèce is an open-source content management framework written in Java with two core features: A fully modular architecture offering more than 400 plug-ins Usage of the Bootstrap framework as a CSS database, allowing for “Responsive Design” that ensures that sites and graphics are viewable on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices Some examples of usage listed on the site are a call for projects platform, an OpenData site, an Intranet site, and a platform for reporting incidents on public roads. A demo of the tool can be found “here”: https://dev.lutece.paris.fr/site-demo/jsp/admin/AdminLogin.jsp using the following log-in details (without quotation marks): Username: “admin” Password: “adminadmin” Lutèce is open-source and available on “Github”: https://github.com/lutece-platform. Lutèce is developed by the City Hall of Paris, based in Paris, France.
From the website: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight. Additionally, this collaboration and content management server provides IT professionals and developers with the platform and tools they need for server administration, application extensibility, and interoperability.
According to Wikipedia : TYPO3 is a free and open source content management system as well as a Model–view–controller ( MVC ) Web Application Development framework written in PHP . It is released under the GNU General Public License. It can run on Apache or IIS on top of Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 or Mac OS X.
From Wikipedia (retrieved May 20, 2015): Weebly offers a free online website creator. It uses a simplistic widget-based site builder that operates in the web browser. All of Weebly’s site elements are drag-and-drop. Weebly works with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux computers. Weebly automatically generates a mobile version of each website. From the about page : Weebly gives millions of people a surprisingly easy and affordable way to create a site that is as unique as they are. With a Weebly site, people can start their own business, communicate with their clients, showcase their achievements, and be an authority on personal and professional interests. Weebly gives everyone the freedom to start a site, blog or online store that works brilliantly across computers, phones and tablets. Offering a range of pricing options including a free plan and premium plans starting at $4/month, Weebly has everything you need to plan, build, publish and grow a site that meets your goals.
Formerly known as Burning Board, Woltlab Suite is a online discussion forum solution with a number of tools, such as content management, forums, galleries, calendars, file storage area, blogs, and additional customizable plug-ins. Woltlab Suites features include: Customization of colors and formatting by modifying templates and adding plug-ins Notifications on the app and via email to stay informed of subscribed content Built-in SEO to maximize and improve search engine appearances User management tools allowing for bulk processing of user permissions and automatic settings for user group assignments Anti-spam tools, such as honeypots and Google ReCAPTCHAv2 Importers to easily transfer to Woltlab Suite from a number of common forum software apps Monetization , such as built-in advertisement and paid subscription modules Conversations between two users or groups of users Internationalization through allowing a number of languages that users may choose, including automatically-generated translation to user-specified languages A free 14-day demo of Woltlab Suite can be accessed here (requires submitting an e-mail address to the site). Woltlab Suite is open-source and available on Github . Woltlab Suite is developed by WoltLab GmbH based in Potsdam, Germany.
According to Wikipedia : WordPress is an open source blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL which can also be used for basic content management. It has many features including a user-friendly workflow, a rich plugin architecture, and an advanced templating system. Users may choose from a variety of either free or premium themes that enables them to alter the appearance and functionality of their website without altering the core code or the site content. WordPress’ massive library of 50,000+ plugins provides further customizability, as do the addition of widgets and navigation bars. While some plugins are attached to the basic WordPress package, others developed by third-parties can be installed only with purchase. As of January 2018, the popular website management system supports more than 60 million websites and 29.3% of the top 10 million websites. Since merging with WordPress MU (previously a fork of WordPress), WordPress 3 now integrates a multi-user and multi-blogging feature that provides users a centralized platform to administer their websites or blogs. It was first released in May 2003 by Matt Mullenweg as a fork of b2/cafelog, the precursor to WordPress. WordPress has been used during phase 2 of the Open Government Dialogue as well as for the Department of Defense Web 2.0 Guidance Forum.