Content Management

The open source content mangement system TYPO3 is based on PHP and has been presented in the year 1998 the first time. Chiefprogrammer and father is the danish developer Kaspar Skårhøj. As Database is used preferentialy MySQL. The server base is usualy Apache. The huge fan community ist developing TYPO3  constantly. Just now they presented the version 4.4, which brings a lot of improvements. Similar to Joomla, also TYPO3 will be customised to specific needs by implementing extensions. In the extension repopsitory are listed thousands of them. Like Joomla TYPO3 is published under the GPL.

Both frontend and backend can be customized to a specific language. The rich text editor in the backend enables an comfortable customising of textes. A big advantage of TYPO3 is the big flexibility for webdesign and extension integration. The capability of TYPO3 is nearly unlimited, but for developing websites the cms asks a lot of deeper knowledge. The functions of TYPO3 are completed by graphic applications, search engine optimisated url's and a clever caching system.

If you are planing a complex website and don't want to be limited in matters of scalability, TYPO3 is your first choice. If you don't need that much complexity and you're searching for a simple and easy to control interface, then maybe you should check out Joomla instead.