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Tips For Inserting Code Into CMS Made Simple Pages
Written by webchicklet on April 11, 2008 – 2:01 pm -The following tips apply specifically to CMS Made Simple, but some may also apply to any CMS that relies on Smarty as its backend template engine. (Smarty is used in quite a few CMS products).
You’ve been told that CMS Made Simple is … well … simple. And it is … up to a point. There are exceptions to every rule, of course, and CMS Made Simple is no exception to that rule. 
If you plan to create a simple web site, with nothing more than text and graphics, you probably won’t find a much easier to user CMS than CMS Made Simple. But if you want to get a little fancier than that, you’ll need to put on someone’s geek hat and at least…
Tags: code, css, html, javascript, literal, php, smarty
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The Quick Guide To Search Friendly URLs in CMS Made Simple
Written by webchicklet on March 31, 2008 – 12:37 pm -I’ve mentioned before that my favorite easy CMS is CMS Made Simple (CMSMS). One of the reasons I love it is because it can create search-friendly URLs. What is that and why does it matter?
What is a search-friendly URL?
A search-friendly URL is one that makes it easy for search engines to index and understand what a page is all about. For example, www.yoursite.com/blue-widgets/ tells Google, Yahoo!, etc. that the page blue-widgets is about “blue widgets”.
Why does it matter?
Search-friendly URLs gives a page an extra chance to rank well for that phrase. Many CMS’s will create URLs like this:
www.yoursite.com/id=128483&catno=82746&colid=7373
That makes it just a little harder for that page to rank for “blue widgets” than it would for the search-friendly URL. In addition, search-friendly URLs are…
Tags: CMS Made Simple, CMSMS, mod_rewrite, search-friendly URLs
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My Favorite CMS - CMS Made Simple
Written by webchicklet on March 25, 2008 – 12:14 pm -It’s only right that the very first CMS I touch on is the one that is my favorite - CMS Made Simple (or CMSMS for short). I chose this system for my own use because it’s name rings true. It really is easy to install, easy to set up, and easy to use…in other words, it’s simple. I’m geeky, it’s true, but that doesn’t mean I want to spend all my time working with overly complex tools. The geek in me can easily appreciate the time-saving factors of working with tools that are rich in functionality, but quick and easy to use.
I create and manage multiple web sites. What I don’t have a lot of is time.
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