Concrete5: A Simple CMS to Cement Your Website

The website development in today's world is highly dependent on frameworks.
The developers of our time take open source content management systems as the magic wand, which can help their clients to update, manage as well as upload content without taking any external help.
Concrete5 is the new kid on the block when it comes to PHP framework.
With its origin back in 2003, Concrete5 today has matured over the years.
So what traits make the Concrete5 different from the existing PHP frameworks? This article would be taking into account some of the advantages and features of the Concrete5 through the following lines.
Features to look for in Concrete5

1. It is one of those frameworks, available today, which provides the user with a simple way of editing pages.
   The user can just click on the areas he wants to edit and get on with the tweaking and the tuning.
   Anything, which is being edited on the page, will reveal itself to the user for the purpose of editing.
   
2. The toolbar of Concrete5 is one thing, which has to be looked for.
   Packed with various functionalities and shortcuts, this toolbar focuses on making the work a cake walk even for the novice PHP application developers.
   
3. The Concrete5 is armed with an automated developmental dashboard, which helps the programmers to include add-ons without any kind of programming or using FTP operations.
   
4. When it comes to searching and ordering files, the Concrete5 has a file manager, which can help you out without any hassles.
   
5. The framework's security is an important topic to be discussed.
   The Supreme Permission System of the framework helps you to change and manipulate the files as well as it changes the way they are being used by external users.
   
6. The framework has a WYSIWYG system embedded in it coupled with a spell check feature.
   
7. Compatibility with SEO becomes a big problem for most frameworks.
   But programming with Concrete5 helps in SEO compatibility as the framework comes with the SEF (Search Engine Friendly) feature.
   

These features might be embedded in Concrete5 but does it make the framework helpful for the PHP programmers? Yes, it does.
What are the advantages the Concrete5 comes with? The advantages of the framework are discussed in an elaborate way through the following lines.
a) The Response to Changes is quick One of the biggest predicaments the programmer faces is the deadline.
The changes have to be made as swiftly as possible to meet the client's stipulated target.
Concrete5 provides the convenience to the developer to create two separate accounts for the client as well as the developer.
So, whatever changes, the programmers want to deal with, is done without even tampering the personal files of the clients.
On the other hand, the site owner gets the privilege of detecting and providing surveillance through dashboard features.
b) SEO Friendliness Along With Security Only in the above lines, a discussion has been focused on the SEO friendliness of the framework.
The Concrete5 comes armed with dashboard features, which will help in guiding through the best security not only for website security, but for file organization as well.
c) Concrete5 Is the PHP Programmer's Delight One term is always synonymous with workings of the Concrete5 framework and that is none other than user-friendliness.
Equipped with a minimalist interface, Concrete5 takes away the burden of hidden buttons and drop down buttons from the view of the PHP developers.
The framework has been backed-up by a community, who provides live support features through forums, which is dedicated to Concrete5.
d) Learning Concrete5 Concrete5 can never be taken as your run-off-the-mill PHP framework.
But learning this framework won't be taking a chunk of your busy schedule.
When it comes to website development, the framework is geared to instill the element of fun when learning it.
Developing a website with help of the Concrete5 is as effortless as walk in the park.
Even the self-taught designers can inculcate the knowledge of framework by themselves and can come up with ingenious creations called websites.
There are varieties of extensions and add-ons, which is available for Concrete5, which will help you coming up with websites in a jiffy.
So if you are looking for a simple but powerful content management system, then Concrete5 is just the thing for you.