Exponent
The Content Management System in Brief:
CMS Original Developer: OIC Group, Inc
Operation System: Cross-platform
Main Use: Content management framework, Content management system, Community, ECM and Blog software
License: GNU General Public License
Developers' Description:
Exponent is a website content management system (or CMS) that allows site owners to easily create and manage dynamic websites without necessarily directly coding web pages, or managing site navigation.
Unlike other site management tools, no additional applications need to be downloaded by a user to permit them to use Exponent. Everything, from user management, to site configuration, to content editing (and content approval for large, multi-admin sites), is done within the system - simply. Exponent does what other CMS systems do - it allows anyone to create website pages, content on pages, and manage where these pages are placed on a website - but it does all this in a completely new way.
Exponent uses an intuitive and flexible content editing system that allows website pages to be edited on the page as it is displayed - no more back-end administration, no more navigating endless administration pages to add a simple line of text - simply visit the page you need to edit as if you were a site visitor, and make the change.
Exponent CMS is modular, but flexible. Content Management can be mirrored through a site and edited in any instance or copy from any page that the content is placed on, or simply created as unique content. Multiple site themes and CSS stylesheets are easily integrated, and sub-themes (separate frameworks for content within a common appreance or theme) are possible with minimum fuss. A large range of different content modules can be activated via the admin interface with ease and used, other community-supported modules uploaded and installed automatically in a few moments, and external scripts can be incorporated with ease. Exponent's framework also rewards developers who need to create their own custom solutions.
Vox Populi (taken from Wikipedia):
Exponent CMS is a free, open source, open standards modular enterprise software framework and content management system (CMS) written in the programming language PHP. Exponent CMS uses an editing system that allows content to be managed and edited on the page as it is displayed to a normal site visitor. There is no back-end administration system on a Exponent CMS powered site as all the content management is handled through the front-end web template. The default installation includes a complete set of modules for managing a typical website. Additional modules are developed by a community of open source developers and can be installed via a web browser. Exponent CMS can be installed in a Linux, Unix, Mac OS X or Windows environment, or any platform that supports the Apache web server and the PHP language (version 4.0.6+). Exponent CMS requires a database such as MySQL (4.1+) or PostgreSQL (5.0+) to store content and settings.