GetSimple CMS Launched!

Published July 31, 2009 • 9 Comments • 0 Delicious Bookmarks

I haven’t posted here for a while because I’ve been working on a project called GetSimple. GetSimple is an XML based lite Content Management System. To go along with it’s best-in-class user interface, we have loaded it with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn’t. GetSimple is truly the simplest way to manage a small-business website.

Check out the site, download it and check it out! It’s taken 7 months of work to get to this point, and I’m extremely proud of it.

Main Features

1. Fast as XML
   We don’t use mySQL to store our information, but instead depend on the speed and accuracy of XML. By utilizing XML, we are able stay away from introducing an extra layer of slowness and complexity associated with connecting to a mySQL database. Because GetSimple was built specifically for the small-site market, we feel this is the absolutely best option for data storage.

2. You can “Undo” Almost Everything
   This feature was based off an eye-opening AListApart article explaining how warning messages never work as planned. Because of this, we’ve included “undo” into almost every action you can take on the site, giving you peace-of-mind for when you make those inevitable stupid mistakes.

3. Easy to Learn UI
   The top priority when designing our user-interface was to make it the best in it’s class. We had the luxury of trying and testing all the competing management systems before designing ours, so we took the best out of each one – then refined it.

4. Simple Installation
   The total time in setting up a website took a total of 5 minutes, from starting the FTP to finishing the setup procedure.

5. Simple Theme Customization
   We have a codex that shows which functions are available for theme customization. Our goal was not to bloat our software with hundreds of little-used theme functions, but to offer more than enough to allow for a fully customized theme.

6. Designed For the Small-Site Market
   This is one of the reasons GetSimple uses XML rather than a robust database such as mySQL. For most small businesses, their only real need is to be able to easily update their site without the need of a ton of extraneous rarely used features. GetSimple’s goal is to manage small websites efficiently and effectively.