LightCMS is too simple and powerful not to use
Rating: 10 out of 10
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
As web designers and front-end coders, we use LightCMS as one of our go-to content management systems for our client's websites. It is a hosted CMS that provides us with two things a "from scratch" website project needs: hosting and data-driven modules. We no longer had to rely on internal hosting or bulk hosting solutions nor did we have to involve developers at additional cost to build basic data functionalities. Our group of 6 designers and content specialists are using it daily.
Pros
- LightCMS provides all the major functionality 90% of sites need. It keeps out of its own way by making these solutions intuitive and simple and not trying to solve every problem for everyone which would over-complicate the tool-set.
- This is the easiest to use CMS we have ever seen. I tell my client's that if they can make a Facebook post, they can manage their website, and it's true. Their UI is so easy and keeps getting easier to use. Untrained users get it in minutes and are able to manage their sites without our help.
- LightCMS's code is simple and light-weight. Sites are fast and the CMS doesnt get in the way of performance.
- You can do almost anything you want (except server-side programming) with LightCMS. So, we can create any design we want and it works great with Light CMS's tokens and editable regions concept (which is also simple to implement.)
- Constantly upgraded and fixed, the product is 1000x better after 10 years of working with it, but is still simple and not bloated.
Cons
- While keeping it simple is LightCMS's thing, some of the elements/modules could use deeper options or control for advanced users.
- Some content, such as calendars, cannot have data exported/imported easily.
- Support was amazing 10 years ago. We openly talked about how awesome they were... it isn't as good as it once was, but is still way above almost every support of other CMS systems we have used.
Likelihood to Recommend
LightCMS is perfect for 90% of websites out there. It has all the basic modules like calendars, photo galleries, news/blog, or forms building built in. Small businesses to mid-sized businesses are perfect for LightCMS.
We use other solutions when the requierments for the website include a lot of third party integrations or custom modules. As a hosted CMS it has the same limitations as others with server-side development.
We use other solutions when the requierments for the website include a lot of third party integrations or custom modules. As a hosted CMS it has the same limitations as others with server-side development.
JR
John Reitz
Creative Director in Marketing at Links Technology Solutions (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
10 years of experience