Best free CMS (Content management system) / Website builders for Building Library Websites

Best free CMS 

(Content management system) / 

Website builders for Building Library Websites

According https://firstsiteguide.com/ as of March 2022, there are more than 73 million live websites that use CMSes on the internet. For library website building, the following content management systems (CMS) have a major share in the world.

                                                                              

1. WordPress                                          

WordPress  is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database.42.9% of the world’s websites are built with WordPress according to w3techs.com. 

WordPress is being used by major library institutes to build library websites. 

Some example are:

1. https://www.library.iitb.ac.in/ 

2. http://library.iiti.ac.in/ 

 

 

 

 

                                                               

  

2. Joomla                                          

Joomla! is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web contentJoomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming techniques and software design patterns, and stores data in a MySQL database. it was estimated to be the 5th most used CMS on the Internet, after WordPress and Shopify. (https://w3techs.com/ )

Joomla is being used by major library institutes to build library websites. 

Some example are:

1. https://pkklib.iitk.ac.in/ 

2. https://library.iitp.ac.in/

3. https://library.nitrkl.ac.in/

 

 

 

                                                                                                  

 

  

3. Drupal                                           

Drupal is a free and open-source web content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.The Drupal community is one of the largest open source communities in the world. We're more than 1,000,000 passionate developers, designers, trainers, strategists, coordinators, editors, and sponsors working together.

Drupal is being used by major library institutes to build library websites. 

Some example are:

1. https://www.library.cornell.edu/

2.  https://library.stanford.edu/

3. https://library.iitd.ac.in/

4. http://lib.jnu.ac.in/

5. http://library.cug.ac.in/drupal/

 

 

 

                                                                                  

 

4. Blogger                                           

Blogger is an American online content management system which enables multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. Pyra Labs developed it before being acquired by Google in 2003. Google hosts the blogs, which can be accessed through a subdomain of blogspot.com. Blogs can also be accessed from a user-owned custom domain (such as www.example.com) by using DNS facilities to direct a domain to Google's servers. 

 Google Blogger has a wide international user base and is available in more than 60 languages,.

Blogger is also being used by some library institutes to build library websites. 

Some example are:

1. https://ropatna.kvs.gov.in/sites/default/files/link%20o%20blogs.pdf

2. https://ggscwlibrary.blogspot.com/ 

 

 

 

        

Website builders                                           

To develop a completely functional website, website builders are simple to use programmes that utilise pre-built components. You may easily change the layout of your website thanks to the drag-and-drop functionality used by the majority of website builders.

Here are some famous website builders. These are:

1. https://www.wix.com/ 

2. https://www.yola.com/

3. https://www.weebly.com/in

4. https://www.squarespace.com/

5. https://www.webnode.com/ 

6. https://weblium.com/

7. https://www.duda.co/

8. https://sites.google.com

9. https://www.zoho.com/sites/