CMS Made Simple is an open source PHP content management system for building and running websites: pages, templates, an admin console and a module ecosystem.
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| Product | Cloud | Operating system | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Made Simple on Ubuntu 24.04 | Azure | Ubuntu 24.04 | Standard | View · Guide |
CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) is a mature content management system for building and maintaining websites. Editors work in an admin console to manage a tree of pages, assign templates and stylesheets through the Design Manager, and extend the site from a large module ecosystem, while the front end serves the published site to visitors. It runs on the classic LAMP stack, storing all content in a MySQL compatible database.
It suits agencies, small businesses and organisations that want a stable, self hosted CMS with clean separation between content and design: brochure and marketing sites, small business websites, and multi page content sites maintained by a small editorial team.
Standing up CMS Made Simple normally means installing the LAMP stack, running the web based installation assistant by hand and then locking it away. cloudimg ships that whole stack assembled and proven, with the default sample site already installed so the front end renders a real site the first time you browse to it rather than an empty page. Security is designed in: the administrator password and the database password are generated uniquely on first boot, never shipped as a default, and the database is reachable only from the machine itself. Your content and uploaded media sit on a dedicated data volume, a written deploy guide walks you through launch and first sign in, and every image is backed by 24/7 support.