CONTAO - Content Management System
Contao (formerly TYPOlight) is a free content management system (CMS) for medium to large websites. The program specializes in back-office (i.e. for developers) and front-office (i.e. for users) accessibility and observes XHTML, HTML5, and CSS standards, according to W3C/WAI guidelines, to generate pages. The program is an open-source project, published in its original form in 2006 by Leo Feyer.
Advantages of CONTAO :
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At first, Contao seems like a "secondary CMS". However, if you look closely, you realize that popularity is relatively high. Here are some reasons.
CMS for technology lovers
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The usability is definitely not as easy as with Wordpress (WP). The advantage, however, is that many technical changes are possible, which may not be interesting for a beginner WP. WP is generally more for beginners, while CONTAO tends to be more technical.
Safety aspects
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Safety is a hot topic, especially in German-speaking countries. Even if WordPress strives to really keep up with it or can not do it often.
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With a CMS originating from Germany one can be however much more sure that these aspects, also in connection with data protection are implemented faster.
Better suited for online editors
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The reason why Leo Feyer developed Contao is that he saw that there were not certain features that online editors need in WP and other systems like Sophora CMS.
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In order to close this gap, Contao was developed with regard to the work of online editors.
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It would, therefore, be correct to say that it is a good solution especially for this group.
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It takes longer than WP to get used to, but if you can then, Contao is much more extensive and expedient.
From Germany
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Today, even small businesses are forced to meet high data protection requirements. With systems from the USA one never really knows, whether now with each data transmission, the manufacturer company, or a third-party supplier, listen.
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With Contao, you can at least be sure that the data is not going anywhere else.
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Contao is known as a system from Germany and thus receives a leap of faith.
