Manifesto is a content management system (CMS) with built-in functionality that can get  your website up and running in short order. Its highly structured architecture also makes it easy to create new functionality, so it has the benefits of a solid framework as well. Written in object-oriented PHP, and using a MySQL database to store its information, Manifesto runs on the popular LAMP platform, making it easy to install on many commercial servers.

• Built-in user management and authentication, with customizable roles and permissions
• Global media repository giving flexible and persistent access to all of your uploads
• Wide variety of available modules for everything from blogs and event calendars to products and shopping carts
• Technology buzzword compliant, with Search Engine Optimization tools, RSS feeds, XHTML 1.1 output
• Internationalized, and ready to support multiple languages
• Customize default styles with the CSS Editor, or use entire theme replacements

Beginning with the web-based installer script, all of the content and design of your site can be managed online, using web page forms. Editorial and Administrative areas of the site are protected by password, and allow comprehensive access to everything you need to maintain your site. A few minutes of installation, and you're on your way. More importantly, you need only get your hands as dirty as you want -- Manifesto works as well for the novice as it does for the developer.

Example sites

Baltimore Choral Arts Society

Shockfront Blog

Baltimore Kids' Chess League

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