Manifesto is a mature system, and has the features that you would expect of software with such experience.

Structure

• Entirely web-based content management
• Flexible architecture for creating pages of either structured data (podcasts, calendar events, discussion fora) or unstructured content (free-form HTML pages)
• Versatile media repository keeps track of all media uploads (images, audio, video, documents), with automatic generation of image thumbnails
• Dynamic generation of navigation and site structure lets you focus on content

Users and Accounts

• User accounts that can be as simple as a username and password, or detailed profiles with multiple associated addresses for ecommerce
• Admin-configurable role management, from full-access Administrators to restricted Anonymous users
• Granular permission scheme allowing restricted access to editing functions on a per-module basis

Content

• Built-in Rich Text Editor for word processor-like formatting
• Secure text input and data validation prevents malicious scripting attacks
• Robust CSS editing and theme selection
• XHTML 1.1 compliant output, with tableless layout design

Extensibility

• Highly structured and consistent architectural design that allows for rapid development of customized modules
• Existing modules allow for configurable preferences for flexibility
• Provides RSS feeds, industry-standard icalendar feeds for calendar events, and built for easy integration of XML-RPC web services