Pligg

Pligg is one of the most popular tools we offer with all W3 HOSTING plans and for good reason. Pligg is a highly-flexible, content management system (CMS) that equips webmasters and site designers to adapt and customize sites to suit specific needs and tastes.

What we like about Pligg is its ease of use. You don't have to understand PHP, My SQL or any other d-base apps to install and customize your Pligg-based site. There's plenty of flexibility combined with ease of use.

Pligg requires server-side applications that come as part of your W3 HOSTING account so there's nothing additional you have to pay for. Simply access your administrator's console, download Pligg and customize everything from color scheme to type face to site architecture — all with just a few clicks.

And you also get a lot of features:

  • Total flexibility, no out-of-the-box cookie cutter approach to CMS
  • Easily upgrade from any previous Pligg version (a real time-saver)
  • Upload a new construct over the current build (save your code, change the look)
  • Quickly allow for the creation of a site-based community
  • Manage dynamic content in minutes, adding and deleting on the fly
  • Develop professional-looking apps without JavaScript or programming
  • Xoops enabled (PHP coded for MySQL d-base)
  • Fully supported by W3 HOSTING servers. No problems

There's an active Pligg Forum, a growing Pligg Wiki and a Pligg IRC room where you can chat with developers to learn more about the vast array of features this CMS offers. In fact, there's bound to be a developer in the Pligg IRC just about any time you log in so getting answers to questions is instantaneous. Forget tech support lines. You get support from developers who use Pligg for everything from blog creation to database management.

That's why W3 HOSTING recommends Pligg, especially for those just starting out on the world wide web. It's easy and flexible. And it's free with your W3 HOSTING account.