Testimonials
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Some words from fans...
"For the past few years I've had this vague dream in the back of my mind of what a CMS should be like. It really wasn't an extravagant dream...it was just about a CMS that actually worked right and didn't require reading through a 200 page pdf in order to learn how to use it. I think it's safe to say that my dream came true."
-Justin Garcia
"From phpnuke to xoops, from mambo to jooma, wordpress to typepad, and presently on drupal, I have seen it all. And I have now seen the light. I have the grail. I can shout from the mountain top! I at last have found the perfect web authoring tool that combines the best of php/mysql with, say, adobe/macromedia contribute, and a few DTP programs!
This is the closest thing to perfectness. (except for the next version of concrete of course.)"
-Jagan Mohan
"I've tested roughly 20 CMSs and ive found that they all use complicated menus... I've also used googlepages... C5/Googlepages, they're similar, but c5 crams better stuff into it all... and i can use it on any Web Browser."
- John Sacre
"Your product intrigues me because it's not very often you see an open source product hit the ground running like concrete5. It's feature rich out of the box. When it comes to real CMS, you guys make Drupal and Joomla look silly. Anyways... I could toot the C5 horn for hours."
- Jereme Claussen
"I've been a developer since dinosaurs walked the earth (for real, no cgi cheating here folks!) and out of the countless systems (web or otherwise) I've developed, worked on or worked with, the quality of concrete5 sits on the top tier.
Holy crap guys, it's free too! :)"
- Martin Campbell-Moore
"As a 30 year Mac programmer it takes something special to get me excited. concrete5 has done it, I'm excited!! It clearly address many of the problems that other CMS don't. For me it is a perfect Ajax platform. It is not full of fluff and the 'next great thing', but rather clearly conceived and executed.”
- Chris Dwyer
"Looked at this project some 15 days ago, today came here back, tried it out and everything just looks awesome. It's definitely going to be THE CMS of the future!”
- Jai Pandya
"Thanks for letting me play with C5 at OSCON. How many people did you meet that week? YIKES!!! I switched over from Drupal to C5 within a day. I am loving it! Thanks a bunch for the demo."
-Mark I Moore
Comments:
Posted by
FIBER
on
Oct 31st, 2008
One of the most promising OS CMS systems i have ever seen. Loads of options and features, without getting usability problems. Very nice work and im looking forwards on a growing community!! 
Posted by
jeffgtr
on
Nov 09th, 2008
Guys this cms appears to be what I've been searching for. Kudos. I've been down the Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress and more recently Cushy CMS. Drupal is great for larger community sites but way way too much for most of the sites I build. Cushy attempts to give you a simple tool to allow users to update content. I recently used it on a site and the site owner is frustrated with the dreadful slowness of doing updates.This evening I installed Concrete5 locally and started playing around with it. Love the templating system. I'm going to start digging in using Concrete on the next site I have in pipe. You'll be receiving part of my pay from that. Your work is appreciated!
Posted by
Will
on
Nov 16th, 2008
Finally, a no bull CMS...I've avoided content management sytems until seeing Concrete. I have it installed and have been playing with it all night.
This a solid CMS I can build on and promote. It allows clients a friendly interface while allowing me to present an advanced website with lots of features.
You guys got it right.
Will Radford
Posted by
m4n
on
Nov 16th, 2008
Is it Joomla? is it Drupal? No! it's Concrete5!Joomla was hype for no reasons. Concrete5 desserves the best attention from everyone!
Posted by
Arby
on
Nov 19th, 2008
As a low2no tech someone utterly underwhelmed by what I had researched for what felt like an eternity, I remained driven by hope there might be an OpenSource CMS out there for someone like me. After what felt like drudgery of checking out CMS after CMS, within minutes of first stumbling upon C5, deep gloom turned to re-energised enthusiasm as I discovered with C5 that website building and enjoyment somehow seem to coexist. Well done C5ers and thank you. 
Posted by
tallacman
on
Nov 24th, 2008
This thing is WILD! I've been learning Joomla for about 7 months and already can do more with C5 and accomplish it easier. Thanks guys!
Posted by
Matt
on
Nov 24th, 2008
Concrete5 takes the headache out of Content Management. Can't wait to see where this project goes! 
Posted by
Reck
on
Dec 02nd, 2008
Concrete5 is cool web2 cms !! 
Posted by
drugo
on
Dec 18th, 2008
This CMS / Framework may change how my web agency develop website.We never like other CMS solution, but C5 is another concept ... C5 is at another level!
Posted by
Farmer
on
Jan 12th, 2009
I want to say thanks to Concrete for providing c5 I can't wait to dig in. 
Posted by
liberalmark
on
Jan 17th, 2009
So far so good. Your CMS is quite remarkable. I'm impressed with its features, performance, framework, flexibility and overall excellence. You're kickin' ass with this thing! 
Posted by
Jsn
on
Jan 18th, 2009
Not just the easiest to use CMS I've encountered, but also the most elegant. For both designers and end users, the product almost disappears into the creative process. Brilliant conception and execution, folks! 
Posted by
monyuka
on
Feb 13th, 2009
You guys really did a great job on this! This is what exactly I'm looking for an easy to use CMS like no other. Thank you! Cheers!!! 
Posted by
michaelmior
on
Feb 21st, 2009
The favourite CMS I've so far, and I've tested quite a few. C5 is easy to use for end users and just as easy to extend for developers. I've never seen a CMS that makes it so easy to create themes or add new functionality. Keep up the great work! 
Posted by
ScottC
on
Feb 24th, 2009
Concrete5 is the de-facto standard on how a content management system should be coded, from both a UI and developer perspective. They have truly written the OSX of content management systems. The UI is beautiful and very intuitive. The choice to go with jQuery for the javascript was also a very wise choice.I don't see why everyone wouldn't use this.
Now let's go eat a steak.
Posted by
danreb
on
Mar 12th, 2009
Wow, I just try to install a fresh copy of concrete5 that I downloaded from sourceforge and very happy that it install just fine in my server, what impress me most is the clean looks of default theme and design and when I view the source code I found out that it's used jQuery, I am a big fan of jQuery and I loved it! and with Concrete5 and jQuery as it's js library was a very great combination. Thank you guy for this piece of works! 
Posted by
KateD
on
Mar 16th, 2009
Concrete5 is a totally fresh approach to CMS. It is powerful, yet simple, intuitive, clean, and aesthetically pleasing.Of all the systems I've worked with since 2002 (PHP-Nuke, PostNuke, Joomla, Xoops, Drupal, and a few others), this is the one I think is most likely to take web-based content management to the proverbial "next level", and we may finally have a one-size-fits-all platform for a huge variety of applications.
Posted by
Kryten
on
Apr 06th, 2009
Like many others here, I've investigated Joomla, PHPNuke, PostNuke, Drupal, etc. After messing around with them and never really feeling satisfied (too complicated, too hard to develop themes for, too difficult for end users). Concrete5 has changed all that. I'm currently building a website for my wife's employer and, after about a 5 minute introduction, my wife is editing content and rearranging the site like a pro! This morning she asked the staff for biographies & photos for the new website :-) 
Posted by
inksnatcher
on
Apr 07th, 2009
I love the simplicity of Concrete. Having never learned code, I needed something that wouldn't frustrate my limited computer knowledge. In the past, I've had to use others to do the FTP files for me, and they have done it for free with many sighs and eye rolls. I've been able to create 3 sites in a matter of days, and I am free to update them whenever I want. This is true freedom--not having to rely on the generosity of others to get the job done. 
Posted by
ideasponge
on
Apr 14th, 2009
After building websites for over 10 years, the "wow cool" factor was starting to go away. After finding c5, designing and setting up websites has become an enjoyable, if not an out right FUN, experience all over again. I have felt that the way the more popular CMS's managed content was broken. It just didn't flow. With c5 you can build your website as part of the brainstorming processes because it makes it so easy to correct mistakes and organize content.So not only is it powerful, easy to use, and fun to use, but it just looks so damn cool to :)
Posted by
DTW
on
Apr 24th, 2009
I am a huge fan of Concrete5! My html skills are basic, and I have I no clue what I am doing when it comes to CSS, still learning the ropes. I am still using the default plain yogurt template, I kind of like it… One day I plan on making my own CSS template or perhaps pay some one to design a template.I confess I am not much of a graphic designer or web developer. The ideal for my site http://www.duane-media.com is simply to promote the services of other graphic designers and web developers by offering them free advertising space; my site has been a work in progress for a very long time.
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Posted by
RossRN
on
May 20th, 2009
c5 has been great! I've used zope/plone, openACS, custom and shelf products and this has been the best developed solution from my perspective. I use the plain vanilla template, and love it because I believe in clean, simple, straight-forward sites (ie, google.com) and that is accomplished.
Fundamental design converges with optimization - how wonderful!
I look forwarded to testing its scalability and have already recommended it for future projects.
Way to go Franz!!!
Posted by
hexacreative
on
May 23rd, 2009
i lock C5 for my client and for Indonesia web ! 
Posted by
corybecker
on
Jun 01st, 2009
I own a small promotional products distributorship. I am not a techie & cash flow is down to a trickle right now. I wanted a nice "skin" to cover some "industry provided templated websites" & search engines. I tried Joomla and figured out how to download then upload templates via ftp after watching 3 different tutorials but couldn't figure anything out after doing that...then I tried wordpress -- I watched 5 tutorials on how to remove code so that the wordpress site would look like a website instead of a blog - never could find the right code to remove! I downloaded concrete5 and in 40 minutes I had a reasonable start on actually having a website that I won't be embarrassed to have anyone see. - that Piknic thing is really cool too. I uploaded my logo and it was too big - I picknic-ed it and it took me a few tries to figure out that I had to hit export but when I did it voila! smaller logo. Nice. I think you folks have really got something here. I predict that it will just keep getting better and better. Congratulations
Posted by
dkeith
on
Sep 15th, 2009
We are an association that has used some other CMSs and due to their complexity staff was not always comfortable and begin to avoid updating the site. For us it was not so much about a CMS that has all the bells and whistles already in place but one that would conquer the staff usage obstacle. We are pleased to see how all our staff has taken to Concrete5 and comment again and again over how easy it is to work within the pages of our web site.
In addition we have been pleasantly surprized that Concrete5 has proven to be a very robust CMS offering nearly all the features we were looking for with the promise of more to come in the near future.
I want to also praise Franz and the others in the core team as they have been great to work with and bent over backwards to help us launch our new site. It is well worth it to host with Concrete5 plus it is a great way to give back and show our appreciation for their putting together a top notch CMS.
Posted by
Toby1
on
Oct 03rd, 2009
I looked at Joomla, then went with Drupal, and only came across concrete5 through a banner ad on a Drupal developers site - concrete5 just looks and feels like a generation ahead. It is awesomely good. I was anxious about the drupal learning curve - but I'm actually looking forward to this. No contest.
Posted by
kstrange
on
Oct 08th, 2009
We are integrating a new site design with C5 right now and are planning on a December Launch. Our site serves over 500,000 visitors per month, and we're confident C5 will be able to handle this. This is (imho) a top 3 CMS system, only reason why it's not #1 - is because it's new - and doesn't have a history of plugins - but that is changing. This is the very first CMS that regular users can easily understand - and hardcore techies can make dance. 
Posted by
dholowack
on
Oct 08th, 2009
The day I found concrete5 I stopped reviewing other CMS platforms. c5 has a terrific UI - very easy for my clients and end users to learn. Thanks to the developers and great community! Cheers.
Posted by
uangalu
on
Nov 01st, 2009
Hi all. I want to thank the team for this fantastic CMS ! I'm a rookie in the CMS world, but with C5 I have found a CMS that I'm able to use, got a decent job done in under a week from (not knowing concrete, to loving it!)
Posted by
Rajma
on
Nov 10th, 2009
I am the Director of Internet Marketing for a large corporation (7000+ employees), just 3 months ago I was tasked with the job of completely redesigning and building our Intranet and having it done in just 4 months. With 28 business units and departments that equals literally thousands of pages of content including file management, forums and interactive calendars. I can honestly say that without Concrete5, Franz and his staff, there was no way this project could have been completed. I am one month from my deadline and we will complete the project on time. If you want the most dynamic, user friendly, inexpensive (FREE except for plug-ins that are rediculously cheap) CMS on the market, go download the software now and be amazed!Rajma McKenzie
Posted by
braintre
on
Dec 01st, 2009
Never created a website before, ever. Did a quick online search, read about concrete5, signed up for hosting and couldn't be happier. From the very beginning, a personal email from Franz, the CEO, explaining how to get started, it couldn't have been easier. I have no experience with coding or css or any of that. Yet, I had my first website completely built in 2 days. I had one site design stumbling block (mine, not the software's)and when I was stumped I turned to the forum. Found some help there but in the end I emailed Franz. He personally responded to the email and fixed the design issue himself, free of charge in under 30 minutes! Try that with any other CMS or web host. I tell everyone I know. You won't be disappointed. Use Concrete5 and host with them too, it's well worth it. It truly is the only option out there for people who don't want to outsource their website development. Thanks, I couldn't have done it without you! 
Posted by
DigitalCrate
on
Dec 07th, 2009
Having now built quite a few sites using Concrete5, I have to say that I was amazed with it the first time and I'm still being amazed by it now!Not only is Concrete5 an awesome os cms, but I feel that their technical support is second to none.
You're never just a number to these guys, its as though you're their only customer when you need them, even personal help from Franz, CEO, how often do you get that level of attention???
I also have to mention the other Concrete5 members, for anyone whos new to this, seriously, you couldnt find a friendlier forum, everyones so helpful, you can get an answer to almost any question :)
In a nutshell, if you are looking for a CMS that is powerful enough to develop professional sites, yet easy enough for a web novice to update, stop looking, you found it..... keep up the good work guys, looking forward to the next comings :)
Posted by
dkdesign
on
Dec 24th, 2009
Wow, just discovered this CMS and I am still pinching myself, it just offers so much to work with, and is so simple to use, I created my first theme in literally 10 minutes, it is leaving everything else I have used in the dust.All good structures need a solid foundation, and thats why from now on I will be building on concrete. ;-)
Posted by
gideontodes
on
Jan 06th, 2010
It's not often a customer gets to speak to the CEO. But when I got stuck that's exactly who was at the end of my request for help. Keep up the great service. Gideon Todes
Posted by
juliankauai
on
Jan 07th, 2010
everything else has always been a chore. concrete is simple and yet comprehensive. i highly recommend people try this out before getting involved in complex cms's or in doing a large site manually with html and css.people with no experience on the web can run their own site with concrete.
good stuff!
Posted by
jpabellon
on
Jan 07th, 2010
Have used Joomla, Drupal, and have tried practically every other major open source and some proprietary Content Management Systems out there. Very few can even come close to Concrete5's ease of use and functionality. Absolutely one of the best Content Management Systems out there! 
Posted by
synlag
on
Jan 19th, 2010
Concrete5 keeps the perfect balance between usability and flexibility.Easy for authors, web site editors and administrators to manage a site with hundreds of pages and users.
High quality add-ons, checked by the core and review team, round the value.
Awesome application!
Posted by
tsfour
on
Jan 22nd, 2010
Wow. After hours with Joomla, Drupal, CMSMS, I basically gave up on the idea that I could create a website without intimately understanding code. Enter: C5. Although my site is intentionally very simple, C5 gives novice users like myself the tools to light up a site like the Vegas strip. Amazing. Powerful. I'll be a fan for a good, long time.
Kudos
Posted by
lisbokt
on
Feb 03rd, 2010
Your tagline made me look at it seriously - "Strong enough for geeks". We don't get much geekier than over here at The Geek Group. I had a wishlist for a CMS and had been putting it off because nobody met my needs. Concrete5 met every single of them and had zero items on my veto-list. I could not be happier with Concrete5 and have been signing its praises to every web developer I know. So far I've converted at least three - and I have only been a Concrete5 user since the beginning of January.Keep it up, guys.
Posted by
ringo
on
Feb 03rd, 2010
Concrete5 has completely changed the way I build websites. Like Apple say about their macs, it just works! No longer do I have to write custom code for file uploads, user editing features, sitemap generation - the list goes on. All I have to do is create a theme and let the user build their own web presence using the amazing editing features that come with c5. I have tried many other platforms before this one but now I have found a winner. You cannot beat this CMS and any website with a concrete foundation is a good one! You must be logged in to leave a reply.
