Open Source software offers both small and large businesses numerous advantages over proprietary web applications and software platforms. Open source software is free, can be customized to exactly match the business, community, or publishing needs of a website, and scales efficiently to power even the most highly trafficked domains. Open source software is developed by communities of talented programmers from around the world, highly extensible, enterprise quality, and frequently updated to incorporate the latest developments in social media, APIs, ecommerce, & web security.

TypeHost uses open source CMS software to build dynamic websites such as:

• Social Networking Websites - user profiles, community websites, dynamic content, private messaging, chat, comments, & status update integration
• Social Bookmarking Websites - share web links on your website and allow users to vote them up or down like Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit, etc.
• Blog Portals - single user or multi-user blog design with custom themes based on WordPress or Drupal for easy self-published website content
• Ecommerce & Web Sales - use an integrated product management framework for catalogs with multiple payment gateways and shopping carts available
• Image, Video, & Art Galleries - photographer, artist, video, and multimedia portfolio sites with custom themes and gallery management facilities
• Business & NGO Information Sites - web publishing solutions for online presence, brand identity, secure documentation, collaboration, & database management
• Forums & Wikis - add wikis and forums to your website to develop community networks or build a dedicated topic site with dynamic media
• Google Maps, Facebook, & Twitter Integration - add Google maps integration, tweets, or status updates from social networking sites
• Online Newspapers & Magazines - full publishing solutions for news and magazine websites with large databases of multimedia content

TypeHost Web Development specializes in building websites with open source Content Management System (CMS) software, such as Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, Magento, and Alfresco. We will review the requirements of your website and make a recommendation of which platform to develop on to make the most efficient use of existing open source resources. We also offer theme design and custom module / plug-in programming services for advanced websites built on these frameworks that require new functionality, as well as server management, installation & upgrades, web hosting, and monthly website maintenance for open source CMS websites.

Please visit the sites below for more information on open source Content Management Systems or contact us for a free estimate and development roadmap.