En el mercado de los gestores de contenidos privativos, Fathwire Content Server y Vignette, son posiblemente los productos más empleados en el desarrollo de plataformas web de mediano y gran tamaño. Múltiples portales del BSCH tanto de extranets como intranets, el portal de la comunidad de Madrid son ejemplos del uso de este tipo de gestores de contenidos.
Del “otro lado” tenemos decenas de alternativas libres entre las que destacan Drupal, Joomla o SPIP, ampliamente utilizadas y tradicionalmente relegadas a desarrollos de menor envergadura. No obstante ejemplos como http://www.linuxjournal.com/ o http://art.gnome.org/ demuestran que, drupal en estos casos, puede ser una opción perfectamente válida para sitios que reciben un gran volúmen de tráfico y manejan grandes cantidades de contenidos.
A continuación os presentamos una comparativa entre Fathwire, Drupal y Joomla centrada en sus funcionalidades, compatibilidad con estándares así como con aplicaciones de terceros. Hemos elegido estos 3 gestores por ser de propósito general (WordPress por ejemplo está principalmente enfocado a sistemas de blogs u osCommerce a tiendas online), y sobretodo por estar más familiarizados con su uso dentro de los proyectos que llevamos a cabo en Grupo Exis.
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Last Updated
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2/26/2009
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1/17/2008
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1/11/2009
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System Requirements
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Application Server
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Apache
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J2EE
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CGI
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Approximate Cost
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Free
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Free
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Database
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MySQL
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Oracle
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MySQL
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License
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Open Source
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Closed Source
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Open Source
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Operating System
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Platform Independent
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Platform Independent
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Platform Independent
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Programming Language
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PHP
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Java
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PHP
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Root Access
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No
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Yes
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No
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Shell Access
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No
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Yes
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No
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Web Server
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Apache
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Apache
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Apache
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Security
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Audit Trail
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Captcha
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Content Approval
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Email Verification
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Granular Privileges
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Kerberos Authentication
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No
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No
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No
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LDAP Authentication
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Login History
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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NIS Authentication
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No
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No
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No
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NTLM Authentication
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Free Add On
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Yes
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No
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Pluggable Authentication
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Problem Notification
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No
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Yes
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No
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Sandbox
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No
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Yes
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No
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Session Management
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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SMB Authentication
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No
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No
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No
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SSL Compatible
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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SSL Logins
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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SSL Pages
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Versioning
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Yes
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Support
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Certification Program
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No
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Yes
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No
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Code Skeletons
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Commercial Manuals
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Commercial Support
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Commercial Training
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Developer Community
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Online Help
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Pluggable API
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Professional Hosting
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Professional Services
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Public Forum
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Public Mailing List
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Test Framework
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Free Add On
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No
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Yes
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Third-Party Developers
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Users Conference
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Ease of Use
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Drag-N-Drop Content
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Free Add On
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Yes
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No
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Email To Discussion
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Free Add On
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Free Add On
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Free Add On
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Friendly URLs
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Image Resizing
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Macro Language
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Mass Upload
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Prototyping
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Limited
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Yes
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Yes
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Server Page Language
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Site Setup Wizard
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Limited
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No
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No
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Spell Checker
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Free Add On
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Yes
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No
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Style Wizard
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Limited
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No
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No
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Subscriptions
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Costs Extra
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Template Language
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Limited
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Yes
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Yes
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UI Levels
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Undo
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Limited
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Yes
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No
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WYSIWYG Editor
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Zip Archives
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No
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No
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No
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Performance
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Advanced Caching
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Database Replication
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Limited
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Yes
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No
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Load Balancing
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Page Caching
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Static Content Export
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No
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Yes
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No
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Management
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Advertising Management
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Asset Management
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Clipboard
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No
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Yes
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No
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Content Scheduling
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Content Staging
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Free Add On
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Yes
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No
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Inline Administration
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Online Administration
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Package Deployment
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No
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Yes
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No
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Sub-sites / Roots
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Themes / Skins
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Trash
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Web Statistics
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Web-based Style/Template Management
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Web-based Translation Management
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Yes
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Workflow Engine
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Limited
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Yes
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No
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Interoperability
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Content Syndication (RSS)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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FTP Support
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Limited
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Yes
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Yes
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iCal
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Free Add On
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No
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No
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UTF-8 Support
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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WAI Compliant
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Limited
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Yes
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No
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WebDAV Support
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No
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Yes
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No
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XHTML Compliant
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Flexibility
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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CGI-mode Support
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Content Reuse
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Limited
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Yes
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Yes
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Extensible User Profiles
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Interface Localization
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Metadata
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Multi-lingual Content
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Yes
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Multi-lingual Content Integration
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Multi-Site Deployment
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Yes
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Yes
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Free Add On
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URL Rewriting
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Built-in Applications
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Blog
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Chat
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Classifieds
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Contact Management
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Free Add On
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No
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Yes
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Data Entry
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Database Reports
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No
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Discussion / Forum
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Free Add On
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Document Management
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Limited
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Events Calendar
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Events Management
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Free Add On
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Free Add On
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Free Add On
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Expense Reports
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No
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No
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Free Add On
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FAQ Management
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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File Distribution
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Graphs and Charts
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No
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No
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Free Add On
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Groupware
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Guest Book
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Help Desk / Bug Reporting
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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HTTP Proxy
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No
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Yes
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No
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In/Out Board
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No
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No
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No
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Job Postings
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Link Management
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Mail Form
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Matrix
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No
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Yes
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No
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My Page / Dashboard
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Free Add On
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Yes
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No
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Newsletter
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Photo Gallery
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Polls
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Product Management
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Yes
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Project Tracking
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Search Engine
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Site Map
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Stock Quotes
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Surveys
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Free Add On
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Free Add On
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Free Add On
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Syndicated Content (RSS)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Tests / Quizzes
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Time Tracking
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Free Add On
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No
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No
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User Contributions
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Weather
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Web Services Front End
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Limited
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Yes
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Yes
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Wiki
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Commerce
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Drupal 6.10
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FatWire Content Server
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Joomla! 1.5.10
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Affiliate Tracking
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Inventory Management
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Pluggable Payments
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Pluggable Shipping
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Pluggable Tax
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Point of Sale
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No
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Shopping Cart
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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Subscriptions
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Free Add On
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No
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Free Add On
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Wish Lists
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Free Add On
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Yes
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Free Add On
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