We’ve been working with CMS Made Simple for quite awhile and it is a great CMS that has a lot of functional modules, including the Front End Users (FEU) module (used in tandem with the Self-Registration module you can have a premium content web site in nothing flat!), Bookmarks, Calendar, Events Calendar, File Uploads, to name just a few.

We’ve created the following sites proudly running CMS Made Simple:

• Stonefield Villas Homeowners Association
• Parkway Utility District
• Idylwood Civic Club
• The Hastings Law Firm
• Core Capital

There is no shortage of beautifully designed web sites out there using CMS Made Simple and we are going to show you just a few of them today. These are the “cream of the crop,” the creme de la creme of CMS Made Simple web sites out there. (In the coming weeks, we’ll show you small business web sites, hospitality web sites and web designers’ and other creatives’ web sites running CMS-MS, so stay tuned!)

Designing for CMS-MS is extremely simple. You can go hog wild with your CSS and basically just plop the CMS-MS code right into the midst of it all. The smarty templating system and generous styling hooks offered by all the modules makes designing intricate layouts and effects simple as childs’ play.

So sit back and ooh and ah over these lovely sites, handpicked by us.

Concentus Women’s Chorus

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Last week, I told you about a clever little CMS I’d found via my my web design partner (yeah, he’s got my back!). It’s GetSimple CMS by Chris Cagle. It is designed to serve a niche market for the small web site that doesn’t need all the bells and whistles of WordPress, Drupal, Joomla! or any other full blown content management system. And it doesn’t need a database. It runs completely on XML. And, the best thing about it? It’s a snap to design for. We ended up designing our first GS web site on Friday afternoon. It was a fluke, actually. Client called and needed a site up ASAP. Within less than an hour after the domain was purchased, GS was up and running and within another hour, the site had a spanking new design. But enough about us. Along with this new GS-powered web site, I want to feature four other small business/professional web sites that are running GetSimple.

Gus Wortham Conservancy

WordPress took the blogging world by storm just three years ago. The Movable Type licensing fiasco helped boost the then-fledgling CMS/blogging app’s popularity. And it’s held its ground, and in fact, overtaken MT as the premier blogging application. So .. WP is not just for blogs anymore. And I’ve chosen ten non-blog sites driven by WordPress to illustrate just how powerful this CMS can be. With plugin development continuing at its usual breakneck pace, you can be assured of useful and practical plugins to meet the needs of most small business owners and professionals who seek an easy way to create and update web content, and not just maintain a business blog.