This is an open source content management system that is flexible and gives everyone involved in a web project the tools that they need to do their jobs.

The silver stripe CMS has amazing features to its name. The CMS can be tailored. One can easily create the content fields that fit with your design while still marinating the design the client can build on the frame work you create for them easily.

Also if you are a web designer and looking for a CMS but not for yourself and it is your client that will use the CMS on a daily basis, silver stripe CMS has been created for the people that edit website content and built a separate set of tools for the people who actually make the websites. Resulting into a more intuitive CMS.

The CMS also allows the people to make more out of your site by adding silver stripe extensions to their sites. It enables one to add more features by using modules. You can also give your site a new look by using one of the new look themes, or add power to your side bar with widgets.

The silver stripe allows one to add customizations more quickly and end up with more maintainable code as it ties in seamlessly with the sapphire framework.

Silver stripe CMS dictate HTML language to you. It’s their assumption that you know how to make great looking websites and do not want to stand in your way. The template language simply lets you get your database content integrated into the CSS/HTML that you design.

There are several things that one needs to know about the silver stripe CMS for example how to install it. It should be installed on a web server. Having no web server should be no problem since there are programs that you can install to run a simple web server on your own computer. These instructions are provided on the knowledge base of the silver stripe.

One should also learn to add forms. These web forms provide you with a variety of functions that you can be able to carry out in your silver stripe site. One can use the user form module to add a simple data collection form or simple email. After the module is installed a new option will appear in the create page dropdown: "User Defined Form".

The other thing would be to learn how to deal with a bug. The best place to start would be the forum. One should post the description of the problem that one is having and ask the community for help. In most cases what appears to be a bug might actually be a configuration error but if you are certain that it’s a bug you can post it to their bug tracker.

These are just some of the things that one needs to know but if you are with more questions one can just post them on the silver stripe site and you will get all the information that you need on their CMS.

Please visit the Silver Stripe Official Website for more information.