Content Management

Content Management Systems (CMS)

A Content Management System (CMS) is a powerful platform that allows you to build, manage, and publish content on your website without needing to write code. This is the engine behind popular applications like WordPress, Magento, Drupal, and Joomla. Our guides in this section will empower you to take full control of your site. You’ll find step-by-step instructions for installing your CMS (either manually or with an installer like Softaculous), managing your day-to-day operations, and performing advanced tasks like cloning a WordPress site. We also cover best practices for optimizing performance, hardening your site’s security, and troubleshooting common issues.

Content Management Systems (CMS) Articles

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Explore our specialized guides for managing popular CMS platforms. If you are using one of our fully managed servers, your control panel (Interworx, WHM / cPanel, Plesk) provides tools to install and manage various CMS applications. Using one of our self-managed services? We have manual installation guides, as well.

Magento Overview
Master Magento administration. Our guides cover installation, multi-store setup, performance optimization, and going live with Adobe Commerce.
11 articles
Softaculous Overview
Softaculous is the one-click “app store” that lest you deploy, clone, stage, back up, or remove any of the 380-plus supported CMS…
9 articles
WordPress Overview
Master your WordPress site. From installation to performance tuning, our guides cover security, WP-CLI, migrations, and troubleshooting tips.
24 articles

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Best Practices: Changing Your CMS Login URL
Most Content Management Systems (CMS's) have a unique identifying login url. For example, WordPress uses /wp-admin for your login home page. Because…
How to Clone a Drupal Site to Another Domain
Find out how to clone your Drupal site to another domain for testing, staging, or other web development purposes.
How to install dotProject
How Nexcess clients can manually install dotProject with SiteWorx.
How to install Invision Power Board
Follow these simple steps to download and install Invision Power Board on your Nexcess server and start using it today.
How to install Joomla
How Nexcess clients on SiteWorx servers can manually install Joomla.
How to install Joomla on Linux (AlmaLinux)
Installing Joomla on AlmaLinux with Liquid Web servers is a straightforward process that can be completed quickly and efficiently. Harness the power…
How to install PrestaShop
Learn how Nexcess clients can manually install PrestaShop, the open source ecommerce platform.
How to install Vanilla Forums Community Edition
How Nexcess clients on SiteWorx servers can manually install Vanilla Forums Community Edition, an open source discussion forum.
How to secure your ExpressionEngine site
Learn how to secure your ExpressionEngine (EE) site — including some of best practices in the area of security for the purpose…
How to set up OroCRM hosting at Nexcess
If you are looking for a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution for your web application, OroCRM is one of the best options…
How to set up Sylius hosting at Nexcess
Explore the two Sylius hosting setup approaches at Nexcess of leveraging the flexible cloud platform or the non-cloud configuration via traditional "Nexcess…
How to use SiteWorx to install ExpressionEngine
Learn how to manually install ExpressionEngine on a Nexcess server. This guide covers file uploads via SFTP, database setup in SiteWorx, and…
Installing a CMS Manually
To build your website with a CMS, you must first install it. Liquid Web's cPanel and Plesk servers offer automated tools for…
What Is a Content Management System (CMS)?
What is a CMS? Discover how Content Management Systems like WordPress and Magento help you build websites faster without coding knowledge.