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<p>Today, I'm going to announce the winner of the 2014 Critics' Choice Award for Best Commercial Forum Solution.</p>
<p><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/bestcommercialforumsolution.png" /></p>
<p>This award is a tough one to judge but we decided on the one solution most likely to continue to improve and grow over time. With a ton of beautiful options and a stunning interface, the best commercial forum solution for this year is <a href="https://plushforums.com/">Plush Forums</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/plush300x0.png" /></p>
<p>We like it so much, we use it here on CMS Critic. To sign up and get your own forums with Plush Forums (or to learn more) go here: <a href="https://plushforums.com/">https://plushforums.com/</a></p>


2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner - Best Commercial Forum Solution

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<p>I've been getting a ton of emails asking for another update on the People's Choice CMS awards since the last time I shared it so I thought now would be a good time to do so again.</p><p>Without further hesitation, here are the results as they stand so far. Keep in mind we still have about a month and a bit to go so the results can change at any time. There are definitely a few upsets since the last time I posted this.</p><p>For major changes, I'll put a note below the result and tell you what changed.</p><h3><strong>Best Cloud CMS for SMB</strong></h3><ol><li>LightCMS   – 49%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.surrealcms.com/">Surreal CMS   </a> – 28%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.acquia.com/products-services/acquia-cloud">Acquia Cloud   </a> – 22%</li></ol><h3>Best Cloud CMS for Enterprise</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.acquia.com/products-services/acquia-cloud">Acquia Cloud   </a> – 50%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.clickability.com/">Clickability   </a>  – 28%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.crownpeak.com/">CrownPeak   </a> – 22%</li></ol><h3>Best CMS for Corporate Intranets</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com/">Liferay   </a> – 46%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.entando.com/portal/">Entando   </a> –  33%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ocportal.com/">ocPortal   </a> –  21%</li></ol><h3>Best eCommerce Solution for SMB</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.prestashop.com/en/">Prestashop   </a> – 44%</li><li><a href="/products/shopify">Shopify   </a> – 42%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://aspxcommerce.com/">ASPx Commerce   </a> – 14%</li></ol><p>Prestashop is really starting to pull ahead from a previous second place with 35% to a 44% jump to #1 they are obviously rallying their forces and pushing for a win.</p><h3>Best eCommerce Solution for Enterprise</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.prestashop.com/en">Prestashop   </a> – 45%</li><li><a href="/products/shopify">Shopify   </a> – 35%</li><li><a href="/products/bigcommerce">BigCommerce   </a> – 20%</li></ol><p>Again, Prestashop is really starting to take over in the eCommerce space, can Shopify &amp; <a href="/products/bigcommerce">BigCommerce</a> rally enough to pull off a win? We'll have to see.</p><h3>Best Free Forum Solution</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://vanillaforums.org/">Vanilla Forums   </a> – 35%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mybb.com/">MyBB   </a> – 33%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://nodebb.org/">NodeBB   </a> – 31%</li></ol><p>We have a very tight race here for the three forum solutions. It's anyones game at this point.</p><h3>Best Commercial Forum Solution</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://vanillaforums.com/">Vanilla Forums   </a> – 41%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ninjapost.com/">Ninja Post   </a> – 36%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/">IP.Board   </a> – 22%</li></ol><h3>Best Enterprise PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://drupal.org/">Drupal   </a> – 58%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://typo3.org/">Typo 3   </a> – 23%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://ez.no/Products/The-eZ-Publish-Platform">eZ Publish   </a> – 19%</li></ol><h3>Best Enterprise Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.onehippo.com/en">Hippo   </a> – 50%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.adobe.com/solutions/web-experience-management.html">Adobe AEM   </a> – 31%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jahia.com/products">Jahia   </a> – 19%</li></ol><h3>Best Enterprise .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sitecore.net/">Sitecore   </a> – 43%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.kentico.com/">Kentico   </a> – 28%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sitefinity.com/">Sitefinity   </a> – 28%</li></ol><p>Interestingly, Sitecore is in the lead but Kentico and Sitefinity are battling it out for second place and are completely tied. Can someone rally to take out last year's winner, Sitecore? We'll have to wait and see.</p><h3>Best Enterprise CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://plone.org/">Plone   </a> – 43%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.getmura.com/">Mura CMS   </a> – 40%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.paperthin.com/">Paperthin Commonspot   </a> – 17%</li></ol><h3>Best Free PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.joomla.org/">Joomla   </a> – 62%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.concrete5.org/">Concrete5   </a> – 24%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.processwire.com/">ProcessWire   </a> – 14%</li></ol><h3>Best Free Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.magnolia-cms.com/">Magnolia   </a> – 45%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dotcms.com/">dotCMS   </a> – 28%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com/">Liferay   </a> – 27%</li></ol><h3>Best Free .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://umbraco.com/">Umbraco   </a> – 44%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://sageframe.com/">Sageframe   </a> – 29%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/">DNN Platform   </a> – 27%</li></ol><h3>Best Free CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.getmura.com/">Mura CMS   </a> – 52%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://plone.org/">Plone   </a> – 48%</li></ol><p>Mura CMS overtakes Plone but only by a margin, can they hold on to the lead?</p><h3>Best Open Source PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.joomla.org/">Joomla!   </a> – 65%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://modx.com/">MODx   </a> – 18%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://ez.no/Products/The-eZ-Publish-Platform">eZ Publish   </a> – 18%</li></ol><p>MODx and eZ Publish are tied for second, can they rally enough to take out Joomla? You never know.</p><h3>Best Open Source Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.magnolia-cms.com/">Magnolia   </a> – 40%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com/">Liferay   </a> – 37%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://dotcms.com/">dotCMS   </a> – 23%</li></ol><h3>Best Open Source .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://umbraco.com/">Umbraco   </a> – 44%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://sageframe.com/">Sageframe   </a> – 29%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/">DNN Platform   </a> – 23%</li></ol><h3>Best Open Source CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.getmura.com/">Mura CMS    </a> – 53%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://plone.org/">Plone    </a> – 47%</li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/">CMS Made Simple   </a> – 41%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://buildwithcraft.com/">Craft CMS   </a> – 30%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.impresspages.org/">ImpressPages   </a> – 29%</li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com/">Liferay   </a> – 64%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.percussion.com/">Percussion CM1   </a> – 36%</li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.orchardproject.net/">Orchard   </a> – 44%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.envisagecms.co.uk/">Envisage CMS   </a> – 30%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/">DNN Evoq Content   </a> – 26%</li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.django-cms.org/en/">Django CMS   </a> – 49%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.surrealcms.com/">Surreal CMS   </a> – 31%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.movabletype.com/">Movable Type   </a> – 20%</li></ul><h3>Best Website Builder</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wix.com/">Wix   </a> – 43%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.squarespace.com">Squarespace   </a> – 35%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.weebly.com/">Weebly   </a> – 22%</li></ol><p>There you have it. The results so far.</p><p><a href="/cms-critic-awards"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/votenow-1.png" /></a></p>

People's Choice CMS Awards - Result Update #2

<p>We are now accepting nominations for the Critics' Choice portion of the CMS Awards. These awards will be selected by our panel of judges however, we are allowing everyone to submit products for consideration as well.</p>
<p><em><strong>Remember, this is the second half of our awards. We have the People's Choice awards which are selected by YOU and are currently in the voting stage (you can vote <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">here</a>) and this is the Critics' Choice portion which is selected by our panel of judges (to be announced soon).</strong></em></p>
<p><img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/awards-logo.png" /></p>
<p>To be considered, you must enter a complete and full answer including a several paragraph mini essay describing why you feel the product you are nominating is worth consideration for the specific award.</p>
<p>To begin submitting products for nomination, go to <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/</a></p>


Nominations are open for the Critics' Choice CMS Awards

<p>I am glad to announce that voting is now open for the 2014 People's Choice CMS awards.</p>
<p>We had an amazing response this year with thousands of nominations submitted. Thank you so much for participating, it really means a lot to us as we strive to spread the word about the amazing CMS that exist out there.</p>
<p>Following this post, I'll be sharing the nominees that you chose in each category.</p>
<p>To cast your vote, click the image below:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/votenow.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Those who vote will be entered for a chance to win a brand new Chromebook! Winners will be drawn on October 18, 2014 (the day after the polls close).</p>
<p>Good luck to you and to all the nominees! Now head over there and <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">vote</a>!</p>


Voting is now open for the 2014 People's Choice CMS Awards!

<p>Nominations are closed now for the People's Choice portion of the CMS Awards. We will be tabulating the nominations this weekend and announcing the systems that have been selected for the voting stage, as well as opening up the voting stage, this Monday, August the 18th.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/"><img style="max-width:476px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/awards-logo.png" /></a></p>
<p>Please be sure to check back then to begin voting (and don't forget to sign up for our newsletter to stay informed).</p>
<p>We want to thank everyone for nominating their favourite projects. This is our third year running these awards and we've never seen such an amazing adoption throughout the community so thank you very much for getting involved and nominating. We will need you one more time to share with us your choices for the Best of the Best in each category.</p>
<p>Please return Monday for the voting stage of the awards.</p>


Nominations are closed for the People's Choice CMS Awards

<p>It is with great pleasure that I share with you the amazing products that you selected as nominees for a 2014 People's Choice CMS award.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/votenow-1.png" /></a></p><p>Here is a complete list of all nominees in all categories (with links to their websites so you can learn more).</p><p>Don't forget to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">cast your vote as well </a> (and be entered for a chance to win a brand new Chromebook!).</p><p>Here are the nominees in each category:</p><h3>Best Cloud CMS for SMB</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.surrealcms.com/">Surreal CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.acquia.com/products-services/acquia-cloud">Acquia Cloud</a></li><li>Light CMS</li></ol><h3>Best Cloud CMS for Enterprise</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.acquia.com/products-services/acquia-cloud">Acquia Cloud</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.crownpeak.com">CrownPeak</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.clickability.com/">Clickability</a></li></ol><h3>Best CMS for Corporate Intranets</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.entando.com/portal/">Entando</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com">Liferay</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ocportal.com">ocPortal</a></li></ol><h3>Best eCommerce Solution for SMB</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://aspxcommerce.com/">ASPx Commerce</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.prestashop.com/en/">Prestashop</a></li><li><a href="/products/shopify">Shopify</a></li></ol><h3>Best eCommerce Solution for Enterprise</h3><ol><li><a href="/products/bigcommerce">BigCommerce</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.prestashop.com/en">Prestashop</a></li><li><a href="/shopify/">Shopify</a></li></ol><h3>Best Free Forum Solution</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="https://nodebb.org/">NodeBB</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mybb.com/">MyBB</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://vanillaforums.org/">Vanilla Forums</a></li></ol><h3>Best Commercial Forum Solution</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/">IP.Board</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ninjapost.com/">Ninja Post</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://vanillaforums.com">Vanilla Forums</a></li></ol><h3>Best Enterprise PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://ez.no/Products/The-eZ-Publish-Platform">eZ Publish</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://drupal.org">Drupal</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://typo3.org/">Typo 3</a></li></ol><h3>Best Enterprise Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.adobe.com/solutions/web-experience-management.html">Adobe AEM</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.onehippo.com/en">Hippo</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jahia.com/products">Jahia</a></li></ol><h3>Best Enterprise .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.kentico.com">Kentico</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sitecore.net/">Sitecore</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sitefinity.com/">Sitefinity</a></li></ol><h3>Best Enterprise CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.getmura.com/">Mura CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.paperthin.com/">Paperthin Commonspot</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://plone.org/">Plone</a></li></ol><h3>Best Free PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.concrete5.org/">Concrete5</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.joomla.org">Joomla</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.processwire.com">ProcessWire</a></li></ol><h3>Best Free Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dotcms.com">dotCMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com">Liferay</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.magnolia-cms.com/">Magnolia</a></li></ol><h3>Best Free .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/">DNN Platform</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://sageframe.com/">Sageframe</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://umbraco.com/">Umbraco</a></li></ol><h3>Best Free CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.getmura.com/">Mura CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://plone.org/">Plone</a></li></ol><h3>Best Open Source PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://ez.no/Products/The-eZ-Publish-Platform">eZ Publish</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.joomla.org">Joomla!</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://modx.com/">MODx</a></li></ol><h3>Best Open Source Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://dotcms.com/">dotCMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com/">Liferay</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.magnolia-cms.com/">Magnolia</a></li></ol><h3>Best Open Source .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/">DNN Platform</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://sageframe.com/">Sageframe</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://umbraco.com/">Umbraco</a></li></ol><h3>Best Open Source CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.getmura.com/">Mura CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://plone.org/">Plone</a></li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business PHP CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/">CMS Made Simple</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://buildwithcraft.com/">Craft CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.impresspages.org/">ImpressPages</a></li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business Java CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.percussion.com/">Percussion CM1</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.liferay.com/">Liferay</a></li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/">DNN Evoq Content</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.envisagecms.co.uk/">Envisage CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.orchardproject.net/">Orchard</a></li></ol><h3>Best Small to Midsize Business CMS (Other Langs)</h3><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.django-cms.org/en/">Django CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.movabletype.com">Movable Type</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.surrealcms.com/">Surreal CMS</a></li></ul><h3>Best Website Builder</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.squarespace.com">Squarespace</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wix.com/">Wix</a></li></ol><p>Congrats to all who were nominated. Now please <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">head on over to vote </a> for your favorites.</p>

Announcing this year's nominees for the 2014 People's Choice CMS Awards

<p>As you may already know, the nomination stage for our 2013 <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Critics Choice CMS Awards</a> has been open for almost one month. There is one month to go before nominations close and we begin shortlisting potential candidates for the voting stage.</p>
<p>We've prepared this handy badge to use on your site to help inspire your supporters to cast their nominations. Please feel free to use it in your efforts to boost your nominations.</p>
<p><img style="max-width:250px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/nominate-us.png" alt="nominate us - cms awards" /></p>
<p>We're coming down to the wire now for the nominations to get them in while you still can. Remember, these awards are not just here as a popularity contest either so if your community is small and you are worried about not getting enough nominations, don't be. There's a reason we've broken these awards into two types; Peoples Choice and Critics Choice. The latter does not require nominations at all. (more details on the <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">awards page</a> as to how it works).</p>
<p>Best of luck to you all!</p>


Nominate your Favorites for the 2013 Critics Choice CMS Awards!

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<p>Now in our second year, we're reminded how lucky we are here at CMS Critic to be able to work with such great people and such an awesome community.</p>
<p>In the first year of our awards, we were fortunate enough to be sponsored by SiteGround, and this year, we've got a new sponsor joining us to help with the Critics Choice CMS Awards, <a href="http://craftersoftware.com/lp/g2013?s=cmscritic">Crafter Software</a>!</p>
<p><img style="max-width:400px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/crafter-software-notm400x0.jpg" alt="crafter software" /></p>
<p>Their main product, Crafter Studio is a content authoring, management and publishing application that allows marketers and content editors to create rich web experiences. Some of the features of this platform include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dashboards for tracking content tasks and workflow</li>
<li>WYSIWYG authoring</li>
<li>In context preview for the web and all mobile devices</li>
<li>Workflow</li>
<li>Integrated Web Analytics</li>
<li>Multi-channel publishing</li>
<li>Hooks for language translations services</li>
<li>Site blueprints to rapidly create new mini- and micro-sites from pre-defined templates</li>
</ul>
<p>Here's a video showcasing some of the highlights in their product:</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mSJ_7rvqMic?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>Interested in learning more? <a href="http://craftersoftware.com/lp/g2013?s=cmscritic">Visit them </a>&amp; be sure to get your nominations in for the Critics Choice <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">CMS Awards</a>.</p>
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Welcome to our Sponsor for the Critics Choice CMS Awards: Crafter Software

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<p>I'm excited to announce that the <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Critics Choice CMS Awards</a> for 2013 have begun! Nominations are now open until the beginning of August. The awards categories for this year include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Best Open Source CMS</li>
<li>Best Free CMS</li>
<li>Best Small to Midsize Business CMS</li>
<li>Best Enterprise CMS</li>
<li>Best eCommerce Solution (New for 2013!)</li>
<li>Best Social Networking Solution</li>
<li>Best Website Builder</li>
<li>Best Hosted/ Cloud CMS (New for 2013!)</li>
<li>Best Forum Solution (New for 2013!)</li>
</ul>
<p>Be sure to let your respective communities know to get their nominations in, the more nominations, the more likely your product will be shortlisted for a Peoples Choice Award.</p>
<p>We've created this graphic for those that would like to use it to help promote the nominations.</p>
<p><img style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;display:block" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/nominate-us.jpg" /></p>
<p>The page you should link to is <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/" target="_parent">https://www.cmscritic.com/critics-choice-cms-awards/</a> which contains more info and the nomination form.</p>


Nominations are now Open for the Critics Choice CMS Awards

<p>While we tend to share our own opinions on this site frequently in the form of our various CMS reviews, it's nice to hear what the rest of the community thinks as well. For this reason, today we're hoping to drive some discussion about what CMS you use and why?</p>
<p>Regardless of the purpose of the system, share with us in the comments what you like to use, the reasons behind it, and what you use it for. This will not only help us learn about possible systems we may have missed in our coverage, but it will also serve as an excellent resource for those who are in the market for a system and are unsure what to choose.</p>
<p><img style="max-width:570px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/content-management.png" alt="Content-management" /></p>
<p>So whether you use one of the big three, something cool for enterprises or you develop on a framework that has really made you feel like you were getting something accomplished, please share your thoughts on why you think yours is a great choice for your needs.</p>
<p>We'll also use some of this feedback as a basis for our <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">CMS awards</a> which are coming up again in September of this year.  While we tend to share our posts to various networks such as LinkedIn and others, we'd like the comments to be kept here for future visitors to get something valuable out of so we'd appreciate you sharing on this site.</p>
<p>Thanks and we look forward to your responses!</p>


What CMS do you use and why?

<p>It is with great pleasure that we announce the Third Annual Critics' Choice Awards will begin on June 15, 2014!  We have a host of new categories this year that will be announced on our awards site, <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/</a> early next week so be sure to stay tuned for more details on that.</p>
<p>For those who are interested in trying to get nominations once they open on the 15th, use this handy badge and point your users to <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/</a> which is where the nomination forms will be posted on launch date (again, this is June 15).</p>
<p>Here are two versions of the nomination badge for you to use on your site if you wish to do so:</p>
<p><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/nominate_us.png" /><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/nominate-us.png" /></p>
<p>Thanks and good luck to all!</p>


Preparing for the Nomination stage - Critics' Choice CMS Awards

<p>This is just a quick update for those waiting on the results from the Critics' Choice CMS Awards.</p>
<p>Myself and the other judges this year, Kaya Ismail and Barb Mosher Zinck have finished coming up with our results and are getting ready to announce the winners.</p>
<p><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/awards-logo300x0.png" /></p>
<p>We'll begin doing so on November 19th (two days from today) so please stay tuned to find out who we've selected as this year's winners.</p>
<p>For those of you curious as to who the winners are from this year's People's Choice portion of the awards, you can find them all listed on the <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/">Winners Page</a>.</p>


The Critics' Choice CMS Awards Update

<p>Content management systems are an important part of business today and small to midsize businesses have a wide variety of solutions to choose from.</p>
<p>Today, we're going to announce the winner of the 2014 People's Choice CMS Award for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS.</p>
<p>This year's contenders were Orchard, DNN Evoq Content, and Envisage.</p>
<p>The race between DNN Evoq Content and Orchard was very close but in the end, the winner was…</p>
<p><img style="max-width:250px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/250px-orchard_logo_1_svg.png" /></p>
<p>Congratulations to the Orchard Project on their win!</p>
<p>You can learn more about their project here: <a href="http://www.orchardproject.net/">http://www.orchardproject.net/</a></p>


The Winner of the 2014 People's Choice CMS Award for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS

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