October CMS as best flat file CMS

Earlier this month we discussed how Umbraco is the best CMS for businesses on you Hosting.After this we looked further into the awards and it showed that October CMS was chosen as the best Flat File CMS.Therefore, we decided to cover further in this blog post to what exactly a Flat File CMS is.

What is a Flat File CMS?

A Flat File CMS is meant for small to medium sized websites or projects.The reason that a Flat File CMS is better for this is due to the fact that these types of systems do not use a MySQL database.
Because a Flat File CMS uses a text file as a database instead of a MySQL database, it is extremely fast.This brings even more advantages, think of the configuration.You do not have to configure everything during the installation but you can actually start working almost immediately.

If you have no experience with installing or using a CMS it is a very good choice to start with a Flat File CMS like October CMS.Because there is no database attached it saves you a lot of time maintaining the database.This makes for very fast and secure websites, because malicious users will always be the first to attack a database.When using a certain plug-in or theme, they will not be able to attack your database through that plug-in.

October CMS

October CMS is a combination of a CMS and a Flat File CMS.This has to do with the fact that the part that the users see is in a Flat File Database but the admin environment uses a normal database.This makes it possible to manage rights, users and plug-ins on a Flat File CMS system, so you have the advantage of both sides.

October CMS also uses the PHP framework called Laravel, to make this work on your hosting you need to use PHP 7.A big advantage of PHP 7 is that it is a lot safer and faster than PHP 5, so your website will run at optimal speed.In combination with a Total SSD package, your website will be lightning fast.

If you have any questions about October CMS or Flat File CMS systems you can always check if a chat is available.If no one is available you can always send a ticket to our helpdesk.