<s>
CMSimple	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
it	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux/Apache	O
servers	O
,	O
or	O
on	O
Win32	O
with	O
Apache	O
or	O
IIS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CMSimple	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CMSimple	B-Application
does	O
not	O
need	O
a	O
database	O
as	O
it	O
writes	O
page	O
data	O
directly	O
to	O
an	O
HTML	B-Language
file	I-Language
on	O
the	O
web	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
simplifies	O
installation	O
and	O
backups	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
makes	O
CMSimple	B-Application
a	O
low-cost	O
option	O
on	O
web	O
hosts	O
which	O
charge	O
extra	O
for	O
database	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	O
files	O
and	O
language	O
files	O
are	O
also	O
saved	O
in	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
Content	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Systems	I-Protocol
,	O
CMSimple	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
including	O
many	O
made	O
by	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
a	O
CMSimple	B-Application
website	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
template	O
file	O
using	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
designed	O
by	O
the	O
installer	O
or	O
selected	O
from	O
over	O
500	O
free	O
templates	O
available	O
through	O
CMSimple	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
error	B-Error_Name
messages	I-Error_Name
and	O
text	O
strings	O
are	O
contained	O
in	O
a	O
plain	O
text	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Template	O
customization	O
takes	O
more	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
requires	O
knowledge	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
December	O
2009	O
,	O
CMSimple	B-Application
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
visible	O
link	O
to	O
CMSimple	B-Application
was	O
kept	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
,	O
then	O
CMSimple	B-Application
was	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Affero	O
GPL	B-License
licence	O
applied	O
;	O
when	O
the	O
link	O
was	O
removed	O
a	O
licence	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
purchased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
English	O
is	O
the	O
principal	O
language	O
of	O
communication	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
CMSimple	B-Application
communities	O
in	O
Denmark	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Spain	O
and	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
book	O
has	O
been	O
published	O
in	O
Danish	O
,	O
Byg	O
et	O
website	O
,	O
Britt	O
Malka	O
,	O
,	O
and	O
another	O
one	O
in	O
Dutch	O
CMSimple	B-Application
voor	O
beginners	O
,	O
Emile	O
Bastings	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
CMSimple	B-Application
forks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Best-known	O
are	O
'	O
CMSimple_XH	O
 '	O
and	O
CMSimple	B-Application
'	O
4.X.X	O
'	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Peter	O
Harteg	O
stopped	O
developing	O
the	O
original	O
'	O
CMSimple	B-Application
 '	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Gert	O
Ebersbach	O
bought	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
brand	O
and	O
renamed	O
CMSimpleSubsites	O
to	O
'	O
CMSimple	B-Application
4.0	O
'	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
CMSimple	B-Application
forks	O
are	O
now	O
available	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
CMSimple	B-Application
Classic	O
 '	O
version	O
3.54	O
,	O
compatible	O
with	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Preben	O
Bjorn	O
Biermann	O
Madsen	O
.	O
</s>
