Coaster was designed to be flexible, users can easily manage apparently complex website features with ease.
Easily manage Beacons to broadcast URLs promoting information and offers specific to a targeted location.
Users can specify the time they want web pages to be displayed. It’s as simple as adding a meeting to a calendar with Coaster CMS.
| Features | Wordpress | Joomla | Coaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unique "repeater" block feature for hugely flexible websites | no | no | yes |
| Developer friendly | until plugin overload | no | yes |
| Good for blogging | yes | no | yes (theme dependent) |
| Secure | if kept up to date | if kept up to date | if kept up to date |
| Beacon compatible | no | no | yes |
| Time specific versions | No | No | Yes |
| Built in SEO tools (automatic sitemap + 301 redirects) | with plugin | partial | yes |
| Composer compatible | no | no | yes |
| OOP Framework | partial | yes | yes |
| Multiple menus | via additional work | yes | yes |
| User friendly interface | yes | no | yes |
| Single file manager | yes | yes | yes |
| Versioning and publishing system | yes | yes | yes |
| Contact Form | requires plugin | requires plugin | yes |
| Content block types enable design consistency | no | yes | yes |
| Manage pages | secondary feature | yes | yes |
Based on Laravel 5
Additional features always being planned/researched
"git" involved
Both you and your customer's will love Coaster for its ease of use and speed of deployment.
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