ToastyCMS a Content Management System built using CakePHP

I have been interested in Content Management Systems since I first encountered Modx back in 2011 while taking over a web development project. The problem is I have found that most CMS products do too much for the developer in my opinion. My point of view of content management systems shifted after using the Umbraco CMS at my current job. Umbraco provides many of the tools required to build and manage websites, but they leave most of the heavy lifting to the developer. Unfortunately, Umbraco requires Microsoft Windows and most of the web environments I work in are Unix based. 

After several attempts to confidently develop using the PHP based CMSs Joomla, Drupal, and Modx, I gave up and decided to build my own using the CakePHP framework. After three months of development I published this post on the bakery http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/icompuiz/2012/03/28/toastycms_a_cms_for_people_who_love_bread_that_is_baked_twice_1 describing the project. That was the first version which can be found on GitHub here https://github.com/icompuiz/ToastyCMSv1

After a year or so and several production website, I began my second attempt at ToastyCMS. This one would use learnings from the previous version, other CMSs I've used, the Croogo project, and Umbraco to build a general case CMS. Three months of design and development resulted in a new ToastyCMS, code named French Toast. The source can be found on my GitHub as well https://github.com/icompuiz/toastycms or from the website http://toastycms.com.

Since completing this first 'release' I have been fixing bugs that I encounter during use. The largest deployment of this version of Toasty is http://ritglobalunion.com. I have a few other active sites, but I can't share them here. 

The goal of this version was to abstract the common patterns encountered while developing websites while still leaving the power in the hands of the developers to create any kind of site. 

Currently the documentation is in complete and barely touches on the number of features available in the CMS. Granted most of the features available are because Toasty exposes CakePHP's features to the developer.

I would love to have a discussion about how to make Toasty better and get more users.

- Isioma Nnodum

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