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Which Mac Web software to buy?

There are many options for buying software to create Web sites, but not many of them are particularly good; nearly everyone has moved to on-server frameworks, blogging software, and such (e.g. Wordpress, Xenforo, and Joomla). But what if you want something fast and easy to manage, without all sorts of extra libraries and functions you’ll never use?

Most portals are designed to run on Linux systems (Windows setups are also out there), with Apache, nginx, or Litespeed, nearly always running on php, with MySQL databases. They usually require more work than you'd think to review, install, and customize, but provide a dynamic site that a large user base can contribute to with minimal work on your part. Portals are best for dynamic content. For other sites, such as motales.com, which like my first site (Allpar) has Chrysler-related information, I chose static pages to lighten the server load and increase speed. A new option for many people is using forums; some of these are incredibly easy to modify (phpBB) while others are mature and fully featured (Xenforo, IPB), or mature and free (SimpleMachines SMF), and others have all sorts of new, innovative features. You can even get your own social media software.

For most people, there are several basic types of Mac-based Web site packages:

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