Who it’s for
What people build on Total CMS.
Total CMS is a CMS you install on your own server and own outright. These are the sites people run on it, from portals and intranets to member sites, bookings, portfolios and podcasts. Every page says where Total CMS fits and where it does not.
Freelancers and agencies
Building sites for someone else?
Every use case below is a site you could build and hand over, and each one comes with a JumpStart: the sample site, ready to import with a free account.
- Freelancers and small studios Client sites your clients can run. What to say when you pitch it, how to demo and price it, and how to hand off a site your client can actually run. See the freelancer resources
- Agencies serving large organizations Many sites for one client, licensed to end in ownership. You build and run Total CMS across an institution’s sites, and the license is written so the sites end up theirs. See the enterprise license
Use cases
Find your situation.
Written for a kind of company or job: what Total CMS does there, how it connects to what you already run, and where it stops.
For companies
Beside the ERP, the CRM and the shared drive: the knowledge and the logins those systems were never built to hold.
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Companies that sell products Total CMS alongside your ERP
Spec sheets, photos and expert know-how beside your ERP, joined on the item number. Read the use case
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Businesses with clients or dealers Client, dealer and customer portals on your own site
One login per client or dealer, showing only the files and pages meant for them. Read the use case
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Small companies and teams A small company intranet on your own server
News, policies, procedures and forms behind one staff login, kept current by each team. Read the use case
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Sales teams and the experts behind them A company pocket guide that keeps your experts' knowledge
Your experts' know-how, written down once and carried by every rep on their phone. Read the use case
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Developers and product builders Small web apps with the back office already built
Logins, owned records, forms, an API and scheduled jobs, with the admin as the back office. Read the use case
For local businesses
Sites the people who run the business keep current themselves.
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Restaurants, cafes and bars A restaurant website where the menu is always right
The menu, specials and hours, changed by the people who run the restaurant. Read the use case
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Teachers, tour guides and hosts Bookings for classes, workshops and small stays
Classes, tours and small stays booked on your own site, with capacity, approvals and a waitlist. Read the use case
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Real estate agents, developers and property managers Property listings on your own site
Listings with galleries, filters and an enquiry form, on the agency's own site. Read the use case
For clubs, schools and organizations
Members, listings, events and families, each with a login of their own where they need one.
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Clubs, associations and nonprofits A membership website with the logins built in
Member-only pages, a resources library and sign-up, on logins that never reach the admin. Read the use case
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Associations, chambers and local guides A directory your members keep up to date
Members submit and update their own listings, and nothing goes live until you approve it. Read the use case
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Festival, camp and conference organizers A festival, camp or conference site you keep year after year
The program, speakers, schedule and registration, with every past year kept online. Read the use case
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Schools, academies and studios A school website your staff keep current
Courses, teachers and news kept current by staff, with a private area for families. Read the use case
For research and reference
Catalogs and labs where every record links to the ones it belongs with.
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Collectors, societies and researchers A reference database for your collection or field of study
A catalog of stamps, coins, texts or specimens, one linked record per item, with search. Read the use case
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Research labs and project teams A research lab website with every paper linked to its people
People, projects and papers the researchers update themselves, each paper linked to its authors. Read the use case
For creative work and publishing
Work shown and published on a site that is yours, not a platform you rent.
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Artists and illustrators An artist portfolio website on a site you own
Series and works hung in your order, sized for every screen, with watermarks a URL edit can't strip. Read the use case
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Photographers A photography portfolio website with client proofing built in
A portfolio and client proofing galleries on one site: favorites, comments and delivery. Read the use case
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Podcasters Your podcast feed, on your own site
The show, the episodes and a feed Apple and Spotify accept, served from your own site. Read the use case
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Magazine and newsletter publishers A magazine or newsletter on your own site
Issues, articles and a searchable archive, with the newsletter sent from the same site. Read the use case
Not on the list?
Tell us what you run and what you want beside it, and we’ll tell you honestly whether Total CMS fits. Or try it for 45 days with every Pro feature, on your own server.