For some months ago i started with this project that based on Cmsmadesimple.

CMSMS  has some disadvantages - low speed , needs much memory , a very bad module api.

Now i have made several Versions of PowerCMS and changed many from the original.

And now PowerCMS is gone his own way.

The default language is german.

• A very memory efficient CMS, that works without problems on Web server with 8MB memory limit - typically less than 1 mb needed in the frontend
• A very fast CMS with very small generation times - the values are 0.00075507164001465 ... 0.04244296073913 seconds on shared Webservers
• Will run from PHP 4.3.1, including PHP 5.xx versions - no need of PHP 5
• Requires a MYSQL database from version 3.23 and upwards 
• Extensive Search capabilities, also in Admin area by utilizing the FULLTEXT function of MYSQL
• This CMS offers Supercache technology with caching as file or via database
• The own Database Class provides Backup, Restores, Optimize and Statistics functions, with the Backup output being compatible with current PHPMyAdmin versions
• Build in Backup, Restore, Optimize and Statistics
• Export whole site as static HTML – bridging between CMS and Authoring systems
• WYSIWYG – editor TinyMCE running under IE and FF (IE recommended)
• Syntax highlighting – editor when inputting CSS, Templates and user defined PHP Tags
• Uses original Smarty template engine – no hacked versions for easy updates
• Follows the innovative idea for Tool Plug-ins
• Plug-in Guestbook with Captcha, Reload/IP blocking, automatic installation, user activation by email and selectable Wysiwyg editor
• Plug-in Contact Form with automatic reload/IP blocking, Captcha, html mails and wysiwyg editor
• Plug-in Powermenu an extremely flexible Menu system
• Plug-in MiniNews for simple News functions
• Plug-in Modernnews for more elaborate news users
• Mulitlingual Websites with virtuell CMS
• Several Calendar functions
  

The homepage of this project is powercms.org