We certainly can´t test every single CMS on the market. But we tried the most common open source content management systems with MAMP. Although it´s not really a CMS we also tested Wordpress. And the news is: All tested systems worked perfectly with MAMP!
As lots of complex Content Management Systems are requiring more PHP memory than the default 8MB MAMP is offering we increased the PHP memory limit to 32MB. Read this post to learn how it works.
Here is the list of all tested Systems (in alphabetical order):
| Name | Version | Tester | Test date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Made Simple | 1.6.5 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| CMSimple | 3.3 | Anonymous | 12.02.2010 |
| Drupal | 6.13 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| Frog CMS | 0.9.5 | Anonymous | 17.12.2009 |
| ExpressionEngine | 1.6.8 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 16.09.2009 |
| Joomla! | 1.5.14 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| MODx | 1.0.2 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 05.03.2010 |
| papaya CMS | 5.0 RC1 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| REDAXO | 4.2.1 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| phpwcms | 1.4.5 | Oliver Georgi | 10.10.2009 |
| SilverStripe | 2.3.3 | ConnyLo | 02.11.2009 |
| SPIP | 1.9 | Anonymous | 01.12.2009 |
| SPIP | 2.10 | Anonymous | 01.12.2009 |
| Textpattern | 4.2.0 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| TYPO3 | 4.2.8 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| TYPOlight | 2.6 | Dolores Moser | 25.10.2009 |
| webEdition | 6.0.0.6 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
| WebsiteBaker | 2.7 | Anonymous | 09.12.2009 |
| Wolf CMS | 0.6.0 | Anonymous | 17.12.2009 |
| WordPress | 2.8.4 | MAMP Team (D. E.) | 13.09.2009 |
We hope we could answer some common questions like "Does system XYZ work with MAMP?" If your favorite System is not mentioned yet please feel free to add a comment so we can expand this test.
Update 2009-09-16: ExpressionEngine added.
Update 10.10.2009: phpwcms added.
Update 25.10.2009: TYPOlight added.
Update 02.11.2009: SilverStripe added.
Update 01.12.2009: SPIP added.
Update 09.12.2009: WebsiteBaker added.
Update 17.12.2009: Wolf CMS & Frog CMS added.
Update 12.02.2010: CMSimple added.
Update 05.03.2010: MODx added.
Update 2009-09-16: ExpressionEngine added.
Update 10.10.2009: phpwcms added.
Update 25.10.2009: TYPOlight added.
Update 02.11.2009: SilverStripe added.
Update 01.12.2009: SPIP added.
Update 09.12.2009: WebsiteBaker added.
Update 17.12.2009: Wolf CMS & Frog CMS added.
Update 12.02.2010: CMSimple added.
Update 05.03.2010: MODx added.
Personally I set the memory limit to 128M, all our live servers are also at 128M... The script doesn't take that much memory by default but working with images might...
ReplyDeleteI have usually a local copy of ExpressionEngine running and the control panel and sometimes the file uploader needs the 32MB. Other than that EE works flawlesly with MAMP out of the box
ReplyDeleteinstall joomla on mamp and it works, add a language and it shows a blank page only. take an older version and upgrade to 1.5.14: blank page.
ReplyDeleteincreased memory_limit but to no avail.
as mamp is a nice way to not have to go into .htaccess, .ini etc, this is pretty demotivating carrying on setting it up.
@Stan: Thanks for your feedback. I've also testet the installation of ExpressionEngine and added ExpressionEngine to the list.
ReplyDeletesilverstripe 2.3.3 works well for me. :)
ReplyDeletei use SPIP v1.9 and v2.10 and everything is fine without changing anything.
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