Testing Content Management Systems with MAMP

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.

Testing Content Management Systems with MAMP