Benefits

User Benefits

Cross-browser, cross-platform WYSIWYG editing enables site owners to make changes on their own, instead of calling their service provider for simple HTML edits.
Full Web Page Versioning : All deleted and changed pages are stored in the database and can be restored with a simple mouse click.
Edits can be made from any browser, anywhere in the world.
Automated navigation (section menus, site maps, breadcrumbs, the fastest cross browser compatible drop menus available) means that sites can be completely maintained by their owners, even when pages are added or removed.
User based Authentication and Workflow with Writers, Editors, Viewers, and Administrators: Sitellite empowers organizations to give tailored access to different parts of the website to those who need it, making web page editing safe and manageable .
Sitellite's template driven site layouts ensure that single changes have global effects, maintaining consistency across an entire site. Per-section and per-page template overiding even allows for the creation of mini sites within a single domain.

A theme based administrative GUI allows our partners to easily re-brand the administrative interface and create custom content based web applications.
Object Oriented application framework with over 100 packages, makes most programming tasks a cinch. Based on a Java like class loading system that abstracts file and directory locations.
Built in documentation system with hundreds of pages of tutorials with examples. Also documents your custom applications and actions.
Built in testing and benchmarking capabilities using PHP-Unit and microbench ensures a high level of reliability in your custom application logic.
App-based administrative GUI can quickly be extended to add custom components. Additional apps can be installed from simian.ca and sitellite.org .
Advanced box metaphor is used to separate front end code from display and content elements. This promotes Model-View-Controller design methods, and helps to maintain clean and organized code.
Form creation, validation, and processing using a widget based system with almost 40 custom widgets !
Manuals, tutorials, community interaction, and even promotional opportunities at http://www.sitellite.org/
Sitellite is licensed under the GNU GPL and LGPL, with commercial versions available , providing developers with the freedom and flexibility they need to create next-generation PHP and web-based applications.

Sitellite is hands down the best PHP and Open Source CMS in existence.