Shoestring CMS is a "content management system" (CMS) designed for use by small businesses and non-profit organizations. Content management systems allow non-technical people within an organization to maintain a web site, usually through a browser interface, without knowing HTML or any of the other technical details. Most of these systems start at several thousands of US dollars. Shoestring CMS is the affordable CMS for small businesses and non-profits.

Some features of Shoestring CMS which make it ideal for small businesses and non-profits are:

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Sites we like*:

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Bike Forums
A great resource for bicyclists of all sorts, with over a dozen boards on all aspects of cycling: transportation, recreational, mechanics, safety, and advocacy.

Donation Links
This site is dedicated to matching public, private, and corporate donations and resources with community agencies.

Hunger Site
The Hunger Site and its affiliates direct money to worthy causes with the click of a button.

IGC
IGC Interent is about advancing the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, social justice, and sustainability through the strategic use of the internet.

IdealsWork
IdealsWork, Inc. is a leading provider of technology and web-based services for individuals and organizations that are thoughtful about social and financial issues. Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to align their actions with their values.

Modest Needs
At Modest Needs, we work together to help others by pooling our modest resources - our time, our skills, and whatever money we have to spare - in an effort to make a lasting difference in this world, one person's life at a time.

No More AOL CD's
This group is trying to collect 1 million AOL install CD's. When they get them (they have 250,000 so far), they are going to ship them back to AOL to protest their wasteful blanketing of landfills with unsolicited CD's.

Reel Mower
Do you mow a lawn? A reel mower does not use gas, pollute, smell, or make a lot of noise.

Save the Hubble
This is a petition dedicated to showing public support for the Hubble Space Telescope, which NASA recently decreed would no longer be serviced.

Working Assets
Working Assets provides a number of financial services with a percentage of profit going to progressive causes, as well as on-line activism and shopping.

* These sites are offered by Shoestring CMS as worthwhile sites to visit and interact with, to the best of our determination. This does not constitute a legal endorsement, and Shoestring CMS cannot be held liable for any action on the part of these sites, or for their content. Shoestring CMS is not contractually affiliated with any of these sites.