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Saurus is Free, Open Source Software for Building and Managing Websites.

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Saurus is Free, Open Source Software for Building and Managing Websites. Saurus CMS ships with most common applications such as article list, blog, news with archive, forum and image gallery, packaged as content templates. In addition to the built-in content templates, site-specific custom applications can be developed using Saurus API.

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Saurus is a content management system that is made specifically for users who are not technical experts. It is easy to use, yet still allows for very impressive looking websites. Before going any further, it is important to note that Saurus is no longer being developed. They say that they may release patches for security issues, but no major updates will be coming so it is not recommended that anyone build a site on this platform. There is a version of the CMS called Dino that is being developed still, but it is not related to the developers of Saurus so that is not being reviewed here.

If you already have a site that is based in Saurus, you can continue to use it and even install Saurus on a new hosting server to transfer it over to. Eventually, however, you will likely want to move over to a better supported CMS.

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Saurus Pros

Easy to Use
This is a very easy to use CMS and makes it possible to create beautiful websites without any real coding experience at all.

Saurus Cons

No Future Updates
Since the developers have discontinued this project you won’t be getting any feature updates. This is a major problem, which is why it is not recommended that anyone start new sites on this platform.

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Initial Setup
If you already have a Saurus site and you want to move to an InterServer hosting solution, you can have it installed in just a couple minutes. You can then transfer over your existing content and settings and be ready to go without any trouble at all.
Plugins
There are some plugins available for this platform and they can help you to make a good website that will work well for your users. Like the platform itself, however, no future plugins are being developed.
Themes
You can still find some very nice themes for Saurus but it is unlikely that any future themes will be developed.
Customization
If you are using this platform you will find that it is easy to make any changes that you need. In terms of major customization, however, this was never the strong suit of the Saurus platform.
SEO Friendly
Saurus won’t harm your search engine rankings at this point, but as things fall further out of date that will change. With this in mind, the long term SEO outlook for this platform is quite bad.
Cost of Running
This platform is free to use for any type of site. If you really want to keep using it, however, you will need to have a good developer who can make any needed adjustments to the back end, which will be quite costly.
Other Programs Like it

It is best to use another CMS for your site. The following all have free one-click installation when you have any hosting package from InterServer:
- Monstra
- Drupal
- Joomla
- Fork
- ProcessWire
Notable Websites using it

You can see sites that are still running on Saurus by clicking any of the following links:
- Nautilus Travel
- Skandia
- Webasto

Final Thoughts

While this was once a very nice content management system, it is no longer being developed so it is not recommended for anyone to use. If you already use Saurus, it is fine to stay with it for a while longer but you will want to move to another platform before this one falls so far behind web standards that it doesn’t work for your visitors.