Mermaid CMS – Photography Portfolio Website

Mermaid CMS is a PHP-based content management system designed primarily for photographers who want to create and manage a professional online portfolio.

The CMS is designed to help users set up a portfolio website quickly while providing tools for ongoing content management.

It supports image and video management, including YouTube videos, along with albums and blogging functionality. The system also provides multiple homepage variants and tools for managing the content displayed throughout the portfolio.

Mermaid CMS is mainly focused on photographers but can also be used by other creative professionals such as graphic designers, models and web designers.

The system focuses on four core areas: speed, reliability, security and a precise user interface. It includes features for social sharing, comments, likes, subscriptions, watermarking and portfolio content management.

The package requires PHP 5.4 or higher together with MySQLi, PHP GD2, ZipArchive and cURL.

• Bulk image uploading

• Organize images into albums

• Built-in blogging functionality

• Bulk post editing

• Video and YouTube support

• Manage images and videos

• Control images displayed on the homepage

• Manage contact information

• Multiple administrator accounts

• Theme management

• Login credential management

• Profile management

• Social sharing links

• Disqus comments

• View counters

• Likes system

• Subscription system

• Dedicated albums, journal and video pages

• Guided initial setup process

• Google reCAPTCHA support

• Image watermarking options

• User-friendly administration interface

• Multiple homepage variants

• PHP 5.4 or higher

• MySQLi

• PHP GD2

• ZipArchive

• cURL

• Web hosting capable of running the required PHP environment