phpWebSite offers a complete website content management solution (CMS). The client output comes from phpWebSite is valid XHTML 1.0 and meets the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative requirements. Its web-based administration makes it easy to maintain interactive, community-driven web sites.

phpWebSite consists of a number of modules that allow for easy site customization without the requirement for unwanted or unused features. Other features include articles, page creation, menu management, an event scheduler, a form generator, and much more.

phpWebSite is founded and hosted by the Web Technology Group at Appalachian State University. It is developed by the phpWebSite Development Team, a network of developers from around the world. phpWebSite is free, open source software and is licensed under the GNU GPL and GNU LGPL.

PhpWebSite was developed aiming to provide Universities, corporations, and individuals with a complete site content management solution that is flexible, robust, and extendable. phpWebSite is written in the PHP Programming Language, the server side programming language that is simple, cross-platform and fast. This makes it ideal for developers to write customized modules for phpWebSite.

PhpWebSite provides flexible layout control with which your site page layout can be changed at anytime. It allows organize site announcements by category with automatic history rollover.