It offered search engine optimization capabilities and the option to create clean URLs, a file manager and database backups. Just like any other CMS, Pixie brought a lot of features to its users, aside from an intuitive user interface and a variety of themes. Famous for its ease of use, quick and painless installation process and beautiful interface, Pixie was mostly targeted towards small businesses or individuals who wanted to set up a simple website, organizations or schools. When it comes down to installation and setting up a demo site, Pixie CMS requires a minimum of 5 MB of webspace, a PHP version higher than 4.3 (PHP 5.2 was voted as the best choice), MySQL 4.1 or higher and a JavaScript enabled browser. Pretty soon after that, Pixie CMS went through the largest upgrade up to date, in March 2010, with the launch of version 1.04 when it featured the new WYSIWYG editor, more available languages and the latest version of jQuery. Being promoted as a “small, simple, site maker”, Pixie came in second in the Packt Publishing Open Source Content Management System Awards in the category of Most Promising Open Source CMS. Pixie CMS was first released by its creator, Scott Evans in May 2008 and it was designed for the creation and management of small websites.
