Asterisk is an open source web content management (WCM) system. It provides a simple, intuitive interface for publishing a website which separates content from layout. It enables content editors to publish content without programming skills.

Features

• Personalization - tailor content and presentation based on user-defined preferences.
• Searching - all content is fully indexed and searchable.
• Feature modules - enable optional functionality such as taxonomy display, jabber authentication, private messages, bookmarks, and more.
• Role-based permissions - assign permissions to roles and group similar users by role to simplify access administration.
• Collaborative books - set up a project or "book" and authorize other individuals to contribute content.
• Friendly URLs - content editors can customize URLs to be user and search engine friendly.
• Completely Web Based - No client software installs required.
• File Sharing - Upload and share PDF's, Word docs, and other "non-Web-native" content.
• Rich Text Editing - Simple browser interface for authoring styled text, links and images. If you know Word, you know Drupal.
• Subscriptions - Get notified whenever something changes.
• Moderated Content - Allows submitting new content to queues for approval before committing.
• Event Calendars - See upcoming events, get reminders.
• Syndication and Aggregation - RSS compatible subscription from various sources and dynamically aggregate and update them.
• Community Features - Blogs, Photo galleries, Threaded discussion forums, Polling, Personal profiles, everything you'd expect in a fully functional web community.