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How can I easily check what CMS a website is using?Hi,
I'd like to know if there are easy ways, maybe an online-app which can tell me what CMS a website is using.
Some systems automatically print it at the bottom of each webpage and some designers forget to remove the Joomla or drupal icon so it shows up in the address bar, but I'm looking for an easy way to check any website, without having to
a) learn the coding characteristics off all CMSs
b) go through digging through the source code till I find out
So I'm looking for "fingerprints"
(or even better, a fingerprint-DB which I can run on any URL)
I'd like to know if there are easy ways, maybe an online-app which can tell me what CMS a website is using.
Some systems automatically print it at the bottom of each webpage and some designers forget to remove the Joomla or drupal icon so it shows up in the address bar, but I'm looking for an easy way to check any website, without having to
a) learn the coding characteristics off all CMSs
b) go through digging through the source code till I find out
So I'm looking for "fingerprints"
(or even better, a fingerprint-DB which I can run on any URL)
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
It's not likely you will be able to determine this. If you could easily determine what CMS a site is using, then this would be a big security hole. However, one thing you can try doing is going to /admin or /administration on the server - this is a typical admin login area and may identify the CMS. The other thing to do is type the site name into google - chances are there is a link somewher on the site that has been indexed and will refer to the login page or some other page giving away what the CMS is
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Interesting!
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Other Answers:
You can NOT do it reliably...
CMS is a way of storing and maintaining dynamic data, but you can use ANY technique to retrieve and display that data...
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