How would I go about finding out what platform a site is using for design?

[JohnGult]

Name of the thread says it all.
I can basically tell a CMS when I see it and there are plenty of sites out there that have info about the build on the bottom, but not all of them.
Any ideas how I could find out what someone is using for their site?

 

[gutterseo]

Look through the sauce code, try cms specific urls such as 'wp-admin' etc.

 

[JohnGult]

Tried that. No such luck so far.
I should have thought of that first though... thanks.

 

[Dallas Bueller]

Try this site: BuiltWith - Website Analysis and SEO Optimization

Or, you can try using this program. I'm a little too high to explain it but basically the folders that appear after it's done downloading the site can sometimes give you a clue as to what they are using. Or something like that. I've used it before for that same purpose: HTTrack Website Copier - Offline Browser

 

[-God-]

Most of them give it away with a cms specific meta in the source. Some mention things within the CSS, i'd have a browse through all the CSS files and check for copyrights, which may in turn lead to a template provider.

 

[Rexibit]

The PHP Info information will usually have some insight as well. Also, you can check the header information. There's a Firefox plugin to check headers if you don't want to do it manually.

 

[JohnGult]

Thanks guys. I am pretty sure it is not a usual CMS setup, but I will be trying out your suggestions toady to try to ID what it is.

 

[lschmidt]

There is also the possibility that it is a custom coded CMS. I custom code most of my important sites.

 

[JohnGult]

Here is the site:

Welcome To NewPeak Software

What is that? Anyone know?

 

[mkane]

here's a footprint for you:

skin/frontend/default/theme053/

which among other things leads to ....
...skin/frontend/default/theme053/css/print.css

which in turn reads:

Magento
*
* NOTICE OF LICENSE
*
* This source file is subject to the Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
* that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE_AFL.txt.
* It is also available through the world-wide-web at this URL:
* Open Source Initiative OSI - The Academic Free License 3.0:Licensing | Open Source Initiative
* If you did not receive a copy of the license and are unable to
* obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send an email
* to license@magentocommerce.com so we can send you a copy immediately.

*

 

[-God-]

<meta name="robots" content="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW" />

Are you seous?

 

[JohnGult]

So that's what it is. Nice Thanks!

 

[Jake232]

<meta name="robots" content="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW" />

Are you seous?

I actually lol'ed here. Somebody should make them a SEO proposal, saying they can 1000x their google traffic within a week. Remove Tag - Job Done

 

[Chianti]

This does a decent job of identifying the most well known CMS and frameworks.
Wappalyzer - Home

But it should be no surprise that most successful websites are custom coded.

 

[omgyams]

I usually just scan the site with Xenu. Normally the folder structure gives it away if it's an out of the box CMS. Also useful to determining WP plugins sites are using.

 

[(O_o)]

I usually just scan the site with Xenu. Normally the folder structure gives it away if it's an out of the box CMS. Also useful to determining WP plugins sites are using.

 

[JohnGult]

WP sites are almost to easy to ID. I can usually tell one just by looking at it. Most CMS sites are pretty easy, but I had some trouble with this one, so thanks again guys.