Open Source CMS
I'm a bit ignorant of what has been happening in the online space these last few years. But finding myself with a bit of free time, I've started investigating, and I thought it would be interesting to document my explorations. Who knows, might be useful to other people getting started...
So, right now I happen to be looking at open source content management systems (CMS) - in particular those that are easy to extend to do more than just standard blogging/article publishing. After installing a few different systems on my Pismo (long live OS X!), Drupal is currently my favourite - initially it appeared to be very basic, but now it is growing on me. New features can be added by installing various modules (or hacking your own). Also in the lineup where Mambo, which seems more poweful, but might appeal to coder types more. Plone looks more suited for intranets.
Installation on OS X took a few steps since Drupal requires both PHP (comes with OS X, but needs to be enabled in the webserver) and MySQL (which must be downloaded, installed, and configured). In addition, Drupal must be configured to use the database, and the proper databasescheme loaded into MySQL. It does require a bit of hacking in a Terminal window.
Once that's up and running, it's time to add modules and new themes - and then start writing your own...
Next step is to install Drupal on this server, port my blog and the theme template, and add some nifty custom features :-)
So, right now I happen to be looking at open source content management systems (CMS) - in particular those that are easy to extend to do more than just standard blogging/article publishing. After installing a few different systems on my Pismo (long live OS X!), Drupal is currently my favourite - initially it appeared to be very basic, but now it is growing on me. New features can be added by installing various modules (or hacking your own). Also in the lineup where Mambo, which seems more poweful, but might appeal to coder types more. Plone looks more suited for intranets.
Installation on OS X took a few steps since Drupal requires both PHP (comes with OS X, but needs to be enabled in the webserver) and MySQL (which must be downloaded, installed, and configured). In addition, Drupal must be configured to use the database, and the proper databasescheme loaded into MySQL. It does require a bit of hacking in a Terminal window.
Once that's up and running, it's time to add modules and new themes - and then start writing your own...
Next step is to install Drupal on this server, port my blog and the theme template, and add some nifty custom features :-)
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