Posted over 5 years ago
BLOG:CMS is the most complete, feature-packed, personal publishing system
on the market, developed by Radek Hulán. It
includes state-of-the-art weblog, forum, wiki engine, news aggregator (atom /
rss), and photo gallery.
What do I
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need to run BLOG:CMS?
MySQL 4.0 database (mysql), or MySQL 4.1 database (mysqli), or SQLite database (bundled with
PHP 5.0),
PHP 4.0.6 or higher, including PHP 5.0.
BLOG:CMS is being deployed on thousands of websites, both personal (example?)
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Posted over 5 years ago
You can always download the latest release of BLOG:CMS at sourceforge.net.
These releases are currently available:
Release 4.2.0 (January 27, 2007) - weblog, forum, photo gallery, news, wiki and contact sections (2.82MB):
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blogcms.4.2.0.tgz,
Use 7-zip (truly excellent open-source file archiver) to unpack BLOG:CMS package.
Want more language files? Look at sourceforge.net (English, German, Czech and Russian ones are shipped in a default download package).
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Posted over 5 years ago
You can always download the latest release of BLOG:CMS at sourceforge.net.
These releases are currently available:
Release 4.2.1.c (January 15th, 2008) - weblog, forum, photo gallery, news, wiki and contact sections (2.1MB):
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blogcms.4.2.1.c.7z,
Use 7-zip (truly excellent open-source file archiver) to unpack BLOG:CMS package.
Want more language files? Look at sourceforge.net (English, German, Czech and Russian ones are shipped in a default download package).
After download see Documentation Section for complete installation instructions. [Less]
Posted over 5 years ago
You can always download the latest release of BLOG:CMS at sourceforge.net.
These releases are currently available:
Release 4.2.1 (August 7th, 2007) - weblog, forum, photo gallery, news, wiki and contact sections (2.9MB):
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blogcms.4.2.1.tgz,
Use 7-zip (truly excellent open-source file archiver) to unpack BLOG:CMS package.
Want more language files? Look at sourceforge.net (English, German, Czech and Russian ones are shipped in a default download package).
After download see Documentation Section for complete installation instructions. [Less]
Posted over 5 years ago
You can always download the latest release of BLOG:CMS at sourceforge.net.
These releases are currently available:
Release 4.2.1.b (December 9th, 2007) - weblog, forum, photo gallery, news, wiki and contact sections (2.9MB):
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blogcms.4.2.1.b.tgz,
Use 7-zip (truly excellent open-source file archiver) to unpack BLOG:CMS package.
Want more language files? Look at sourceforge.net (English, German, Czech and Russian ones are shipped in a default download package).
After download see Documentation Section for complete installation instructions. [Less]
Posted over 5 years ago
An overview of the most important BLOG:CMS features is given below.
Standards compliance
BLOG:CMS is probably the only system that is not only w3c valid, but also
ships with application/xhtml xml MIME type by default, for
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performance on modern browsers like Mozilla, Firefox, Safari and Opera. But BLOG:CMS
will also automatically supply older standard, text/html, to
browsers which cannot handle this, like obsolete Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
Maintenance of one or more weblogs/news-sites
With BLOG:CMS, you can set up one or more weblogs. If you want to, you can even show the contents of multiple weblogs on the same page.
Integrated Forum
With BLOG:CMS, you can host
discussions to your articles in either your weblog, or in a forum. This
gives you much more possibilities and freedom for larger discussions.
BLOG:CMS members are automatically registered in your forum as well,
and within your weblog you can see date and time of last forum post for
each article.
Integrated Photo Gallery
Today, when digital cameras are more common than traditional ones, personal
presentation without a Photo Gallery almost could not exists. BLOG:CMS
ships with Singapore Photo Gallery, using GD2 and/or ImageMagic to create
thumbnails.
Wiki engine
Wiki engine is a great tool for any documentation needs, for colaboration
on projects. Anybody can add information to Wiki resource. Some of
the worlds biggest knowledge resources are based on Wiki engines. BLOG:CMS
comes with Dokuwiki engine, one of the best, and standards compliant.
Multiple Authors
You can set up a team of authors for each blog, with a separate login and different rights for each member.
Categories and sub-categories
Within a weblog, you can set up one or more categories and sub-categories.
Each item you add in your weblog will be put in one of these categories.
WYSIWYG article editing
BLOG:CMS ships with a WYSIWYG article
editor, provided by FCKEditor and tinyRTE scripts,
and also with automatic lines to paragraphs conversion, for advanced
users.
Textile article editing
BLOG:CMS comes also with a textile plugin, for those who prefer this formatting
option, and SmartyPants plugin, for automatic straight-quotes to curly-quotes
convertion.
Built-in commenting system
BLOG:CMS provides a built-in Commenting System, so there's no need for external blogtools.
In addition to these BLOG:CMS provides also Comment Preview system, and Comment Control system, fully tweakable in BLOG:CMS plugin options.
A karma-voting system is also provided.
FancyURLs
BLOG:CMS can provide URLs optimized for both readers and search engines, like:
http://myblog.com/item/why-blogcms-over-other-cms-systems
http://myblog.com/archives/1
http://myblog.com/category/6/blogid/1
http://myblog.com/?item=why-blogcms-over-other-cms-systems
Runs on your own server
Since BLOG:CMS runs on your own server, you'll suffer less from network outages.
Drafts and Future Posts
In a hurry? Need some more thinking? Mark an item as draft and continue working on it later. Or would you like an item to only appear starting from a certain date? Mark it as a future item.
Fully Tweakable
The way your BLOG:CMS site looks is fully tweakable through skins and templates, and multiple CSS files. Next to that, the language used by BLOG:CMS can easily be changed using language-files.
Plugins
Additional features can be programmed in so called plugins. This allows you to have the features you want, without having the BLOG:CMS core to become bloated. The BLOG:CMS plugin interface offers plugin authors lots of flexibility.
Bookmarklet and right-click blogging
So, you're visiting a site and want to write something about it on your weblog. No need to open the admin area, just open the bookmarklet or use the right-click context menu option and an add-item window will popup. Easy!
Archives and search
Archives for your weblogs are automatically managed by BLOG:CMS, and a search function is provided to look up old items.
BLOG:CMS also features highhlighting search terms, both in articles, and in comments! When a user comes from a search engine, keywords from referrer are shown on a BLOG:CMS page, and highlighted in article body, and all comments as well.
In addtition to daily and monthly archives, calendar with links to days you've posted is provided as well.
Statistics
BLOG:CMS provides wealth of statistical information to your readers, and yourself:
Articles:
Articles with most karma points.
Most viewed articles.
Recent articles.
Comments:
Latest individual comments.
Latest discussions / articles with active discussion.
Most commented.
Blog log:
Track referrers to your site, and to every single page (shown only to registered users).
Log IPs, browsers, OSes.
RSS and Atom syndication
An RSS headline syndication channel is provides (as a skin). This allows for easy inclusion of the latest items of your site on other sites.
BLOG:CMS provides following feeds:
RSS 0.91 article excerpts,
RSS 0.91 full articles,
RSS 1.0,
RSS 2.0,
RSS 2.0 feed of last 20 comments,
RSS 2.0 feed of current article with comments,
Atom 0.3 feed,
WAP feed (XHTML 1.0 Mobile).
XML-RPC interface: Blogger & metaWeblog API
BLOG:CMS provides an implementation of the Blogger XML-RPC API and the metaWeblog API. This means that BLOG:CMS can be used with tools like w.Bloggar and MozBlog.
Conversion scripts
So, you are currently using another blogtool and are worried about losing
your archives? Worry no longer, since conversion tools are provided that
import your Movable Type, WordPress, PostNuke, or EasyBlog weblogs into
BLOG:CMS.
File/Image Upload
Want to include an image in an item? Open the media popup, choose a file to upload and off you go! No need to open an FTP program and upload the file manually.
IP-banlist
Some nasty people screwing up your comments? Ban their IP address or IP range or nickname from further comments/votes.
Backup/Restore
With a simple click you can create a backup version of the database contents.
Other features?
Chat (shoutbox).
CSS style switcher.
Email your articles.
Fulltext-search of local, related, articles.
Fully integrated google.com search (using google API, SOAP) of related outside articles.
Fully integrated amazon.com search.
GZip your website.
Print your articles.
Run polls, even with multiple questions.
Trackback.
Weather forecast / current weather plugin for all major cities in the world.
Who is online plugin (tracks members and visitors active within last 30 minutes).
What do I need to run BLOG:CMS?
You'll need the following (if you don't know where to find version information, ask your system administrator).
A server running PHP 4.0.6 or higher (4.2 is recommended), with PHP 5.0
supported as well,
Access to a MySQL database (MySQL 3.23.x or above), with MySQL 4.1 being
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Posted over 5 years ago
We believe in power of open-source software, thus we provide BLOG:CMS under GNU General Public License version 2.
Most core BLOG:CMS libs (600KB) are based on NucleusCMS.org code by Wouter Demuynck, © 2002-2003, and consequently modified by
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Radek Hulán, © 2004-2005.
Most plugins (2500KB) are written from scratch by Radek Hulán, © 2003-2005, and other authors.
Forum component is based on PunBB, photo gallery on Singapore Photo Gallery and wiki engine on Dokuwiki. [Less]
Posted over 5 years ago
Types of installation
Type 1: completely new installation of weblog.
Type 2: completely new installation of weblog, BUT, keep your existing
data.
Installation of Wiki, Forum and Photo Gallery.
TYPE 1: Fresh
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install of BLOG:CMS
download BLOG:CMS.
unzip the file into, e.g., c:/www/blog/ directory (assuming you have c:/www as a DocumentRoot)
Type http://localhost/blog/install.php in your browser (change URI path and domain name according to your installation).
Fill-in a hostname for your domain (typically localhost).
Fill-in a username for MySQL (by default root).
Fill in a password for MySQL (by default empty).
Fill in a desired database name (e.g. blog).
Check needs to be created field, if the database does NOT exist. If it does, leave it unchecked.
Next, you can use table prefix, this distribution is fully tested and compatible with table prefix, but, if you do not need it (most people DON'T), do NOT use it, leave it as it is!
Next, fill in the Directories and URLs, example for a Windows installation follows:
Option
Value
Site URL:
http://localhost/
Admin-area URL:
http://localhost/admin/
Admin-area path:
C:/www/admin/
Media files URL:
http://localhost/media/
Media directory path:
C:/www/media/
Extra skin files URL:
http://localhost/skins/
Extra skin files directory path:
C:/www/skins/
Plugin files URL:
http://localhost/admin/plugins/
Action URL:
http://localhost/action.php
Next, fill-in your desired username (no spaces, commas, etc., only letters a-z,0-9), real name, password and email address.
Choose your full blog name and blog short name (again no spaces, commas, etc., for short name, only letter a-z, 0-9).
Press Install BLOG:CMS! You're almost done :)
Next, login to Admin area of your new blog, using your choosen username and password.
Now, do the following:
Browse through all plugins and select "edit options" for each plugin, adjusting options as you wish and need (though, all options are pre-configured, you can leave them as they are...).
For NP_Related plugin, if you want google.com search on you local blog, you have to register for a google API account, receive a key from google by email, and put it into NP_Related plugin options.
Next, you will have to issue chmod 777 (using a shall access, or an FTP client) on these directories, to make them writable by BLOG:CMS script:
/media/1/
/media/cache/
You're done! Enjoy BLOG:CMS!
TYPE 2: New installation, but keep your articles
make a fresh BLOG:CMS installation, as described before,
independent on your current installation.
backup, in old installation, file called 'backup.php'.
copy over old file 'backup.php' this backup.txt file, just rename it to backup.php, this mod will backup ONLY articles, comments, categories, etc., but not the rest, like plugins, which would cause problems for a clean install.
create a BACKUP of data in old installation, using this downloaded, modified backup.php file.
login to BLOG:CMS and make a RESTORE from backup file created by modified BACKUP function.
uninstall NP_FancierURL plugin in BLOG:CMS, and install it again, this will reset URLs to a new format.
edit options for all newly installed plugins.
Installation of Forum, Wiki, Photo Gallery
To install the forum, run the script located at /forum/install.php, and create file /forum/config.php as instructed by the installation script.
Next, you will have to issue chmod 777 (using a shell access, or an FTP client) on these directories, to make them writable by BLOG:CMS script:
/media/1
/media/cache
/forum/cache
/photo/data
/photo/data/users.csv.php
/photo/data/cache
/photo/data/logs
/photo/data/logs/views..log
/photo/data/logs/views.-Corvette.log
/photo/galleries
/wiki/conf/users.auth.php
/wiki/data
/wiki/data/changes.log
/wiki/data/attic
/wiki/data/cache
/wiki/data/locks
/wiki/data/media
/wiki/data/pages
You're done! [Less]
Posted over 5 years ago
Types of installation
Type 1: completely new installation of weblog.
Type 2: completely new installation of weblog, BUT, keep your existing
data.
Installation of Wiki, Forum and Photo Gallery.
TYPE 1: Fresh
... [More]
install of BLOG:CMS
download BLOG:CMS.
unzip the file into, e.g., c:/www/blog/ directory (assuming you have c:/www as a DocumentRoot)
Type http://localhost/blog/install.php in your browser (change URI path and domain name according to your installation).
Fill-in a hostname for your domain (typically localhost).
Fill-in a username for MySQL (by default root).
Fill in a password for MySQL (by default empty).
Fill in a desired database name (e.g. blog).
Check needs to be created field, if the database does NOT exist. If it does, leave it unchecked.
Next, you can use table prefix, this distribution is fully tested and compatible with table prefix, but, if you do not need it (most people DON'T), do NOT use it, leave it as it is!
Next, fill in the Directories and URLs, example for a Windows installation follows:
Option
Value
Site URL:
http://localhost/
Admin-area URL:
http://localhost/admin/
Admin-area path:
C:/www/admin/
Media files URL:
http://localhost/media/
Media directory path:
C:/www/media/
Extra skin files URL:
http://localhost/skins/
Extra skin files directory path:
C:/www/skins/
Plugin files URL:
http://localhost/admin/plugins/
Action URL:
http://localhost/action.php
Next, fill-in your desired username (no spaces, commas, etc., only letters a-z,0-9), real name, password and email address.
Choose your full blog name and blog short name (again no spaces, commas, etc., for short name, only letter a-z, 0-9).
Press Install BLOG:CMS! You're almost done :)
Next, login to Admin area of your new blog, using your choosen username and password.
Now, do the following:
Browse through all plugins and select "edit options" for each plugin, adjusting options as you wish and need (though, all options are pre-configured, you can leave them as they are...).
For NP_Related plugin, if you want google.com search on you local blog, you have to register for a google API account, receive a key from google by email, and put it into NP_Related plugin options.
Next, you will have to issue chmod 777 (using a shall access, or an FTP client) on these directories, to make them writable by BLOG:CMS script:
/media/1/
/media/cache/
You're done! Enjoy BLOG:CMS!
TYPE 2: New installation, but keep your articles
make a fresh BLOG:CMS installation, as described before,
independent on your current installation.
backup, in old installation, file called 'backup.php'.
copy over old file 'backup.php' this backup.txt file, just rename it to backup.php, this mod will backup ONLY articles, comments, categories, etc., but not the rest, like plugins, which would cause problems for a clean install.
create a BACKUP of data in old installation, using this downloaded, modified backup.php file.
login to BLOG:CMS and make a RESTORE from backup file created by modified BACKUP function.
uninstall NP_FancierURL plugin in BLOG:CMS, and install it again, this will reset URLs to a new format.
edit options for all newly installed plugins.
Installation of Forum, Wiki, Photo Gallery
To install the forum, run the script located at /forum/install.php, and create file /forum/config.php as instructed by the installation script.
Next, you will have to issue chmod 777 (using a shell access, or an FTP client) on these directories, to make them writable by BLOG:CMS script:
/media/1
/media/cache
/forum/cache
/photo/data
/photo/data/users.csv.php
/photo/data/cache
/photo/data/logs
/photo/data/logs/views..log
/photo/data/logs/views.-Corvette.log
/photo/galleries
/wiki/conf/users.auth.php
/wiki/data
/wiki/data/changes.log
/wiki/data/attic
/wiki/data/cache
/wiki/data/locks
/wiki/data/media
/wiki/data/pages
You're done! [Less]
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