Open Source Software

   Open Source Software

This page contains a list of Open Source Software projects for web servers. This includes info about all Content Management Systems (CMS) software and online services I've given a Test Drive.

Software Sections

 * CMS Watch List
 * Blogs and Portals
 * Bug Tracking and Software Management
 * e-Commerce
 * e-Learning
 * Email and Mailing Lists
 * Forums, Bulletin Boards and FAQs
 * Genealogy
 * Groupware and Customer Relationship Management
 * Image Galleries and Photo Galleries
 * Wikis
 * Open Source Resources

CMS Watch List
All the CMS's which don't currently work for me but are worth keeping an eye on.

[[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]] CMS Selected [[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]]

 * ClientExec
 * cPanel
 * eTicket below or eTicket page.
 * Exponent CMS below or  Exponent CMS category.
 * MediaWiki below or  Media Wiki.
 * phpMyAdmin
 * phpList below or PhpList page.
 * phpMyFAQ below or phpMyFAQ page.
 * PixelPost below or  PixelPost category.
 * poMMo
 * Wordpress below or  WordPress category.

[[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]] CMS Watch List [[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]]

 * ActiveCollab
 * Jaws
 * MODx
 * Modern Bill
 * phpWCMS
 * RoundCube Webmail
 * Trac

[[Image:Icon_Open_Source_20px.png]] Blogs and Portals
Content Management Software for managing a Blog or Portal website.

AIOCP

 * Website —

Alfresco CMS

 * Website — http://www.alfresco.com/
 * Comments — Looks bit proprietary. Aimed to get you started then pay for more features. Needs desktop client to work. Not suitable.

Amazon Author's Blogs

 * URL — http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/id/A2HV3S535RZ3CW
 * Type —
 * Cost — free to Author's on sale at amazon.
 * Comments — blogs for author's whose books are sold via Amazon.

Apache Lenya

 * Website — http://lenya.apache.org
 * Comments — Looks bit too techie for me.

AtLeap CMS

 * Website — https://atleap.dev.java.net/
 * Comments — Java based. Too techie.

AudioBlogger
Free unlimited audio posts from any phone to your Blogger blog (long distance charges may apply). Each entry limited to 5 minutes.
 * URL — http://www.audioblogger.com
 * Type — phone blog
 * Rating — unknow
 * Cost — free, USA call
 * Comments — Sounds great but only available in USA at present. Look for alternative UK supplier.

Automne

 * Website — http://www.automne.ws
 * Comments — Looks interesting, but French docs for now. Higly rated for ease of use, but looks commercial for extras.

b2evolution

 * Version — 1.8.2 installed
 * Website — http://plugins.b2evolution.net
 * Comments — Excellent interface and very good for single or multi blog. Doesn't look flexible enough to run entire website and very few extension modules. cubittartists.org Fantastico Installation removed.

Bebo
Bebo is the next generation social networking site where members can stay in touch with their College friends, connect with friends, share photos, discover new interests and just hang out. Bebo is the online community allowing you to share address book, photos and blogs.
 * URL — http://www.bebo.com
 * Type — blog, address book, photos
 * Rating — good
 * Cost — Free with ads
 * Comments — Mainly a peer-to-peer friends and family networking site. Must invite users to view your blog and photos. US based and free.

Bcoos

 * Website —

Bitweaver

 * Version — R 1.3.1
 * Website — http://www.bitweaver.org
 * Comments — Just didn't get it. Functionality seemed massive, but too much and couldn't quickly understand the process. cubittartists.org Fantastico Installation removed.

Blogger
Start an Online Diary in 5 minutes. No HTML needed. Free From Blogger! A Google company.
 * URL — http://www.blogger.com
 * Type — blog
 * Comments — Simple and easy to use. MS Word-like editor with fonts, insert image links AND upload with layout left/right/centre, url links. Easy to use tools plus HTML editor. Can update via Email, Mobile SMS or PicText, phone call (USA only).
 * Rating — excellent
 * Cost — free with ads, with adsense revenue share if successful

Blogit
Pay site to support the bloggers who participate in the group. Everyone who uses the site pays subscription and cash is divided up according to who gets the most reads.
 * URL — http://www.blogit.com
 * Type — blog
 * Cost — £5.95 per month
 * Comments — Marketplace with paid subscriptions only. Rather ugly and not worth trying out.

Bloop Diary
Get your own free online diary or online journal to share your thoughts, memories, photos, and opinions with a world wide community.
 * URL — http://www.bloopdiary.com
 * Type — blog
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — rather ugly

Blosxom
Blosxom (pronounced "blossom") is a lightweight yet feature-packed weblog application designed from the ground up with simplicity, usability, and interoperability in mind. Open Source.
 * URL — http://www.blosxom.com/
 * Type — portal
 * Cost — free, open source
 * Comments — Installed CGI script on dansalmon.info.

Blurty
Community site designed for adults, based on livejournal source code. Future plans are to add paid accounts with additional features in addition to the free.
 * URL — http://www.blurty.com
 * Type — community portal
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — rather ugly and windows client must be installed.

BoastMachine

 * Website —

Bricolage CMS

 * Website — http://www.bricolage.cc
 * Comments — Looks a bit basic.

Campsite CMS

 * Website — http://www.campware.org
 * Comments — Campsite CMS, Campcaster Radio, Cream Customer Relations, Dream Newspaper Distribution. Need rootserver access to install

Clever Copy

 * Website —

CMS Made Simple

 * Version — 1.0.2 installed
 * Website — http://cmsmadesimple.org
 * Type — portal
 * Cost — free, open source
 * Comments — Nice easy to use interface. One of the best traditional. Worth keeping eye on, but Javascript error problems make it impossible to use. Try again later.
 * Rating — 8/10
 * Error — the xajax Javascript file could not be included. Perhaps the URL is incorrect? URL: ../lib/xajax/xajax_js/xajax.js.
 * Error — CMSMS 1.0.2, CMSMailer 1.73.10, FrontEndUser 1.1.1, and SelfRegistration

ContentNow

 * Website —

Contenido CMS

 * Website — http://www.contenido.org
 * Comments — Worth a look. Comes with PDF Manual. German base language + English & Dutch. Commercial application which cannot be rebranded.

CuteNews

 * Website —

Daisy

 * Website — http://cocoondev.org/daisy
 * Comments — Java Cocoon. Not suitable.

Dear Diary
DearDiary.Net is a safe, free place to store your online diary, also known as a journal or weblog (blog)
 * URL — http://www.deardiary.com
 * Type — blog
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — ugly with little scope for customisation.

DiaryLand
DiaryLand.com is a fun, free service where you can get your own web diary that you update using your web browser!
 * URL — http://www.diaryland.com/
 * Type — blog
 * Comments — Good simple and easy to use. Text only for free, though can reference images. Can add images with paid service. Can reference external media. Rather basic editor. Can customise with HTML. Can have single page per entry or blog multiple entries per page style.
 * Rating — good
 * Cost — Free no ads, paid no ads + photos

DinamikCMS

 * Website — http://www.dinamikcms.info/
 * Comments — Russian language only.

Doop

 * Website —

Dotclear

 * Website —

DotNetNuke (DNN)

 * Website — http://www.dotnetnuke.com
 * Comments — Modular approach to content articles! Full user registration! Custom image sizes! Only 31 modules. Only for Microsoft ASP.NET (VB.NET) platform. Sad.

Dragonfly CMS

 * Version — 9.0.6.1
 * Website — http://www.cpgnuke.com
 * Comments — Based on phpNuke. Looks about the same as all the others.

Drupal

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 * Website — http://www.drupal.org
 * Comments — Worth a try. Good interface and inuitive to use. Seems to only support left/right menu. Unsure of custom themes. No special characters. Odd with images and external files.

e107

 * Version — 0.7.7 installed
 * Website — http://www.e107.org
 * Website — http://www.e107coders.org
 * Type — portal
 * Cost — free, open source
 * Comments — Simple and well designed interfaces. Themes require PHP coding but did find a good tutorial. Module install didn't work for me. Very good, but seems difficult to customise some components. cubittartists.org Installation removed.

EasyJournal
Service provides personalized website address, private messages, and privacy passcodes.
 * URL — http://www.easyjournal.com/
 * Type — blog
 * Cost — free standard — $25 per year pro
 * Comments — Good interface and easy to use but only add images with Pro version. Can add referenced images and url links but have to HTML code. Do like the layout though.
 * Rating — 7/10 good

Easyportal

 * Website —

Eggblog

 * Website —

Elxis

 * Website —

Etomite

 * Website — http://www.etomite.org/
 * Comments — Pretty samey.

Evo-Themez

 * Website — http://www.evo-themez.com
 * Comments — Eeek! Hideous!.

Exponent CMS

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 * Website — http://www.exponentcms.org
 * Documentation — http://docs.exponentcms.org
 * Comments — this is the best CMS I've used to date. Selected and used on multiple sites.
 * Fishcakes Wiki — see Exponent CMS category for more info.

ExV2

 * Website —

EyeOS

 * Website —

eZ Publish

 * Website — Version: www.ez.no
 * Comments — Norwegian source. Worth a look. Lots of docs. Has upgrade to pro versions starting at $2700. Doesn't work with PHP version 5! Very professional and great multi-language support. Bit difficult to modify though. Seems to want to run on dedicated web server, and not shared hosting environment!

Facebook
The biggest in the UK and one of the biggest on the planet!
 * URL — http://www.facebook.com/
 * Type — community blog
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — really must give this a try, but don't really want to share my life with the world!

Friendster
An online community that connects people through networks of friends for dating or making new friends.
 * URL — http://www.friendster.com
 * Type — blog, file sharing, photos
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — Dating and friendships site. Not suitable for anything else.

Fundanemt

 * Website —

FuzzyLime

 * Website —

Geeklog

 * Version — 1.4.0sr5-1 (Fantastico 1.4.0sr5-1)
 * Website — www.geeklog.net
 * Comments — Too techie, not customisable.

GuppY

 * Website —

Hippo

 * Website — http://www.hippocms.org
 * Comments — Looks too techie for me.

Hyperic

 * Website — http://www.hyperic.com/
 * Comments — A simpler approach to systems management, it builds search into systems management. Strong community of users, and JBoss, MuleSource, and MySQL have purchased licenses to include Hyperic in their own products. Worth a look.

iGaming CMS

 * Website —

JAF CMS

 * Website —

Japs

 * Website — http://www.japsportal.org
 * Comments — Italian.

Jaws

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 * Website — http://www.jaws-project.com/
 * Comments — Very nice interface! Excellent design and way easy to use. Only catch is a bit new and featureless. No WYSIWYG. No insert images, gallery only. Comes pre-installed with quite a few Gadgets & Themes, but not much beyond that. Great if doing site with only blog and gallery. So easy to use. Simplest layout and themes changes I've found. Very nice, but needs needs Images Upload, Contact form. Looks great but just too simple to get anything done with it.
 * Rating — 8/10. Keep Looking Back.

Joomla

 * Version — 1.0.11
 * Website — http://www.joomla.org
 * Type — portal, open source
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — Seems the best thus far. Found great documentation which helped big time. Test drive cont. Fantastico installation.

Jupiter CMS

 * Website — http://www.jupiterportal.com
 * Comments — Looks pretty basic. Support site doesn't really have much info on the beast.

Liferay CMS

 * Website — http://www.liferay.com/web/guest/home
 * Comments — Interesting and easy to use but very much aimed at portal not simple website with pages. Very professional.

LifeType

 * Website —

LiveJournal (Six Apart)
LiveJournal is one of the web's largest online communities, organized around personal journals. Powerful customization gives you control over everything you publish and the elegant interface keeps things simple and clear.
 * URL — http://www.livejournal.com
 * Type — blog, journal, diary
 * Comments — ugly and really not a nice experience. Hosted solution which is ok looking but lots of ads.
 * Rating — ok, but ugly and full of intrusive ads.
 * Cost — Free with ads, Paid no ads.

Loudblog

 * Website —

Magnolia

 * Website — http://www.magnolia.info
 * Comments — Community Edition free. Business & Enterprise editions £9990/year. Looks very well designed, but is Java application. Folder and files motif for all editing functions. Worth looking at, but unsure if suitable.

Mambo

 * Version — 4.6.1
 * Website — http://www.mambo-foundation.org
 * Website — http://mamboxchange.com
 * Comments — One of biggest. Professional looking. Ok, but a bit confused and not enough control. Very poorly organised support sites. Have to remember special codes to insert images.

Mephisto

 * Website — http://www.mephistoblog.com
 * Type — open source blog
 * Comments — Worth a test drive.

Metadot

 * Website — http://www.metadot.com/
 * Comments — Free plus Business Edition. Looks a bit dull and corporate.

MDPro

 * Website — http://www.maxdev.com
 * Comments — PostNuke clone. Ugh! Test version 1.0.76

Midgard

 * Website — http://www.midgard-project.org/
 * Comments — Worth a look, but got lost in the techie install options.

MobileBlogger
Using Blogger Mobile is easy: Snap a photo and write some text on your mobile ... When you send text or photos from your mobile device to go@blogger.com
 * URL — http://www.blogger.com/mobile-start.g
 * Type — mobile blog
 * Comments — US only
 * Cost — free

MODx

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 * Website — http://www.modxcms.com
 * Login — dsalmon | password1 | dan.salmon@blueyonder.co.uk
 * Comments — Good support site. Full contact details. Great user management. Everything excellent, but need heafty PHP skills to manage. Has Norsk language option. When uninstalled this did actual damage to my domain!
 * Rating — 8/10 at first, but then it buggered my domain!

MODx Notes
Manager Roles & Groups -- http://modxcms.com/manager-roles-groups.html Roles - defines permissions for site admin, WHAT user can do
 * Administrator -- Access Level 1: Full access to site -- Dan (only 1 allowed)
 * Designer -- Access Level 2: Create, edit and delete any content, plus
 * design templates -- Andy (andychild | 99YPBpn4)
 * Gallery Editor -- Access Level 3: Create, edit and delete gallery
 * content -- Bettinna (manager | SGfWUxPm)
 * Studio Editor - Access Level 4: Create, edit and delete studio
 * content -- all artists -- Paul Hamlyn (paulhamlyn | nourse)

Document Groups -- defines group of docs to be edited, WHICH documents
 * Site Admin Pages
 * Gallery Pages
 * Studio Holders Pages
 * Paul Hamlyn
 * Support

User Groups - collection of users to access same documents
 * Gallery Staff -- Manager, Curator
 * Studio Holders -- all artists
 * Support Staff -- Dan, Andy

Note -- a user can belong to any number of User Groups, but can be assigned to only one Role.

Terminology Notes
 * Content is published in Main Content Area or Template Variables (side/top/bot)
 * Chunks - reusable bits of HTML info such as your contact details.
 * Snippets - functional items such as menu bars, search...
 * Upload Content to 'assets' folder
 * MODx Tags -- http://modxcms.com/modx-tags.html

MovableType (Six Apart)
Movable Type is the premier blogging and content management platform for professional bloggers and medium and small businesses.
 * Website — http://www.movabletype.com
 * See also — http://www.TypePad.com
 * Cost — free / $49.95
 * Comments — Must install on your own server. Interesting, but rather old-style backend.

My Dear Diary
MyDearDiary.com allows users to take a look into the personal lives of others by reading their personal diaries.
 * URL — http://www.mydeardiary.com/
 * Type — blog
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — way too ugly with ads everywhere!

My Diary
Everyone can have their free personal diary or journal at my-diary.org - Choose to have your diary private or public.
 * URL — http://www.my-diary.org
 * Type — blog
 * Comments — ok, but not very customisable. Very basic editing tools. UGLY.
 * Rating — awful

MySource Matrix

 * Website — http://matrix.squiz.co.uk
 * Comments — Supported by WorldWide agency. Modular content approach. Windows looking file/folder interface. Looks interesting. Great support site with lots of manuals for download. Worth a look. Must use PostgreSQL database. Looks impressive, but requires Core access to install!

MySpace

 * URL — http://www.myspace.com
 * Type — blogs, profiles, groups, photos, MP3s, videos, e-mail
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — really must give this a go some day...

Netious

 * Website —

Nucleus CMS

 * Version — 3.24
 * Website — http://www.nucleuscms.org/
 * Comments — OK design interface, but looks more for blog than full cms. Loads of plugins and skins. Much more blog than full site. Didn't really do it for me. Simple and easy to use but only for single blogs. Not able to add other pages. Updating blog a bit too complex.

OneCMS

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Open Diary
Open Diary is an online diary community. It is the oldest such community on the internet with over 450,000 diaries.
 * URL — http://www.opendiary.com
 * Type — blog, photos, rss,
 * Comments — Looks easy to customise. Advance Word-like text editor with fonts, spell check, insert url links, image references, table. Includes 'paste from Word' function to leave formatting intact. Also html source editor for HTML touchups Private or pulic or friends only. Hosted solution which is on the ugly side and chock full of ads!
 * Rating — good
 * Cost — free with ads, paid no ads
 * My URL — http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=D674905

Ovidentia

 * Website — http://www.ovidentia.org
 * Type — portal
 * Comments — Too ugly to even try.

Papoo

 * Website —

Pedalo
Web design & web development agency based in Chiswick, London, UK offering creative website design, print and graphic design and web marketing.
 * URL — http://www.pedalo.co.uk
 * Type — blog
 * Cost — paid service
 * Comments — web design and web development agency for authors.

Pheap

 * Website —

PHP-Fusion

 * Website — http://www.php-fusion.co.uk
 * Comments — Too ugly to try.

PHP-Nuke

 * Version — 7.8 and 7.9
 * Website — http://www.phpnuke.org
 * Comments — Don't like the look of it. Fantastico install.

phpCMS

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phpComasy

 * Website — http://www.phpcomasy.org
 * Comments — Not nice. Tested version 0.7.9.

phpWCMS

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 * Website — http://www.phpwcms.de
 * Comments — use for a few websites, but backend was too difficult for end users. Decided too techie for further use. Keep watching as may get better.

phpWebSite

 * Version — 0.10.2
 * Comments — Very logical and easy to use interface. Bit basic looking but seems to do most things. Still finding contact, mailing lists and such difficult to use.

PHPX

 * Website — http://www.phpx.org
 * Comments — Another typical portal. Test version 3.5.14.

Pivot

 * Website —

Plone

 * Version — 0.7.7
 * Website — http://www.plone.org
 * Comments — Very simple and easy to use interface. Good user management. Drawback is that you have to install on specialised server.

Plone Notes
To start Plone, issue the following command in a Terminal window: sudo /Applications/Plone-2.5.1/Instance/bin/zopectl start To stop Plone, issue the following command in a Terminal window: sudo /Applications/Plone-2.5.1/Instance/bin/zopectl stop Need to remove this but not quite sure how as have to do through Unix Terminal!

Plume CMS

 * Version — 1.0.6
 * Website — http://www.plume-cms.net
 * Comments — Nice logo, but looks like typical cms design.

pMachine Free

 * Website — http://www.http://www.pmachine.com/
 * Comments — Free version of paid software not for commercial use. Very ordinary for something you have to pay for.

Post-Nuke

 * Website — http://http://www.postnuke.com/
 * Comments — Ok interface, but difficult to modify content and not very user friendly management of pages, etc.

ReloadCMS

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RunCMS

 * Website —

sBlog

 * Website —

Serendipity

 * Website — http://www.s9y.org/
 * Comments — Worth a look. Really is just a blog package. Quite good and easy to use, but probably need to add loads of modules to make it work. Why bother with all that fuss?

SilverStripe

 * Website —

SimplePHPBlog

 * Website —

Simplog

 * Website —

Siteframe

 * Website — http://www.http://siteframe.org/
 * Comments — Nice and simple but no documentation and seemingly no user base.

Six Apart
Six Apart Professional Network consists of Movable Type blogware, TypePad blog hosting service, LiveJournal community software and Vox teen blogging.
 * URL — http://www.sixapart.com
 * Type — blog, photo blog
 * Cost — free or paid
 * Comments — see TypePad, LiveJournal, Moveable Type, Vox

sNews | Solucija

 * Website — http://www.solucija.com
 * Comments — Amazingly small single file CMS. Needs complext DBase setup to install though. Amazing simplicity. For a blog it's about as zen as zen gets. Need pretty good PHP skills to add functionality though.
 * Rating — 7/10 stars for very simple scripting!

SPIP

 * Website — http://www.spip.net
 * Comments — Way ugly and designed for specific magazine only. Tested version 1.9.1.

Textpattern

 * Website — http://www.textpattern.com/
 * Plugins — http://textpattern.org/
 * Themes — http://textgarden.org/
 * Comments — Looks nice interface, with built in Advanced CSS Editor. Load of plugins though looks more blog focused. Worth a look. Nice, but only suitable for a blog.

Tiki CMS/Groupware

 * Website —

ToendaCMS

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TransLucid

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TypePad (Six Apart)
The premier blogging service for professionals and small business.
 * URL — http://www.TypePad.com
 * Type — full blog
 * Cost — $5/month for TypePad Basic - one blog on their domain, pre-made templates only. 100MB storage, 2GB bandwidth per month.
 * Cost — $9/month for TypePad Plus - up to three blogs on own domains, some design control. 500MB storage, 5GB bandwidth per month.
 * Cost — $15/month for TypePad Pro - unlimited blogs on own domains, collaborative blogs, complete control of design. 1GB storage, 10GB bandwidth per month.
 * Comments — Word type editor & HTML editor. Auto-load and resize images and files. Auto-add urls and email addresses. Future scheduling. Mobile updates (limited models). Also, export facility. Well thought-out with great Secret Email feature. Commercial hosted solution where you have to pay to play, but can cancel before paid anything.
 * My URL — http://dansalmon.typepad.com
 * My URL — http://dansalmon.typepad.com/photos/simons_birthday/

Typo3

 * Website — http://www.typo3.org
 * Comments — Professional and popular but I find user interface very confusing. Tiny little icons and I can't for the life of me get the site to display!

Typolight

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V2 CMS

 * Website —

Vox (Six Apart)
Free journal and blog.
 * URL — http://www.vox.com
 * Type — blog photo share
 * Rating — excllent
 * Cost — free or $49.95/year pro
 * Comments — Excellent but really only for personal sites. Auto update with Flickr and great editor. Especially like ability to add favourite records, film, books and such through Amazon. Defo recommend for kids.
 * My URL — http://dansalmon.vox.com

WB News

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WebGUI

 * Website — http://www.plainblack.com/webgui
 * Comments — Interesting but didn't blow me a way. Bit too much Javascript. Try out online demo.

Website Baker

 * Website — http://start.websitebaker.org
 * Comments — Looked ok, but a bit Javascripty for me.

Wheatblog

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Wordpress

 * [[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]] CMS Selected [[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]]
 * Website — http://www.wordpress.org
 * About — An easy and powerful way to start blogging.
 * Install Guide — http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
 * Comments — excellent simple tools. Like link manager, drag and drop sidebar manager. Ability to build multiple about (i.e. a website!) pages. Best of the bunch. Can be hosted or download to install. Fantastico install.
 * Rating — 9/10 excellent
 * Cost — free — custom designs $15/month — free to intall on own server.
 * Fishcakes Wiki — see WordPress page for more info.

WikyBlog

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Xaraya

 * Website — http://www.xaraya.com/
 * Comments — Looks ok, but a bit samey.

XOOPS

 * Website — http://www.xoops.org
 * Comments — Just can't get it to build a simple website. Too much need for add-on modules and such.

YACS

 * Website — http://www.yetanothercommunitysystem.com
 * Comments — French base language. Seemed a bit slow. Not bothering, but might be worth a look later on. Version 6.9.

YouTube
YouTube is a social newtworking Web site that allows users to upload, view, and share video clips.
 * URL — http://www.youtube.com
 * Type — video sharing
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — can't believe how well they do all of this. Quite ugly, but you get there in the end.

Zomplog

 * Website —

Bugzilla

 * Website — http://www.bugzilla.org
 * Type — bug tracking
 * Comments — Bug tracking system. Looks great but seem to need command line to install so probably not for me. Tested version 3.3.

Flyspray

 * Website — http://www.flyspray.org/
 * Type — bug tracking
 * Comments — open source bug tracking software. Used by poMMo.

Trac

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 * Website — http://trac.edgewall.org/
 * Type — integrated subversion, bug tracking and wiki
 * Comments — Open Source subversion and software tracking system. Very techie to install but must give it a try as so many Open Source projects seem to use it.

phpMyAdmin

 * [[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]] CMS Selected [[Image:Icon Stuff 20px.png]]
 * Website — http://www.phpmyadmin.net
 * Type — bug tracking
 * Comments — Admin interface for MySQL databases.

cpCommerce

 * Website — http://cpcommerce.cpradio.org
 * Comments — looks pretty ugly, but worth a try.

Opencart

 * Website — http://www.opencart.com
 * Comments — looks quite nice with good support website and backend. TRY IT!
 * Forum — http://forum.opencart.com
 * Templates — http://opencart-templates.com
 * Documentation — pdf download only

osc2nuke

 * Website — http://www.osc2nuke.com
 * Comments — for PHPNuke only. Never.

osCMax

 * Website — http://www.oscmax.com
 * Comments —
 * Documentation — http://oscdox.com (didn't work!)

osCommerce

 * Website — http://www.oscommerce.com
 * Comments — big beast of a thing!

phpShop

 * Website — http://www.phpshop.org
 * Comments — looks a bit ropey, but worth a try.
 * Forums — http://forums.phpshop.org
 * Documentation — http://trac.phpshop.org

ZenCart

 * Website — http://www.zencart.com
 * Comments — looks kind of ugly, but who knows...
 * Documentation — http://tutorials.zen-cart.com

ATutor

 * Website —

Claroline

 * Website — http://www.claroline.net/
 * Type — eLearning and eWorking platform

ClaSS

 * Website —

Docebo suite

 * Website —

Dokeos

 * Website —

Interact

 * Website —

Moodle

 * Website — http://moodle.org
 * Comments — Worth a look. Course management software.

SiteAtSchool

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phpList

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 * Website — http://www.phplist.com
 * About — phplist is an open-source newsletter manager.
 * Comments — very complete and fairly easy to use with ok interface and support for MIME emails plus customisable fields. Includes bounce processing. Currently used for Cubitt Gallery and Matt's Gallery mailing lists.

poMMo

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 * Website — http://pommo.org
 * About — poMMo is versatile mass mailing software.
 * Comments — excellent and easy to use with very nice interface and support for MIME emails plus customisable fields. Only catch is no bounce processing. Currently used for Cubitt Gallery mailing list.

Upgrading poMMo
In general, upgrading poMMo is a straight forward process. After copying the new files over the old, visit poMMo. It will will detect a version mismatch and direct you to a web based upgrade script which handles updating the database and other information.

To upgrade poMMo, follow these steps.

1. Check for any upgrade bulletins related to the new version.

2. Backup your database (just in case anything goes terribly wrong).
 * a. Login to the Adept Control Panel.
 * b. Under Databases, click myPHP Admin.
 * c. Use the drop-down Databases menu to select _pommo.
 * d. Click on Export.
 * e. Use the default settings, but tick the Save as file box and tick the gzipped radio button.
 * f. Click Go to export file.
 * g. Add the date prefix (2007_06_22_) and save to the folder:
 * mailout/

3. Login to PoMMO and export your subscribers to a CSV file.

4. Add the date prefix (2007_06_22_) and save to the folder: mailout/

5. Logout of PoMMO.

6. Put up the Mailing List Maintenace page by renaming: mailinglist/index.html to index_BAK.html mailinglist/index_maint.html to index.html

7. Copy the following folder to your local computer for backup: mailinglist/

8. Delete the contents of the following folder from the webserver (DO NOT delete the file !): mailinglist/

9. Copy the new version of poMMo to the webserver folder: mailinglist/

10. Change the permissions on the following folder to 777: mailinglist/cache/

11. Restore the original Configuration File to the webserver: mailinglist/config.php

12. Restore the following Cubitt Themes files to the webserver.: mailinglist/themes/default/inc/mailing.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/inc/messages.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/inc/user.footer.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/inc/user.header.tpl

mailinglist/themes/default/subscribe/form.subscribe.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/subscribe/form.update.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/subscribe/subscribe.tpl

mailinglist/themes/default/user/activate.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/user/confirm.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/user/login.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/user/pending.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/user/process.tpl mailinglist/themes/default/user/update.tpl

mailinglist/themes/shared/css/cubitt.mailing.css mailinglist/themes/shared/css/default.user.css

13. Remove the Mailing List Maintenace page by renaming: mailinglist/index.html to index_maint.html mailinglist/index_BAK.html to index.html

14. Visit your poMMo installation from a web browser to complete the install process.

RoundCube Webmail

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 * Website — http://www.roundcube.net
 * Documentation — http://trac.roundcube.net
 * Type — webmail client and backend email server
 * Comments — excellent user interface but still missing some very basic features such as contact import/export.
 * Fishcakes Wiki — see Web Hosting: RoundCube Webmail for more info.

JXplorer Ldap Browser

 * Website — http://www.jxplorer.org
 * Comments — Click Download. Pre-Compiled Java Package
 * Tutorial at http://content.liferay.com/4.0.0/flash/tutorials/ldap_.swf
 * Hosting with http://www.eapps.com/ includes LDAP server

Knowledge Tree

 * Website — http://www.knowledgetree.com/community
 * Comments — open source, programmable, and flexible PHP-based document management software.

bbPress

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Beehive

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DeluxeBB

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FUDForum

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IceBB

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Mercury

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miniBB

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MyBB

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MyTopix

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OvBB

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Phorum

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phpBB - php Bulliten Board

 * Website — http://www.phpbb.com

PunBB

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phpMyFAQ

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 * Website — http://www.phpmyfaq.de
 * Type — FAQ system
 * Comments — very easy to install, use and configure. With revisions, users and groups, RSS, LDAP support, multi-language, and more!
 * Documentation — phpmyfaq.de/dokumentation...
 * Fishcakes Wiki — see PhpMyFAQ page for more info.

QuickSilver

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SMF

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UNB

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UseBB

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Vanilla

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W-Agora

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XMB

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[[Image:Icon_Open_Source_20px.png]] Genealogy
This category is for Genealogy, family history and such.

PhpGedView

 * Website — http://www.phpgedview.net
 * Comments — genealogy CMS with editing capabilities, privacy functions, and supports multimedia like photos and document images.

[[Image:Icon_Open_Source_20px.png]] Groupware and Customer Relationship Management
This category is for Project Management (PMS), Time Management (TMS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRMS) software.

Achievo Time Management System | Time Management System

 * Website — http://www.achievo.org
 * Comments — Looks promising. Ok, but not great user interface and bit clunky on some things. Rather byzantine structure.

ActiveCollab

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 * Website: http://www.activecollab.com
 * Comments — good groupware and time management software. Installed and used for a bit, but not sure now.
 * Fishcakes Wiki — see ActiveCollab page for more info.

ClientExec

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 * Website — http://www.newedge.com/clientexec/index.html
 * Website — http://www.clientexec.com
 * Manual — http://www.clientexec.com/manual www.clientexec.com/manual
 * Knowledge Base — http://www.clientexec.com/kb www.clientexec.com/kb
 * Type — Customer Relationship and Web Hosting management software
 * Cost — $15.95/month. Free with RZ account.
 * Comments — currently in use on fishcakesmedia.com for domain registration and hosting

ClientExec Notes

 * Customizing the pdf invoice — to format the PDF invoice edit . To add a logo to the invoice upload the file.

cPanel

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 * Website — http://www.cpanel.net
 * Type — web hosting Control Panel
 * Tutorial — http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cpanel
 * Comments — the best Control Panel I've used to date.
 * User Guides and Forums — http://www.cpanelconfig.com

cPanel RV Skin Manager

 * http://www.rvskin.com
 * Type — cPanel Add-on which allows you to customise the cPanel and Webmail Interface
 * Comments — not too keen as never seems to make the changes permanent...

Web Host Manager

 * http://www.cpanel.net/docs/whm/
 * Type — cPanel Add-on which allows you to customise the cPanel and Webmail Interface
 * Comments — excellent over-manager for all the domains on my account.

dotProject

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eGroupWare

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eTicket

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 * Website — http://eticket.sourceforge.net
 * Type — PHP-based open source electronic support ticket system. An ideal helpdesk solution for any website.
 * Forum — http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=450882
 * Cost — free
 * Comments — simple to use and easy to setup.

Modern Bill

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 * Website — http://www.modernbill.com/
 * Type — Customer Relationship and Web Hosting management software
 * Cost — $24.95/month
 * Comments — looks very good, but bit pricey for my needs just now. Look into at later date

More.Groupware

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phpGroupWare

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PHProjekt

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Shockoe

 * Website — http://time.shockoe.com/
 * Comments — free for basics including billing, but $10/month plus for more advanced features. Site seems a bit slow, but does have Mac Widget I need to try out! Very nice really but only seems to bill in US$.

Streber

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WebCollab

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WHM AutoPilot

 * Website — http://www.whmautopilot.com/
 * Type — Customer Relationship and Web Hosting management software
 * Cost — $19.95/month. Free with RZ account.
 * Comments — looks ok, but wasn't able to deal well with multiple currencies.

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BloggerBot Photo Sharing
BloggerBot will automatically resize your JPG pictures, add your captions and automatically be added to your friends list via Instant Messaging.
 * URL — http://www.hello.com/how_bloggerbot_works.php
 * Type — photo share
 * Comments: PC only. Great! Very easy to use and automatically updates your page. Must have google & gmail accounts. Bit complicated to start with but quite good in general. Also free Picasa image edit software. BloggerBlot - photos - http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42365
 * Rating — good
 * Email Posting to Blogger — send email (computer or mobile) directly to your blog. Accepts TEXT only (ascii or HTML) without pics. Can send media links via MIME email but buggers up page formatting.
 * See — http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41452
 * Example Mobile Blog - http://usroadtrip2005.blogspot.com/
 * Example Photo Blog - http://shellendotcomphotos.blogspot.com/

Coppermine

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Flickr Photo Sharing
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos to the world and securely.
 * URL — http://flickr.com/
 * Type — photo share
 * Comments — Web tools and Application software. Must have Yahoo account. Pretty good but no way to auto-update blog.
 * Rating — good
 * Cost — free
 * My URL — http://www.flickr.com/photos/dansalmon/

Gallery

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Gallery 2

 * Website — http://gallery.menalto.com/
 * Comments — Photo Gallery software.

Gallery 2 Notes

 * The Ffmpeg module was installed, but needs configuration to be activated
 * The NetPBM module was installed, but needs configuration to be activated
 * The URL Rewrite module was installed, but needs configuration to be activated

Hello Picasa

 * Website — http://www.hello.com
 * Comments — photo sharing site with Picasa desktop client. Installed it but can't really recall how it all works. Need to look into this for Lucy.

iFoto

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LinPHA

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nzFotolog

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PhpWebGallery

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PixelPost

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 * Website — http://www.pixelpost.org www.pixelpost.org
 * Type — photo blogging
 * Cost — free, open source
 * Comments — excellent and very easy to use photo blogging software with loads of add-ons and very simple templating. Best image publishing software I've found and perfect for Artists.
 * Fishcakes Wiki — see PixelPost category for more info

Plogger

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Singapore

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TinyWebGallery

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WEBalbum

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Zenphoto

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Zoto
It's where you store and share all your photos. Zoto lets you keep all you photos in one place, making them accessible from anywhere in the world. With Zoto, you can search for just the right photo with keywords, and then share them with family and friends, or publish them to your blog by using our drag and drop features.
 * URL — http://www.zoto.com/
 * Type — photo share
 * Comments — Windows, Mac & Linux upload client or web-based tools, excellent and easy to use. Can upload 2GB of photos for free, 10GB paid.
 * Rating — excellent
 * Cost — free, pro $25
 * My URL — http://dansalmon.zoto.com

[[Image:Icon_Open_Source_20px.png]] Wikis
See wikimatrix.org to compare features of various wiki software.

DokuWiki

 * Website — http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki
 * Type — DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and eases the creation of structured texts. All data is stored in plain text files – no database is required.

MediaWiki

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 * Website — http://www.mediawiki.org
 * Type — wiki
 * Cost — free, open source
 * Comments — great wiki software perfect for setting up online resource. You're using it on this site right now!
 * Fishcakes Wiki — see Media Wiki category for more info.

PmWiki

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QwikiWiki

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SkikiPad Wiki

 * Website — http://www.stikipad.com/
 * Comments — hosted solution with the basics for free. Very nicely designed and laid out. Setup demo account.
 * My URL — http://salmon.stikipad.com/wiki

UniWakka

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WackoWiki

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Wikepage

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WikkaWiki

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