This document introduces CMS Made Simple, an open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP. It discusses the software's design using PHP and Smarty templates, its features like modularity, permissions and content hierarchy, and how to install it which requires a web server, PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL and file permissions. Potential areas to share with other teams include its extensibility through modules and plugins, API documentation, and custom plugin capabilities.

1. CMS made simple
Hoang Manh Dung - CWI Team

2. Objective
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Introduce the features of CMS Made Simple
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Some ideas share with ECMS
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3. CMS Made Simple Introduction
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4. About
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First Release 2008
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CMS Made Simple Wins the 2010 Open Source CMS Award
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Current version is 1.10.3
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5. Software Design
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Using PHP with support for MySQL and PostgreSQL
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The template system is driven using the Smarty Template Engine
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6. Features
Content Management System Features
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Modular and extensible
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Easy user and group management
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Group-based permission system
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Full template support, for unlimited looks without changing a line of content
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Easy wizard based install and upgrade procedures
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Minimal server requirements
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Admin panel with multiple language support
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Content hierarchy with unlimited depth and size
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Integrated file manager w/ upload capabilities
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Integrated audit log
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7. Features
Content Management System Features
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Modular and extensible
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Easy user and group management
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Group-based permission system
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Full template support, for unlimited looks without changing a line of content
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Easy wizard based install and upgrade procedures
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Minimal server requirements
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Admin panel with multiple language support
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Content hierarchy with unlimited depth and size
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Integrated file manager w/ upload capabilities
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Integrated audit log
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8. Features
Design Features
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Accessibility WAI, WCGA, Section 508
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XHTML and CSS compliant
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Auto-generated menu
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Every page can have different theme
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Design protected from content editors
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Multiple content areas on one page
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9. Features
For Programmers
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GPL'd source code
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Rich module API for unlimited expandability
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Full API documentation
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Events system
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Ability to program simple PHP coded plugins right inside the admin
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Smarty for templates
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Database abstraction using ADODB Lite (optionally ADODB)
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Intelligent caching mechanism to only get what is necessary from the database
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10. What is the potential things to share
to CWI and ECM teams
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Modular and extensible
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Full API documentation
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Ability to program simple coded plugins right inside the admin
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Improve performance
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12. Install CMS Made Simple
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13. System Requirements
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Web server with PHP 5.2.4+
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At least 16mb of available memory for PHP
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PHP tokenizer support enabled
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At least one of ImageMagick or GD enabled
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MySQL 4.1+ or PostgreSQL 7 to 9.0
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Enough access to your server to upload files and change some
permissions
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14. Installation step by step
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Choosing a language
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Validating file integrity
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Checking requirements
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Testing file creation mask
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Admin account information
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Database information
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Creating tables
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Installation is complete
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15. Thanks for your attention
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