Hi Raph,
Did you manage to publish this in the end ?
I'd be interested to hear how it went and what sort of issues you ran into
and whatnot.
Kind Regards
Matthew Sherborne
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Raphael Bauduin <rbli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Jeffrey Scott Flesher Gmail
> <jeffrey.scott.fles...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm starting an Open Source CMS Project called Flesh; I've decided that
> Wt
> > should work well for this project; and now its time to start work; and I
> > thought I'd check to see if there is already a CMS project out there, I
> did
> > not find any doing a search; so I thought I would ask.
>
> I have worked on a Wt based CMS that I hope will be published under an
> open source license before the end of the year. (The hope is about the
> time frame, as it will for sure be published under an open source
> license eventually.)
>
> It is not a usual CMS though, as it is filesystem based, and uses no
> database except for sqlite for search functionality (that is
> optional).
>
> Of course, when it's published it will be announced on this mailing list.
>
> cheers
>
> Raph
>
>
> >
> > If you have any ideas on how to start a project like this, let me know; I
> > know that is a vague question; but I'm starting from scratch if I can not
> > find a project out there, and even if I do, I doubt it will do what I'm
> > trying to do, so I'm really just looking for ideas.
> >
> > My idea right now is to make it database driven; the main function will
> > check the command line, sterilize it, parse it out, pull a database query
> > for the page, check cache, clean it if data has changed, create the page
> if
> > needed, then sever the page.
> >
> > It will have a db record for each item or widget I need to use for a
> page,
> > that contains all the information I need for that widget; then use a case
> > statement to execute the statement; a little over simplified, but
> basically
> > that's it, then add the back end, which is a drag and drop widget editor,
> > based on a Property sheet for each widget in advanced mode, and also a
> > WYSIWYG for basic editing, which I'm leaning toward a Qt app for that,
> one
> > for the desktop and one for devices, but have a web back end as well, but
> > make it an option.
> >
> > I will have a theme designer to go with it; its Open Source, but I doubt
> it
> > will get any interest till its out of beta, but the market is to replace
> all
> > CMS's out there, so I will make the interface easy to use, with advanced
> > controls and scripting capabilities, so security is a must to have that
> > functionality; but I want it to replace cPanel, so it will also control
> the
> > web server, if you are the Server Admin, with more control then cPanel
> > currently has; this way all you need is a VPS account, no Panel and can
> add
> > multiple Domain Portals, have email, ftp and other features, each with
> there
> > own database and folder space, so they are separate; but allow an
> > administrator to maintain multiple web portals using one application, and
> > still giving each web master total control over their own portal.
> >
> > Its based on CDN, and my idea is to just push changes with the Qt app,
> such
> > that it replicates the data to all CDN's; this way I can firewall out all
> > ports, other than 80 and 443, and then only allow incoming ports based on
> > the IP addresses for all the CDN's, with a master IP controller; so you
> can
> > update the CDN IP addresses and monitor them for security, so you can
> take
> > them off line if they become compromised, and rebuild them with new
> > credentials; but at the same time, I want to use P2P update capability
> and
> > content delivery service to cut back on bandwidth usage, so I'm talking
> > about some serious code here; but I make video's and its one of the
> reasons
> > I want to write this; so I can have a CMS that is designed for fast
> content
> > delivery for on demand video, so it will need to interface with a Kaltura
> > Server also, plus I want it to run my Email server as well, so that this
> > application has enough power to run any Corporation from, and secure
> enough
> > for the Government to use, but really aimed at the normal end user who
> just
> > wants a web site, which opens up the Portal Market potential this project
> > will have.
> >
> > Its geared for E-Commerce, and will be PCI Complaint; which is the main
> > reason I'm doing this project.
> >
> > I'm not soliciting for help with this project; just asking about ideas;
> > links to code that might do a few things I'm looking at doing, and to
> find
> > out if any one has already done this; since I couldn't find a project
> like
> > this, and don't know where to go or who to ask; I figured this was a good
> > place to start, so please let me know.
> >
> > I've written a few CMS's in different languages over the years, the first
> > one back in 1999, never happy with any of them; so I thought I'd do this
> one
> > right, and I'm an old C programmer, but mainly did Assembly and Machine
> > Language,
> > back in the 80's C was a treat, and C++ was a Dream; after being retired
> > from the Air Force I became a Computer Programmer for the EPA and then
> the
> > BLM, till I retired due to worsening health issues from the War, and I
> like
> > Qt and find Wt doesn't look much different in its style; so I shouldn't
> have
> > much difficulty there; but I'll find out soon enough; this is just my
> > introduction to this Community and first question.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jeffrey Scott Flesher
> > Retired Disabled Gulf War Vet
> > Air Force Computer Programmer - Electronic Engineer and Helicopter Crew
> > Chief, Special Ops and Air Rescue.
> > http://LightWizzard.com
> > http://VetsHelpCenter.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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