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Channel: Open Source CMS (page 2)
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Barebones CMS is Easier than WordPress, Drupal and Joomla
CubicleSoft released a simplistic platform this month called Barebones CMS. Aptly named, the system is composed of just the essentials, reportedly making it easier to use than popular solutions such as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla.
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SilverStripe CMS Accepted as Official Mollom Partner
News from New Zealand! SilverStripe, the provider of one Content Management System that people are not only writing books about, but also won Packt’s Most Promising Open Source CMS award in 2008, has been accepted as an official Mollom partner.
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Sense Net 6.0 CMS Wants to Befriend Developers
Recently, open source Sense/Net 6.0 Content Management System has gotten an upgrade targeted towards making the system more developer-friendly. If you’re a .NET developer wanting to get more love from Sense/Net 6.0, your time is now. Let’s check out the new WebDAV support and upgraded interface in Sense/Net 6.0 Beta2.
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DotNetNuke CMS Infused With Extra Cash
DotNetNuke Corporation, the commercial entity behind the popular free and open source DotNetNuke CMS, has announced a new infusion of Series A Capital. The amount of funds raised is not being disclosed at this time, but the two organizations behind the new cash infusion are August Capital and
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XOOPS 2.3.1 Web CMS: CAPTCHA, DHTML and Bugs
The XOOPS Project has released the newest version 2.3.1 of its open source Web CMS. Only two weeks after the release, the company has reported over 5,000 downloads already. Better yet, the new release has some awesome features necessary to keep XOOPS at the top of the list.
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4 More Superfly WordPress Plugins
It wasn't that long ago that we brought you an exclusive view of 7 really Superfly Plugins for Wordpress. But low and behold our ever resourceful colleague John appears to have missed a couple key ones. Now he said we could call him a dufus..but I don't know...
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Linux, Google Join Forces to Produce Viable Alternative to Windows
For those who gripe at the notion of paying for Windows with the purchase of a new PC, but aren't ready to leap for Apple's pricey Macs, a (viable!) Linux-based contender (finally!) hits the streets: Everex gPC TC2502. Crazier still? It's available at your local Wal-Mart for US$ 200.
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SilverStripe Welcomes New CEO to Open Source Fold
Co-founder Tim Copeland has announced the ascension of Brian Calhoun as the new CEO of open source firm Silverstripe, the mum-friendly CMS that was nominated "Most Promising" by Packt. (By week's end, they just might win it, too.
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Microsoft 'Shared Source' Licenses Officially Go Open Source
The Open Source Initiative has officially approved a pair of shared source licenses Microsoft recently submitted. This means the licenses in question are officially open source. For those going, "Huh?" on account of the endless drama going down between Microsoft and the open source community, the OSI addresses that
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Dries Buytaert Betrays Secrets of Drupal 6.0
Drupal founder Dries Buytaert recently gave an interview with PC World, in which he let slip some of the delights in store in the next installment of Drupal -- as well as some interesting information on where the software came from, and where it is heading.
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SilverStripe 2.1.0 Souped Up for Spit-Fire Comment Modders and Widget-Wielders
SilverStripe, the mama-friendly open source CMS that was nominated "Most Promising" by Packt, has just released v2.1.0 of its primary offering. The updates are extensive. In short, this PHP 5.
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MamboXchange Rightfully Transitions to Mambo Foundation
Mambo's Peter Lamont, owner of the MamboXchange developer forge, has just assigned the domain and its accompanying websites to the Mambo Foundation. The Mambo Foundation shouldered serious volatility in managing the Mambo project after the separation of Mambo and Joomla into separate entities in 2005. Life on the open source
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Sun Leaps Aboard the Goodship Open Source
In an effort we've decided to dub the free code revolution (IBM joined recently), Sun Microsystems has announced it will be licensing a handful of the key components of Java ME and Java SE under the open source GPL (general public license). Java ME and Java SE are its mobile and desktop platforms, respectively.
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Voting for the Open Source Awards Has Opened
After a long nomination process, Packt has announced the list of finalists for its Open Source Awards. In previous years there has only been one award and one prize. This year saw the inclusion of four new categories. Joomla took the gold in 2006 and continues to be a strong contender.
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