APG-CMS: Simple and Powerful Content Management system
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A powerful content management system (CMS) that contains all the essential and most complete functions of CMS yet is lighter and simpler in form.
Target:
There are thousands of CMS available, but if one wants to have Multi-Nested-Categories and Tagging (� la Del.icio.us)in a multilingual CMS, the solutions proposed are much too big for a small to middle size website (no more than a few hundred articles), and of course it's even worse if more than one website is needed...
What frustrated me the most was that it is often impossible to link content together: a CMS should allow to link an article to one ore more photos, to one or more points on Google Maps Satellite views, to its PDF versions, to downloadable files, to external links, etc.
So I've developed apg_-CMS to get this high level of management of content. For this, I distinguished 3 types of internal links: Direct links (selected at the creation of the entry), links via Categories and links via tags. The first type will precise exactly what will appear on a page, the second one will allow to maintain a structure taxonomy, and the last one will allow a transversal visit of the site. And sometimes, one wants an entry to be linked with another one without displaying the reason of the link: I've added secrete categories for that.
As a result, apg_-CMS can be used for Companies websites, even those who have a huge number of documents to display, Photo galleries, Scientific websites, Magazines, etc.
Main features:
Modules: Articles, Photo galleries, PDF files, External links Downloadable files, Google Maps points, each addition being an entry with full links to others Search-Engine Friendly URLs: the URLs describe the content of the page and are fully indexable by Search-Engine Fully multilingual, not only a mere multi-language support 26*26 possible languages for each site! Each entry can have one or more translations Each translations are automatically linked (one click to switch) Multi-sites: One back-office and one database to manage them all Transferts and copies between sites (one entry can be used in one or more of the sites) Advanced taxonomy: Nested-Categories (infinite level of sub-categories) and Multiple Categories per entry "Secrete" (not displayed) categories Tags Fast: Complete Cache system Secure: The back-office is a completely independant website Different users with different rights (mini-workflow) Configuration of options for each site via a web form Developed in PHP/MySQL: Easyto install Easy to modify: modular conception and full access to the source Integrated search engine Statistics: IPs, Referrers, etc. Contact Form RSS + JavaScript exportation Etc. Exemple of use:
Monaco Telematique: SMS/MMS Operator and Brokerer The need was to propose a huge number of PDF files (white papers, etc.) and of free downloadable softwares in a highly classified multilingual website. They use the first version of apg_-CMS with the modules: Articles, PDF and Softs.Menton-Penthouse: a fabulous penthouse for sale on the Mediterranean Sea The main need was to show the environment of the appartment to people not knowing the French and Italian Riviera. It uses the modules: Articles, Photo Galleries and Google Maps Mashup (all photos are linked to their position of Google Maps Satellite views)This website: The need was to have a clean interface to propose my resume in both English and French. To show what is possible with apg_-CMS, I've added photos I shot of the beautiful place of the world where I live. This site uses the modules: Articles, PDF, Softs (for Google Earth KMZ folder), External links and Photo Galleries.
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External resources:
Menton-Penthouse: a fabulous penthouse for sale in the French Riviera mcTel (Monaco Telematique)
Books
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Nouveauté 2008, 7ème édition :
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