FlatPress is an open-source standard-compliant multi-lingual extensible blogging engine which does not require a DataBase Management System to work.
Flatpress is a very cool and clean web development and blogging platform for amateurs as well as those who do not have access to a SQL Database. It is a very compact and small CMS compared to others.
You don’t need MySQL because FlatPress stores all of its content on text files.
It runs on PHP (4.0 and above). It fully widgetized and (x)HTML compliant. I earlier tried using it for this blog but found it lacking in many aspects as compared to the best in the arena – Wordpress.
Flatpress‘ major drawback is the limited amount of themes and plugins available for use with it unlike the case in Wordpress. The themes for Flatpress are based on Smarty – The PHP Template Engine. I personally liked the ‘Hemingway’ Theme for Flatpress and then came across the same theme designed for using in Wordpress. It is a minimal, black and clean theme for Wordpress as well as for Flatpress.
Hemingway Theme – Demo | Download | Release Page | For Flatpress
Flatpress – Download | Official Website
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