Vanilla is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum for the web. Anyone who has web-space that meets the requirements can download and use Vanilla for free!
Vanilla runs on MySQL and PHP. It is a very weight (386 KB only!) and compact yet powerful forum creating and managing platform. It is easy to use and maintain once installed.
Its features include RSS 2.0/ATOM feeds of Discussions, Categories and the whole forum. It has an inbuilt WYSIWYG editor for comments and discussions. Various different add-ons and themes are also available for it.
Gelato is self hosted CMS for those who want both flexibility and design in their work. It is a specially designed CMS for tumblelogs. It provides a nice framework for tumblelogs and is very easy to install. It runs on PHP and MySQL. It can also import RSS/Atom feeds as well as Twitter and Last.Fm feeds.
The Gelato project is open source (you can use and change the original source code freely). You can browse the source code, request features, read the wiki and use the forum from the Gelato home at Google code or you can contact the authors.
The post formats found on gelato include photos, video, audio, links, quotes and dialogues.
gelato CMS created by Pedro Santana.
Gelato is ideal for posting images, text, music or videos.
CMS.txt is a free, open-source, 6kb content management system which allows you to easily manage web pages. CMS.txt presently boasts a simple theme and templating system which can also be used to implement color schemes. Currently, CMS.txt fully supports PHP and HTML files with the ability to use <!– COMMENT TAGS –> for additional functionality.
CMS.txt is a very small content management which can be used to create simple websites and the maintenance procedure is fairly simple once the site is setup. The PHP file in the CMS draws site contents from a simple text file named CMS.txt placed on the server. This file can be edited for changing the content of the site.
The CMS package comes with 8 preloaded themes, which can be used for building a simple, compact and clean web layout. Other themes can also be developed as per the requirement.
CMS.txt runs on PHP and does not require MySQL or any other technology.
Sweetcron is a free and self hosted alternative to services like Friendfeed and Lifestream.fm
Sweetcron runs on PHP and it also needs a MySQL Database to function. It is very customizable and easy to administer. You can add your various feed URLs for it to import and publish.
I just installed Sweetcron to display my own lifestream and heavily customized it. Check it out by clicking on the Demo link below.
This is a random video about Sweetcron from Youtube.
I was exploring Mofuse when I saw the QR Code for my blog and an idea struck me. It was of a plugin for Wordpress where the author can display the QR Code of the blog or any other URL.
So, I decided upon the name of the plugin – QRC and started some cool coding. It isn’t finished yet. I will make it available for download soon.
Wordpress is all about cool customizations to tackle your needs.
Extending this idea, here I am posting on how to customize your admin panel and login screen.
I tried my best to make this post the simplest way to customizing your Wordpress experience.
First of all, download the login.css, wp-login.php and colors-fresh.css files to your computer from the Wordpress directory in your blog.
Edit login.css for changing the color of the login form and the displayed logo.
Edit colors-fresh.css for changing the whole look of your admin panel (on every page.)
And, edit wp-login.php for changing the links from the logo and the displayed text, along with the login form.
There it is. You wanted more? Perhaps its the Wordpress’ famous 5 minute customization!
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.
