Exsite Webware is an operating system for your website. The project provides a core framework for managing templates, content, HTTP I/O, databases, and dynamic content web applications.
A base set of applications is included with the main distribution, including a flexible website editor, database manager, simple login account manager, and a search tool.
Here are some key features of "Exsite Webware":
Web Design Features
· Flexible templating system, with multiple content zones per page
· Content versioning means all your changes are archived, and you can roll back at any time
· Web pages are written out as conventional, search-engine-friendly .html files
· Template inheritance makes it easy to spin-off new templates based partially on old ones, or share templates between sites
· Online libraries for shareable images, clip-art, documents, etc
· Separation of design elements from content elements, with access controls for each
· Automatic menu and sitemap construction
· Polymorphic content model makes it easy to swap images for text for documents, and so on
· Web-based content management makes internet collaborations much easier
· WYSIWYG editing for simple updates; raw HTML mode for fine-tuning
· CSS editing
IT Features
· Highly portable toolkit based on the most common open standards
· No browser plug-ins or client-side software required
· Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and other OSes
· Works on a standard LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-Perl/PHP) webserving configuration
· Highly scalable
· Runs any number of websites with shared services simultaneously
· Static content results in static, conventional files, reducing server load
· Runs in easy-to-configure CGI mode, or high-performance Mod_perl mode
· Plug-and-play web application installation
· Configurable logs and audit trails
· Server management plug-ins available (eg. Email, DNS)
· Simple site creation and administration tools simplify web managment in large organizations
· Flexible licensing and support options
Web Developer Features
· OSS licensing
· Perl, MySQL core system
· Compatible with all client-side programming languages
· PHP, ASP compatible
· Plug-in architecture for extensions, which can be developed in Perl or other languages
· Many plug-ins available for common website functions
· Flexible database drivers can be reprogrammed to work with nearly any data storage system
· API for simplified web database programming using the core ExSite tools
· Separately licensed plug-ins allow means application developers are not bound to the base package's license
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