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PHP-Nuke 210
PHP-Nuke
Original
author(s)
Francisco Burzi
Stable release 8.1 / May 22, 2009
Written in PHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Content management system
License GNU General Public License
Website http://www.phpnuke.org
PHP-Nuke is a web-based automated news publishing and content management system based on PHP and MySQL.
The system is fully controlled using a web-based user interface. PHP-Nuke was originally a fork of the Thatware
news portal system.
PHP-Nuke was originally released under the GNU General Public License as free software however, versions after
7.5, are pay for use. This is permitted under the GNU GPL (providing the source code is included), and the purchaser
of the software has the right to freely distribute the source code of the product. This charge only applies to the latest
version of PHP-Nuke; previous versions are available free of charge. PHP-Nuke site is no longer owned by the
original developer Francisco Burzi.
Starting with version 5.6, the display of a copyright message on webpages is required according with the GPL
license section 2(c) and approved by the Free Software Foundation as explained on the official web site [1].
PHP-Nuke requires a web server which supports the PHP extension (such as the Apache HTTP Server), as well as an
SQL database (such as MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC, ADABAS, Sybase or InterBase).
Features of PHP-Nuke
PHP-Nuke is a content management system allowing webmasters to create community-based portals (websites), in
which users and editors can post news items (user-submitted news items are selected by editors) or other types of
articles. Registered users can then comment on these articles using a full featured commenting system.
Modules can be added to the PHP-Nuke system allowing additional features such as an Internet forum, Calendar,
News Feed, FAQ's , Private Messaging and others. The site is maintained through an administration section.
PHP-Nuke includes the following standard modules:
• Advertising—Manages ads on the page layout (theme). Supports images/links, javacript/HTML, and flash
• Avantgo—Provides mobile version of the last 10 news articles
• Content—Manages the main content "pages" of the website
• Downloads—Manages file downloads. It doesn't actually allow you to upload files, but it stores links to files you
upload to your server or links to files on other public servers.
• Encyclopedia—A simple module for managing phrases/words and their definitions.
• FAQ—Manages the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for your site.
• Feedback—Allows site visitors to provide feedback to the webmaster. It is an online form, but provides the
feedback via email.
• Forums—Manages discussion forums for the site. It is based on bb2nuke, which is a PHP-Nuke port of the
popular open-source phpBB discussion board.
• Journal—A simple module that allows users to maintain public and/or private notes.
• Members List—Displays the members of your site.