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About CMIS

CMIS is a content management system based on PHP and MySQL. Refer to sections below for more information.

Overview

CMIS is a content management system based on PHP and MySQL. CMIS stands for Content Management Is Simple. Some of the features of CMIS are:

  • Automatic install script that can create database tables and setup the default system.
  • Easy editing of pages using a rich-text editor supporting uploading of images and files.
  • Support for multiple users with different access permissions.
  • Ships with a blog module that supports multiple blogs, comments, rss and much more.
  • Support for multiple themes. Change theme on the fly.
  • Search function built-in.
  • Administrate the page easily from the control panel.

A number of sites are already using CMIS. Check them out:

Installation Instructions

Execute the following steps to install CMIS on your webserver.

  1. Upload the php-files located in the root directory.
  2. Upload the folders 'admin', 'blog', 'files', 'include', 'install', 'javascript', 'theme' and 'upload'.
  3. Chmod the folder 'upload' folder to 777 to be able to upload files to the webserver.
  4. Chmod the file 'include/config.php' to 777 to be able to use install script.
  5. Goto http://yoururl/install/index.php and fill in values.
  6. Set file permissions on 'include/config.php' to 755.
  7. Delete the folder 'install'.
  8. Goto http://yoururl/index.php to view site.
  9. Goto http://yoururl/admin/index.php to start administrating site with the user you created during installation.

It is also possible to test CMIS on your own computer using XAMPP. Read this how-to I have written on the subject.

Frequently Asked Questions

Under construction.

Screenshots

The control panel is the main adminstration interface and allows you to update your profile, change password as well as editing files and sections on the webpage. Webmasters are allowed to edit general website settings, view logs, change themes etc.

Control Panel

Section are edited with a graphical editing tool which makes page creation very easy. It is possible to upload files and images from your computer directly.

Editing a section

The blog module can be setup in many ways. Multiple blogs in different categories are supported. Post, comments and categories can be administrated here as well.

Blog Settings

Download

Direct download is not available at the moment but you can request CMIS by filling out the following form and you will receive an email with a download link. The download link will lead to version 0.4.

Version History

Current version is 0.4.1 released in august 2006.

Version 0.4.1 - 2005-08-23
Bug fixes in installation. Commenting in blogs can now be protected by a random generated key to avoid comment spam.

Version 0.4 - 2005-06-10
This version contains lots of bugfixes and stabalizing and has been used on several websites since the last version. Below is a list of some the most significant new features.

General

  • Control Panel redesigned. New items: "Logout", "Spam Filter", "Themes" and "Modules".
  • Experimental installer.
  • Rich-Text Editing (TimyMCE) with custom plugins for uploading of files and images to the CMIS system.
  • Support more that two levels of subsections in admin overview
  • Section editing has been simplified.
  • Spam Filter to avoid comment spam. Dirty words list and maximum number of links per post.
  • New default theme.

Blog

  • Add HTML to RSS feeds meaning formatting and pictures in posts will be displayed in feed readers.
  • Disable comments completely in a blog.
  • Integrate new comment spam filter.
  • Mark comments as spam in the comment index.
  • Delete all comments marked as spam at once from the comment index.
  • Validate data in comments form better.
  • New right sidebar with links to archives and categories.

Version 0.3.2 - 2005-10-02
Minor bugfixes in javascripts in file uploads related to IE browsers. Structural changes in database in blog.

Version 0.3.1 - 2005-13-01
Minor bugfixes to files- and section modules.

Version 0.3 - 2005-10-01
General

  • Better support for multiple languages (danish/english).
  • Easier way to insert images and links into text.
  • Support for multiple time formats.
  • Support for icon and layout themes.

Blog

  • Block comments and ban users from writing comments based on IP address.
  • Move blogs up and down in index.
  • RSS on comments.
  • Upgrade feeds to RSS 2.0.

Files

  • Administration of uploaded files into folders.
  • Basic operations: delete, move and rename.

Sections

  • Sitemap of sections.

Users

  • Index of users.
  • User profiles.

Version 0.2 - 2004-07-12
General

  • Improved search facilities.
  • BBCode og smily support for textfields.
  • Better support for popup and printerfriendly versions of pages.

Administrator

  • Control center for administrators.
  • Administration of website pages and website settings.
  • Support for subsections of pages.

Blog

  • Send email to subscribers of blogs when a new post is created.
  • Attachments of files to posts.

Version 0.1 - 2004-11-21
General

  • Tools for administration of users. Three user types: guest, administrator and webmaster.
  • Valid XHTML og CSS.
  • Class-based code.
  • Support for servers where 'register_globals' is off.
  • Printerfriendly version and direct link to pages at the bottom of the pages.

Blog

  • Multiple blogs per system.
  • Multiple blog categories.
  • Administration of posts, comments and categories.
  • RSS feeds.
  • Basic search after posts.
  • Calendar-based navigation in blogs.

Contact

For questions, suggestions, bug reports, and anything else, please email.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following people for helping out: Martin Ludvigsen, Bent Guldbjerg Christensen, Martin Brynskov, Anne and Johannes.

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