PhpWebSite

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Introduction

phpWebSite is an extremely powerful web site management tool. Publishing information to the web using phpWebSite is easy, intuitive, and does not require technical skills. Keeping web site information current is simple using browser-based management. phpWebSite lets the user focus on what is important: the content, not the technology. Client output from phpWebSite is valid XHTML 1.0 and meets the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (http://www.w3.org/WAI/) requirements.

The systems administrator will find that maintenance of even a very large number of sites is easy using a wide range of powerful tools. The look and feel of an entire site can be changed in a matter of seconds with only a few mouse clicks, and a wide variety of software ["Modules"] allow for easy site customization without the need for unwanted or unused features.

For the PHP (http://www.php.net/) developer, phpWebSite provides an ideal platform for rapidly developing sophisticated web-based applications. phpWebSite has a rich API -- a full complement of powerful functions that ease development considerably. The goal of phpWebSite is to provide a flexible solution by following the premise that a module should do one thing very well and that all the modules should work together.

Who Publishes phpWebSite?

phpWebSite is written and maintained by the Web Technology Group at Appalachian State University (http://www.appstate.edu/) in Boone, NC, USA. The Web Technology Group is made up of staff and students providing web-based software solutions for the Appalachian State Division of Student Development (http://www.studentdev.appstate.edu/). phpWebSite was originally developed as a solution for managing web site content at the University and was released as open source software with the aim of sharing our work in a cooperative spirit. Those involved at the beginning of the project never imagined that phpWebSite would grow to become the immensely popular application it is today.

The Web Technology Group owes sincere thanks to the many external developers who have taken an interest in the phpWebSite project and have volunteered an enormous amount of time and effort to it. Our thanks also to the many who have chosen to use phpWebSite. Your bug reports and ideas for added features have been extremely valuable. Ultimately, phpWebSite is the work of a diverse community of many people across the globe; a tribute to the power of shared ideas.