Serendipity (software)
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Serendipity's official blog | |
| Developer(s) | Serendipity Developer Team |
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| Stable release | 2.0.2 / June 24, 2015[1] |
| Type | content management system |
| License | BSD license |
| Website | www.s9y.org |
Serendipity is a blog and web-based content management system written in PHP and available under a BSD license. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite database backends, the Smarty template engine, and a plugin architecture for user contributed modifications. [2]
Serendipity is available through a number of "one-click install" services such as Installatron.[3]
Features
Serendipity's plugin architecture allows users to easily modify both the appearance of the blog and its features.
Serendipity's SPARTACUS plugin automatically checks the central repository for plugins/templates upgrades and new functionality whenever a user checks the list. Users can install more than 120 plugins, instantly enhancing their blogs' functionality. [4]
- WYSIWYG and HTML editing
- Built-in, powerful media database, can add media from URL or local file
- Multiple authors, configurable permission/usergroup system
- Threaded comments, nested categories, post to multiple categories
- Multiple languages (internationalization)
- Online plugin and template repository for easy plug-and-play installation
- Easy drag-and-drop sidebar plugins organization
- Category-based sub-blogs
- Static Pages
- Podcasting
- RSS planet/aggregator
- Robust spam blocking
- Tag support
- One-click upgrading from any version
- Can be embedded into your existing web pages
- Standards-compliant templating through Smarty
- Remote blogging via XML-RPC
- BSD-style licensing
- Multiple Database support (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MySQLi)
- Shared installations can power multiple blogs from just one codebase
- Native import from earlier blog applications (WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, etc.)[5]
- Search engine-friendly permalink structure
- TrackBack and Pingback
- default template for frontend and backend have responsive web design
Book
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| Author | Garvin Hicking |
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| Original title | Serendipity Individuelle Weblogs für Einsteiger und Profis |
| Language | German |
| Subject | Serendipity Weblog Software |
| Genre | Weblog Software |
| Publisher | OpenSourcePress |
Publication date | 2008 |
| ISBN | 978-3-937514-54-3 |
The first book about Serendipity was published in German by OpenSourcePress: Serendipity - Individuelle Weblogs für Einsteiger und Profis. [6] The publisher donated the book's copyright to the Serendipity project, who has released it under a CC-BY-NC-SA license and made a GitHub repository available online.[7]
See also
- Serendipity Official Website
- The Serendipity Handbook
- Serendipity PHP Weblog System at SourceForge
- Comparison of content management systems
References
- ↑ "Serendipity 2.0.2 released". s9y.org. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
- ↑ "Serendipity - PHP Script". Gscripts.net. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.installatron.com/serendipity
- ↑ "Serendipity - Features". s9y.org. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ↑ "New kid on the blog: A look at Serendipity 1.0".
- ↑ "http://www.amazon.de/Serendipity-Individuelle-Weblogs-Einsteiger-Profis/dp/3937514546". Open Source Press. Retrieved 19 September 2012. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Das Serendipity Handbuch / The Serendipity Manual".