Best CMS for MyBook

Summary:

What CMS would you recommend for MyBook & why?

Best CMS for MyBook?

the-bunker 30 Jan 2008 08:23

Thought I'd start this topic after spending a lot of time with various free CMS programs trying to find which one works well with MyBook & is easy to use.

So far I got working: CMSimple, Limbo, PHPCMS & Pluck (none of which use a database)

And my favourite is: Pluck - coz it's the easiest & performs quite fast.

_{TIP for Pluck - Switch on XHTML compatibility in the admin options, it enables the TinyMCE editor.}

Most CMS programs need a database, a few say they support SQLite, but I gave up on them because they were too slow, or I couldn't get them to work.

What's your favourite CMS for MyBook & why ?

Cheers,

Paul

Last edited on 30 Jan 2008 12:02 by the-bunker Show more

Re: Best CMS for MyBook

teros 30 Jan 2008 10:28

this one looks pretty cool easy to install

only got this error working on it atm
Albums are not supported on this server: it probably doesn't have installed the php-gd module. You can contact your systemadministrator and ask to install this module.

Re: Best CMS for MyBook

the-bunker 30 Jan 2008 11:58

Hiya - to get the graphics features that the Gallery uses, you'll need to include the GD library in your PHP configure statement & then re-make PHP.

So the steps are:

UPDATED
Configure, make & install zlib-1.2.3 (used by GD)
Configure, make & install jpeg-6b (used by GD)
Configure, make & install freetype-2.3.5 (used by GD)
Configure, make & install libpng-1.2.24 (used by GD)
Configure, make & install libxml2-2.6.27 (not sure if GD needs, but is needed by PHP)
Configure, make &install gd-2.0.35 (you might have to specify the gd configure statement to use jpeg, freetype & png - I can't remember)
Re-configure, make & install php-5.2.5 (copy of my compile statement below)

This is quite a fiddly process - there are some tips about on the web for doing this on the MyBook - here's my tips:

Don't fortget to do make test after make but before make install. It will tell you if things worked right !
There will be some errors for the PHP install - that's coz there are so many options & it takes ages.

Use the following configure statement for PHP:

./configure —prefix=/usr —without-iconv —without-pear —enable-fastcgi —enable-discard-path —enable-force-cgi-redirect —without-mysql —enable-sockets —with-zlib —with-gd=/usr —with-png-dir=/usr —with-jpeg-dir=/usr —with-freetype-dir=/usr

Note: First I had to copy the following files from /usr/local/lib to /lib to get the PHP configure to work.

libfreetype.so.6
libpng12.so.0
libxml2.so.2

I also had to copy the file libz.a from /usr/local/lib to /usr/lib

I think installing GD will automatically include the freetype & png support - but if not, then you'll need to install those as well - before configuring GD. see above.

Once PHP is installed you may need to tweak PHP.ini depending on what setup you want - search for PHP.ini on the web & look at the php.ini-dist & php.ini-recommended that come with the php tar file.
Finally run a sample php file from a web directory with the contents <?php phpinfo()?> which will tell you if all is installed - ie the GD library with jpeg, png, zlib support, etc.

Good luck - it does work !

Paul

Last edited on 31 Jan 2008 00:07 by the-bunker Show more