[kwlug-disc] Request for LAMP based software

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

CMS and 'very easy to setup and maintain' is a hard combination to find.

You can build such functionality in Drupal for sure. But you also have a
myriad of modules to maintain and update when security releases come up,
and the major version upgrades.

If you just want Slashdot functionality (recommend stories, admin approves
it, moderation points given to users, commenting, ...etc.), then you should
consider the SoylentNews.org code. This is embedded Perl still, and a fork
of slashcode, the engine that runs Slashdot.

If you must run it under PHP, then consider the code powering Pipedot (
https://pipedot.org/), which is a clone of slashcode in PHP, here:

https://pipecode.org/download


On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Jon Thiele <jthiele at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I (used to) run a couple of LAMP based websites from my home office for
> two groups of friends.  Very low volume - about 1,000 page hits a month.
> I ran an ancient version of PHPNuke as my platform for both sites.   They
> were modelled after slashdot.org, where users could submit a post, get it
> greenlighted by an admin and then others could comment on the post of their
> favourite cat video, bar, fishing pole, joke etc.  However, due to security
> concerns regarding PHPNuke, and my PHPNuke would only run on PHP version 3,
> I told both groups last year that I could no longer run their sites.
>
> One group went to FaceBook *cough* - but the other group is asking me to
> setup their site again.
>
> I know that many members here have vast and varied experience setting up
> websites for clients and themselves.  So, I'm looking for a CMS or
> something similar that is very easy to setup and maintain(!), has the same,
> or close to functionality of slashdot (or maybe reddit) and is LAMP based.
> Ideas and thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanx.
>
> Jon
>
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