Geeklog is a PHP/MySQL based application for managing dynamic web content.
"Out of the box", it is a blog engine, or a CMS with support for comments, trackbacks, multiple syndication formats, spam protection, and all the other vital features of such a system.
The core Geeklog distribution can easily be extended by the many community developed plugins to radically alter its functionality. Available plugins include forums, image galleries, and many more.
Geeklog was originally used to run SecurityGeeks and NewsGeeks, and has since been released under the GNU General Public License. It is a bona fide Open Source / Free Software project. The template code Geeklog uses is from PHPLib, however, which is under the LGPL.
Geeklog was originally created by Jason Whittenburg, but like all good open source projects, depends on the community. Geeklog 1.5 is currently maintained by Dirk Haun whilst Tony Bibbs focusses on Geeklog 2. Thanks for your continued support, and let us know what we can do to make Geeklog better.
For the installation instructions please see install.html.
To get the latest Geeklog source, read the latest Geeklog news, and participate in Geeklog discussions, visit the Geeklog site: http://www.geeklog.net
Geeklog is an extremely extensible system, however a summary of Geeklog's features are as follows:
The best support channel is a mailing list located at: http://lists.geeklog.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
Additionally the Geeklog home page is a good source of information at: http://www.geeklog.net
There is also a IRC channel, where we have live Geeklog chat. Once you have IRC client such as mIRC (www.mirc.co.uk), or BitchX the you can log on:
All known issues are tracked in our bug tracker. If you identify a bug please let us know by filling out a bug report at: http://project.geeklog.net/tracking/
See public_html/docs/install.html or the Geeklog.net site: http://www.geeklog.net/docs/install.html
Geeklog is a security focussed CMS. We have focussed on making the code secure and the application secure, and have been rewarded with a comparatively low level of exploits having been identified and published by third parties.
We have provided a set of API's and coding guidlines to ensure third party plugin developers do not compromise the security of a Geeklog installation, however, we can not garentee that our work or theirs is secure.
It is up to you to properly secure your database, web server and host settings. If you are looking for information in securing your system some starting points we can recommend are:
Geeklog is licensed under the GPL. There should be an included LICENSE file - if it really interests you (or you having trouble sleeping) go ahead and read it.
In a nice gesture you could provide a link back to us: http://www.geeklog.net
There is also a button that is in the release that we would appreciate you use (in public_html/images/buttons).
I want to send out thanks to:
And of course, all the members of the Geeklog mailing lists and IRC channel.
Read the documents in the public_html/docs directory for more information, etc.
See also:
Version control information:
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