pacificpelican.us/cms now on GitHub

You can now download the latest code for the pacificpelican.us/cms project from GitHub–check out the public repository where you can fork it yourself as well. In order to make the code work for GitHub, I put placeholder files in the images and posts directories (in /library). I also put a first link in urls.txt because the zero value link breaks for some reason anyway. In order to keep the latest available version in sync for now on this site I am releasing this new version, but in the future be sure to check GitHub to see if any new code has been pushed to it:

download the 0.0.9.9.3 [via GitHub] version of the pacificpelican.us cms code download the new version (0.0.9.9.3 via GitHub) as a ZIP archive or as a tar.gz archive.

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pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.9.3

download the 0.0.9.9.3 version of the pacificpelican.us cms code download the new version [0.0.9.9.3] (as a ZIP archive)

This version is a minor bugfix release with these changes:

–eliminated some spaces

–fixed readme.txt to reflect correct default passcode

More changes can be read in the notes to the previous versions, including 0.0.9.9.2 and 0.0.9.9, which was a successor to the first public release of the code, version 0.0.9.7.  As I have noted, pacificpelican.us/cms is free software–it is a URL shortening, text file creation, and photo/file management script written in PHP and released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later, and the 0.0.9 series of the project is dedicated to the memory of Striker and Ava the parakeets.  Either a copy of the latest released version, or an even newer, more unstable development snapshot of the pacificpelican.us/cms code may be found at this gist.github.com page.  Check the releases category to see the latest released version of the code.

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pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.9.2

UPDATE: A newer version of pacificpelican.us/cms is available for download.

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pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.9

pacificpelican.us/cms is still in alpha form, but another release is here.  This one, 0.0.9.9, offers a basic text post creation functionality and a few bugfixes.

UPDATE: A newer version of pacificpelican.us/cms is available for download.

downloadDownload pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.9 (in ZIP archive format)

This version is a successor to the first public release of the code, which was version 0.0.9.7.  As you may know, pacificpelican.us/cms is free software–it is a URL shortening, text file creation, and photo/file management script written in PHP and released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.  Either a copy of the latest released version, or an even newer, more unstable development snapshot of the pacificpelican.us/cms code may be found at this gist.github.com page.  Listen to episodes four and six of the djm blog podcast to hear some discussion about the project, which is brought to you by lovebirdsconsulting.com and me, Daniel J. McKeown.  The 0.0.9 series of the project is dedicated to the memory of Striker and Ava the parakeets.

changes for 0.0.9.9

-added simple text file creation capability

-added post list for viewing text file content

-added simplistic perma-link view for text file content

-changed DTD from HTML 4 to HTML5

-created corecontent div to enclose all info between the menu and the footer (w/r/t “known issuesfor 0.0.9.7)

-code layout and spacing improvements

-text post perma-links have an improved [from development version] view (“p” GET parameter replaces development “t” GET parameter to identify posts); they now display on multiple lines via an array

-posts titles now (improved from dev version 0.0.9.8) have meaningful titles (i.e. “Post Title | siteURL.com”)

-posts list includes a link to the raw text file (different from dev version 0.0.9.8), because why not?

(view development blog front page)

(check release category to make sure this is the latest code)

known issues and bugs for pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.8 [importance/category]

-the post list just lists all the links no matter how many there are [medium/usability]

-the link list just lists all the links no matter how many; it can use the “count” parameter (hidden feature) but the count starts at the oldest URL and thus does not list the latest if there is a large number [medium/usability]

-the file list offers a UI to set the “count” parameter, and this works somewhat, but the order of the files listed is somewhat unpredictable [medium/usability]

-some sort of +1 problem with the URL shortener: the first URL shortened (http://example.com/?r=0) does not work; after the first one however the URL redirecting works fine [low/usability]

-also (in relation to the previous issue) the link list returns error message when there are no shortened URLs [low/usability]

-canonical URLs should (maybe) find and remove any “www.” from themselves [very low/SEO]

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known issues for 0.0.9.7

As I’m working on a new version, I think I have chronicled the main issues with the current iteration of pacificpelican.us/cms.  Here’s a list:

(Don’t forget to check the releases category and the Github page for the last version as some of these issues should be solved in an upcoming version.)

known issues for pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.7

-in some views a nested main content div with unique ID should be added for styling purposes
-some sort of +1 problem with the URL shortener: the first URL shortened (http://example.com/?r=0) does not work; after the first one however the URL redirecting works fine
-also (in relation to the previous issue) the link list returns an error when there are no shortened URLs
-canonical URLs should (maybe) find and remove any “www.” from themselves
-the link list just lists all the links no matter how many; it can use the “count” parameter (hidden feature) but the count starts at the oldest URL and thus does not list the latest if there is a large number
-the file list offers a UI to set the “count” parameter, and this works somewhat, but the order of the files listed is somewhat unpredictable
-in PHP 4.4 [which is deprecated and is not advisable to use anyway] the URL shortener takes in data, and the link list works as expected, but the URL redirecting function fails and the browser just lands on a messed up version of the app page instead of the destination URL

Send your bug reports to pacificpelicancms -at– lovebirdsconsulting.com

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download pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.7 for free

Though it is still in an early form, I am ready to open source my URL shortening and file management script (called pacificpelican.us/cms).
Version 0.0.9.7 is the current version I am running on my URL shortener r.sf3am.com.

UPDATE: A newer version of pacificpelican.us/cms is available for download.

get the code Download pacificpelican.us/cms version 0.0.9.7 (in ZIP archive format)

(You can check for updates at the pacificpelican.us cms development blog.)

It has these features:
-a simple URL shortener
-a page that lists previous shortened URLs
-a simple file upload script
-a page that lists previously uploaded files, which links to
-a perma-link page for each uploaded file (with a canonical URL)
These are some reasons why you might want to put up your own install of pacificpelican.us/cms on your own shared or dedicated web hosting:
-setup is minimal and explained in the readme.txt
-runs on any web server that enables PHP (no SQL database needed)
-URL shortener data is stored in simple text file
-photo library will automatically add photos that are added through methods other than the built-in URL form (e.g. allows for numerous simultaneous uploads via FTP)
-file manager feature detects whether a file is a supported image formate (like jpg) or a different file and shows different views appropriate for each (an embed for a photo, a link for a different file)
-perma-link pages are given meaningful titles based on URL base, type of page and photo name
-photos are listed on their perma-link pages with their file name but with any “-“, “_”, and “.jpg” character strings made into blank spaces, ensuring greater readability under some naming conventions
-You can add your own style.css to the directory you install pacificpelican.us/cms in, and the markup has a bunch of classes and ids that you can use to style
The 0.0.9.x series of pacificpelican.us/cms is in memory of my pet parakeets Striker and Ava
Possible future releases may add:
-a blogging engine of some sort
-bugfixes
-RSS feeds
-URL shortener stat tracking
-whatever idea you may want to submit, provided you are willing to comply with the terms of the project’s license (the GNU GPL, version 2 or later)
-send those ideas to pacificpelicancms -at– lovebirdsconsulting.com
On the topic of other projects, check out my band at blogs.sf3am.com/neener.

[cross-posted to djm blog]

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pacificpelican.us/cms

pacificpelican.us/cms is a content management system written in PHP from LoveBirdsConsulting.com, a web design partnership.
As of January 2011, it is used internally on pacificpelican.us sites.

The version 0.0.9 series of pacificpelican.us/cms is in memory of Striker and Ava the parakeets.

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