Beacon
beacon
https://www.gnu.org/software/beacon/
Simple date and category-driven Web publishing system.
'beacon' is a simple date and category-driven Web site publishing system. It looks like a blog, but behaves like a Wiki. It features Wiki article formatting and linking, hierarchical categorisation of articles, customisable menus, file upload and inclusion in article content, RSS feeds, article commenting, open or restricted editing, a templated design, Captcha security, a database abstraction layer (works with many types of databases), multilingual support (content and interface), and spell checking, all in a 1MB footprint.
Documentation
https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/beacon/beacon_guide_v1_1.pdfSelection from the FSF shop
Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman
Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement
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Download
https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/beacon/beacon_0_2_1.tar.tgz
version 0.2.1
(alpha)
released on 12 November 2005
Decommissioned
YesIf you have time and interest in resurrecting this GNU package, please contact: mailto:maintainers@gnu.org
OpenPGP signature URL: https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/beacon/beacon_0_2_1.tar.tgz.sig
User level
Beginner
Donate link
https://my.fsf.org/donate/Accepts cryptocurrency donations.
Paid support
https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/VCS Checkout
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/beacon co beaconCategories
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Notes
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Tom Calthrop | maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah (Ref) | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/beacon/ | |
| VCS Repository Webview | https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/beacon/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ | |
| Download | https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/beacon/ | |
| General | https://savannah.gnu.org/people/ | |
| VCS Repository Webview | https://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/beacon/ |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Source requirement | LibGD 2.0 or later |
| Required to use | PHP 4.x |
| Weak prerequisite | cron (for bulk newsletters) |
| Weak prerequisite | aspell (for spell checking) |
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 21 January 2019.
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