====== CMS tryout ======

I'm back to thinking that maybe I want some lightweight content management system (CMS) to manage public WWW content.

===== Here's my requirements =====

  * generates static HTML pages
  * data files maintainable from either 1) shell, or 2) WWW
  * readable file names
  * categories mapped to directories
  * partitioned data and CMS management files
  * at least HTTP basic authorization for maintenance
  * raw text/HTML editor
  * "blog", but OK to maintain by hand on top page
  * blog entry comments

===== Lingering concerns =====

  * If I can maintain site via WWW, there's less need for distribute maintenance, but I still might want to do distributed maintenance for off-line work.
  * **DISTRIBUTED BACKUP A MUST**
  * Do I need version management?
    * Probably not included in lightweight CMS
    * Less need if no distributed maintenance
    * Less need if I trust WWW maintenance security
  * Migration from (this) Dokuwiki
  * Do I want some kind of wiki or collaborative maintenance for some content?

===== CMS reviews =====

^ CMS       ^ URI                  ^ Evaluation                                                ^
| Pulse CMS | http://pulsecms.com/ | No directories. All documents stored in single namespace. |
| CutePHP   | http://cutephp.com/  | Dynamic HTML generated from **single** news file. Categories by tag only. |
| razorCMS  | http://www.razorcms.co.uk/ | Dynamic HTML. Tag categories |
| pluck     | http://www.pluck-cms.org/?file=kop1.php | Dynamic HTML from data in PHP files. Tag categories (blog post only) |
| Sapid     | http://sapid.sourceforge.net/ | Promising, but PHP errors |
| SkyBlueCanvas | http://blog.skybluecanvas.com/ | Promising, but complicated, and for-purchase add-ons |
| Pivot     | http://www.pivotlog.net/ | Error in MOTD installer default install path, but this looks good for blog only -> do own CMS |


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