Serendipity (software)
Blog and web-based content management system written in PHP
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Serendipity is a blog and web-based content management system written in PHP and available under a BSD license. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite database backends, the Smarty template engine, and a plugin architecture for user contributed modifications. [2]
| Serendipity | |
|---|---|
Serendipity's official blog | |
| Developer | Serendipity Developer Team |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Unix-like, Windows |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | content management system |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Website | s9y |
| Repository | |
Serendipity is available through a number of "one-click install" services such as Installatron.[3]
Features
Serendipity's plugin architecture allows users to modify both the appearance of the blog and its features.
Serendipity's SPARTACUS plugin automatically checks the central repository for plugins/templates upgrades and new functionality whenever a user checks the list. Users can install more than 120 plugins. [4]
- WYSIWYG and HTML editing
- Built-in media database, can add media from URL or local file
- Multiple authors, configurable permission/usergroup system
- Threaded comments, nested categories, post to multiple categories
- Multiple languages (internationalization)
- Online plugin and template repository for easy plug-and-play installation
- Drag-and-drop sidebar plugins organization
- Category-based sub-blogs
- Static Pages
- Podcasting
- RSS planet/aggregator
- Spam blocking
- Tag support
- One-click upgrading from any version
- Can be embedded into your existing web pages
- Standards-compliant templating through Smarty
- Remote blogging via XML-RPC
- BSD-style licensing
- Multiple Database support (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MySQLi)
- Shared installations can power multiple blogs from just one codebase
- Native import from earlier blog applications (WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, etc.)[5]
- Search engine-friendly permalink structure
- TrackBack and Pingback
- default template for frontend and backend have responsive web design
History
The Serendipity project was started by Jannis Hermanns in the winter of 2002, then still called jBlog. Due to a naming conflict with an existing blog publishing system, Sterling Hughes suggested the name serendipity. This suggestion is based on an Essay by Sam Ruby.[6] The short form s9y stems from abbreviations such as i18n for internationalization where the number represents the amount of omitted letters. Today the project is maintained by Garvin Hicking.
Book
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| Author | Garvin Hicking |
|---|---|
| Original title | Serendipity Individuelle Weblogs für Einsteiger und Profis |
| Language | German |
| Subject | Serendipity Weblog Software |
| Genre | Weblog Software |
| Publisher | OpenSourcePress |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| ISBN | 978-3-937514-54-3 |
The first book about Serendipity was published in German by OpenSourcePress: Serendipity - Individuelle Weblogs für Einsteiger und Profis. [7] The publisher donated the book's copyright to the Serendipity project, who has released it under a CC-BY-NC-SA license and made a GitHub repository available online.[8]
