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Why is nakid cms unlike other content management systems?
What is nakid cms?
nakid cms is an open source content management system built using the PHP scripting language. The goal of nakid is to provide plenty of functionality to the user while still being very familiar and simple to a web developer, in order to be extremely flexible and customizable.
Finally, a content management that doesn't 'steal' your website!
Why is nakid cms unlike other content management systems?
nakid cms is added to your site in modules. Popular content management systems like Drupal or Joomla take over your site. You must build your website around them and while they are great content management systems, they may often be more than what is needed. Often a web developer is stuck with two choices when a client wants to edit their own content. They can either create the application in one of these large content management systems, or they must painstakingly write the code for the specifically editable content themselves.
nakid cms hopes to meet in the middle of this gap. nakid is easily uploaded and installed on your system and never seen to the end user. When you need a chunk of content that needs to be managed, simply go to your installation of nakid and create a new widget. nakid gives you the code to put in your website that will pull your dynamic content.
Best of all, although nakid needs a PHP based server to run, your embedded content can be added through AJAX or PHP script, meaning the page you add content too can have an extention of .php, .asp, .htm, or .html!
Requirements
- A server running PHP 5 or higher
- A MySQL 4.1 or higher database
Installing nakid (screenshots coming soon)
Installing nakid cms is simple! Download the latest version of nakid cms from the downloads page. Once the file has downloaded, extract the files. Open up your extracted folder and you should find a folder labled with the release you downloaded (v0-1). Rename this folder to whatever you would like then upload this folder into the root directory (or your chosen directory).
Once the files are fully uploaded, in your web browser navigate to where you uploaded the nakid folder (ie: www.mysite.com/nakid). This will take you to a very simple installation page where you will be asked for database details and general site details about how nakid should install as well as creating your administrator username and password.
Upon completing the installation page nakid cms is installed and ready to be used.
Using Nakid
To begin using nakid try creating a text widget. Under "Create Widget" click "Create Text Widget". You will be taken to a page where you can give a title to your current widget. Below the title you can begin creating the content for your widget. Using the editor you can change the formatting of the text. Once you are finished click "save". You will now see your widget under the "Edit Widgets" section. Click this and you can edit the widget at any time.
To put this widget on your website scroll down on the edit widget page for your new widget. You will see the code to add the widget to your website. Simply copy all of the code and place it on your website. Your dynamic content will appear instantly!
Feedback
nakid cms is still very much in development and alot of work is needed. Any positive or negitive feedback is greatly appreciated. Please give detail to likes, dislikes, and any issues with nakid cms as well as any instruction that may be needed. Fill out the form below will any information. Thanks!