TMI-CMS
2009-01-13 16:00:40
After a long hard slog today, the CMS is almost to the point where we are happy for others to use it. The only thing really very incomplete at present is admin and a couple of add-on modules.
Installation still needs a little more thought, since we currently do a subversion export, encode the PHP for security and then install on the server. There is nothing wrong with this, and a single script that displays a webpage on the server, asks for credentials and then downloads and installs the script automatically might be one solution. Once at that point, it could display options for restoring config and/or importing a sitebackup.
I dislike vendor lock-in. I've been there enough times myself that I just wont do it. While our export XML may be in own own schema, it shouldn't be too complex to decode it even without documentation.