Category Archives: Bloging & CMS

Open Source Video CMS: MediaCore

MediaCore is an open source video CMS and podcast platform.  MediaCore makes distributing media on any website easy as it can pull video or audio from any source. A site-owner can publish media from the administrative interface or let users create content via the upload interface. It supports playback in both HTML5 or Flash.

Free PHP Script for Question & Answer Website

Question2Answer is an application that is built with PHP-MySQL that has a points-based reputation system.

Users can comment into any questions and they can be tagged.

It can be totally styled with CSS and has an admin interface to manage the whole application.

Simple CMS For Static Websites – Pulse CMS

Pulse CMS is a simple content management system for managing small and static websites.

It enables you to CMS-enable any existing website within few minutes by simply uploading the “pulse folder” to the website.

Using the application, you can define the editable blocks of the website and it can display those pages inside a WYSIWYG editor to make any changes on them.

It has a built-in image manager to control all the images of the website and a backup feature to get a copy of the whole website anytime.

The application is built with PHP and uses flat files to store the data which means no SQL database is required.

Free Job Board Application: JoobsBox

JoobsBox is an open source job board application which is built with PHP (Zend Framework) & MySQL.

No membership is required to add new job listings & they can be posted under pre-defined categories.

It comes with a plugin system which makes it possible to extend the application easily. There are already several plugins like iPhone plugin or the Twitter plugin (auto-posts the listings to Twitter).

The application offers an admin panel where all the categories, listings, plugins & other variables can be controlled.

JoobsBox is multilingual & themeable. The project is currently in alpha stage, not mature but promising.

Free Zend ExtJS Powered CMS: Pimcore

Pimcore is a feature-rich and robust PHP content management system, that is built with Zend Framework, for creating and managing digital content + assets.

The interface is powered with ExtJS and almost all editing is done via drag ‘n’ drops.

It is possible to work on multiple documents at the same time with the help of the multi-tabbed usage.

Pimcore is also a product information management framework (PIM) which means true multi-channel publishing and integration into ecommerce systems like Magento and OXID eSales.

The application is powerful on controlling digital assets as well. It can be integrated to the desktop using WebDAV or to the 3rd party systems via web services.

For images, it can analyze them automatically (EXIF data), create thumbnails and enable you to edit them (rotate, crop, etc.).

If the assets are documents, it offers web-previews using a Scribd account. And a similar preview works for videos using Youtube.

Pimcore has many other advanced features like versioning, built-in caching, permission-based user management, multilingual interface and much more.

Free PHP Job Board Application – JobAppr

JobAppr is an open source PHP application to setup a job board in minutes.

It is possible to create categories (like graphic design, web development, copywriting, etc.) where the job listings will be placed under.

Submitting new job listings can be defined t be free or paid and you can even charge for highlighting an ad (PayPal is already integrated).

Employers can mention information like the title, location, category, details, “how to apply” and more.

There is a RSS feed for all listings and an admin panel is provided to manage the system.

Free PHP Classifieds Application: OSClass

OSClass is an open source application, built with PHP-MySQL, for creating and managing a classifieds website.

It can be used to display any type and number of items in a categorized interface. Also, there are some sector-specific extensions (cars, jobs, real estate, dating, etc.) for creating lists easily.

The application has a customizable interface with a flexible theming support (there are already several themes provided).

And, besides the extensions mentioned above, there are few others for extending the functionality like Google Maps or PayPal integration, breadcrumbs navigation and more.

Free Classifieds Website Script

OSclass is a Free Open Source CMS all you need to easily create your own classifieds website. t’s built by a team of volunteers who have created the core of OSClass. But if you want to take it a step further, here are some plugins and themes that can help you make your site into any kind of classifieds site.

Mobile Web App Framework


ChocolateChip-UI is a mobile web app development framework that targets WebKit engines..

The framework provides fully functional widgets and controls right out of the box which know how to behave so you can focus only on providing the data.

A new concept is introduced by the framework: WAML (Web App Markup Language) which is designed for creating mobile web apps and uses special tags + attributes to clearly define all the parts (rather than divs and spans) for a faster development.

ChocolateChip-UI has most of the elements we get used from iOS like the buttons, tab bar, lists, slider and more.

The framework is very well-documented, provides snippets for the basics and definitely a must-bookmark for mobile web app development.

Perl CMS : A Full Featured & Perl-Powered CMS "Bricolage"

Bricolage is an open-source and enterprise-class content management system that makes creating, managing and publishing content very easy.

It is built with Perl, uses MySQL or PostgreSQL for storing data and has a powerful templating system (Mason, Template Toolkit, or PHP).

With the help of this templating system and the flexibility offered on every step, it is possible to build any type of websites.

Bricolage has a group and permission based user management system that eases working as a team where some users can be editors, others being designers, etc.

Besides many other standard CMS features, there is a very handy and built-in alert system which can be setup for many events like an article going online, being edited, etc. to get notified instantly.

Also, there is a well-documented API which enables you to pull and push any type of data from the system.

Requirements: Perl 5.8.0+ and PostgreSQL or MySQ