DCMS Development Update

Well I haven’t had much time to work on the CMS lately, but today I found some time to do some updates, I’ve started working on plugin support and have also improved the Log Viewer, as well as the Profile viewing page.

In the coming week I’ll have to add Plugin support to the entire CMS, meaning that I’ll have to add hooks throughout the entire coding scheme for the plugins to use, the same goes for logging messages.

One thing I’ve discovered that I didn’t think of though, is that the log viewer generates a huge amount of SQL queries if you choose to log everything, because of this I have added more logging levels so that you can choose to only log the most important actions.

If you want to try Divia-CMS read the following!

I am seriously considering releasing an early beta version of the CMS so that people can start testing the features and developers can get used to the plugin system (it’s quite simple really), but I have even more serious doubts about it as apart from a few people asking me to send them the CMS (no!) I haven’t had much feedback on it.

If you are interested in the CMS and are waiting to give it a try, let me know! The more people are interested, the more tempted I’ll be to release a beta.

Divia CMS: Log Viewer and Form Manager

Little update on the development of Divia-CMS, I’ve just finnished two quite unique features, that’s to say, I’m sure there are other systems out there that feature similar features, but I doubt they’re anything like these.

The first feature is the Log Viewer, I’ve been planning this for ages.. what this basically does is allow you to track website the website logs in realtime, and you can easily filter the results by modifying the MySQL query, keep in mind though, that the CMS is meant for developers, I will increase the friendly-ness of the log viewer, but someone who doesnt know much about PHP/MySQL probably doesn’t wanna see the log viewer anyway.

The other feature is at the moment only able to create mail forms, but it is planned to make any type of form, currently you can easily create a mail form processor, meaning that you define all fields, what’s required and what fields need to be validated, and then make a HTML form with the same form fields that you’ve defined in the Form Manager, you’ll be able to generate the HTML forms from the CMS or create them manually, all the form manager does is basically manage the forms and process them when someone submits them.

You can see a real live demo of the frontend on the Divia-CMS site, here.

That’s it for now, I’ll be working further on both features for sure, I’ve got big plans!

Nostalgia.. how it all started out!

Well I was going through some of my old files today and I bumped into a complete backup of a hosting site I used to own together with a friend of mine, CrystalCore! Including in the backup was the very first CMS I ever made, looking back at it now it looks extremely poor, though in my head it always looked a lot better, anyway it’s not to be compared to anything you see these days.

Screenshots of the CMS

And screenshots of the frontend site of what CrystalCore used to be .. *sniff*.. I really enjoyed working on that site

This was all done by me, my friend took care of the technical side of business, eg. the servers and client management.

Keep in mind that my experience level was a lot lower compared to what it is now

Update on Divia CMS Development..

Been a while since I blogged, didn’t really have a reason to tbh.. but I thought I’d post a new screenshot for those who are actually checking for updates

I’ve had a long struggle with the CMS in converting all the templates to purely DIV and no tables AT ALL, and I gotta say I’m pleased with the result

Anyway, here’s a screenshot of the Page Creation process, I’ve done quite some “improvements’ (imo) on the default theme and for all pages, including the one in the screenshot, the UI has been rethought a bit.

Divia CMS Development

Divia CMS is coming along nicely, though a full release is still far far away.

I am currently in the process of setting up a developer forum so that I can get a development team started.
The main idea behind this is that I will have a lot more time focusing on specific functionality, as at this point I am very distracted by everything that has to happen, working on the CMS with multiple developers will greatly increase the creative capabilities.

For those who are interested, I am looking for the following persons to join the development team:

• PHP Developers (x2)
• HTML/Javascript Developer
• Designer (layout & icons)

The quantity of developers will increase with time, but I want to start out with a small group as up till now I’ve always worked on the CMS alone, so it’s gonna bring in quite some adjustments.

On a sidenote (from the development process) I have registered divia-cms.com so there is now an appropriate domain for the project. And I have made some minor adjustments to the CMS layout.

Quick Divia CMS Update

Just a small update to say I’m still working on the CMS (and plan to keep doing so for a long time)

Added to this blog is a single screenshot that shows the permission system and a ‘new’ theme to show how easy it is to theme the admin panel.

More coming soon..

Divia CMS, Homepage Online!

I have just finnished the website for Divia CMS.. well finnished, let’s just say the basics are up and running.

You can also check for new screenshots in the download section of the website.

Click here to check it out.

New Blog, New Input

Hi, as you can see I started a new blog, at the moment it’s still using wordpress as my CMS still needs a lot of work and I don’t wanna get ahead of myself.

This blog won’t be like my old one though, it’s going to be a lot more tech-oriented. You’ll be able to find info about the development of Divia CMS, and basically all kinds of resources, ubuntu linux, photoshop, php.. everything I’m interested in basically.

The layout I’m using is not made by myself, it’s a free layout from Styleshout I only modified it slightly to work with wordpress. But all credit goes to Erwin Aligam from Styleshout.com.

Anyway I’ve just started out, and I don’t plan to write blog like these which are basically about nothing.. but I need to have something on the front page right?