PHP-Nuke is a web-based automated news publishing and content management system (a "nuke") based on PHP and MySQL. The system is fully controlled using a web-based user interface. PHP-Nuke was originally a fork of the Thatware news portal system.
The system is released as free under the GNU General Public License. Until version 7.5, the latest version of the was freely downloadable from the PHP-Nuke website; version 7.5 is the first version for which a US$10 download charge is made. This is permitted under the GNU GPL (providing the source code is included), but the purchaser of the has the right to freely distribute the source code of the product. This charge only applies to the latest version of PHP-Nuke; previous versions are available free of charge. Version 8.1 is being distributed for US$12 as the PHP-Nuke site is no longer owned by Francisco Burzi, the original developer of the engine.
Main Features:
The main objective of PHP-Nuke is to help support an automated web site for circulating news and articles among the users.
The is written 100% in PHP and requires a web server which supports the PHP extension such as the Apache HTTP Server and an SQL database such as mSQL, ODBC, Sybase or InterBase. It makes fully controlled content management system using a web-based user interface.
PHP-Nuke is created to support a dynamic Content Management System and a sum total of several instruments that are used to create an information portal.
The PHP- Nuke system started its career as a fork of the Thatware news portal system. After it emerged as full scale software, until version 7.5, it used to be released as free under the GNU General Public License and could be freely downloaded from the PHP-Nuke website.
For the latest versions of PHP- Nuke, you have to shell out a download charge, but GNU GPL gives the right to the purchaser of the product to o freely distribute the source code of the product. |
