SpotlightPHP (software)

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SpotlightPHP is a content management system disigned by Sean Bowe and Alex Bonnot. It was released in 2006 in beta form twice, and then released in a stable form about a month later after the first beta.

SpotlightPHP is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

The minimum requirements for SpotlightPHP are:

Apache
PHP (version 4.4.4 or above)

The system may work on earlier versions of PHP, but it has only been formally tested on 4.4.4.

A picture of the front page of SpotlightPHP - An example of the scripting (2006)

1 History
2 Features
3 External Links
4 Copyright Info
5 See Also

[edit] History

SpotlightPHP was designed with the purpose of introducing a content management system to a company called Awardspace. It was to be a verified scripting by Awardspace to work on Awardspace's free hosting plans. It was also originally named Spotlight, but because of the conflict between Apple's name of their Search utility on Mac OS X, it was named SpotlightPHP.

It was started by Sean Bowe, a program development team leader of Awardspace. It consists now of Sean Bowe, a programmer named Alex Bonnot(phpShift), a webmaster named Brett Griffin(all three who create the raw code and manage the scriptings support / downloads), and the other staff members that support / create open source suppliments to the software, such as styles and mods.

The first version was released in November 2006. That version was Spotlight Beta 1. It was followed in the same month by Spotlight Beta 2, then again in the same month by SpotlightPHP 1.0. There is no longer any way to get a copy of the beta versions. Only SpotlightPHP 1.0 is available for download.

All versions have run using files to store information rather than a database. This freed users from dependence on MySQL, but also created some problems for users on hosts with limits to how PHP could access files.

[edit] Features

SpotlightPHP

Developer:	SpotlightPHP Development Team
Latest release:	1.0 /
OS:	PHP-compatable -- Linux preferred
Use:	Content management systems
Website:	spotlightphp.com

SpotlightPHP includes many features as a content management system. Here are just some:

Feature	Description
Preview Site	Click a button, and you can see what your site looks like without leaving the admin area.
Spotlight Uplink	An uplink to the official website is embedded in each system, allowing the system to check for new versions of SpotlightPHP.
EasyStats	In the adminsistration system, you can see how many people are online, how many visits have been logged, and the amount of people banned. Also, you can see the log file size and ban file sizes for your site.
SecuriChange	Webmasters may need to change their password for some reason, so a password changer is available in the administration system. Just enter your old password then your new password. The new password is then saved in an encrypted form.
Main Information	In the administration system, there is an option to change your site's header, footer, and news. These things are seen on every page. Enter them into the supplied form, then click the button to save changes. Create Page: The page manager has an option to create new pages. Pages will show up on your navigation, and your viewers will be able to view it. You can choose to edit your page after it has been created. Edit Page: Edit the Title, Name, and Data included in your pages. HTML, CSS, Javascript are supported. There is also an option to insert your website's message box. Delete Page: If you need to delete a page for any reason, you can do that in the page manager of the administration system.
Access Logs	Get the logs for all of the users that have come to your site. See the page they visited, see the IP, and even clear the logs.
Ban Administation	Ban a user's IP. See how long they have been banned, and also lift their ban.
BranchCast	A featured extra in SpotlightPHP. This will allow two sites with a Branchcast system installed to affiliate with eachother, then send messages between sites. Connections can only be made if the host supports connections to external URL's.
Other	A complete list of features can be found at the website.