Merlintalk
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| Developer(s) | Geoshrad Design Company |
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| Stable release | 2.6 [1] / June 26, 2008 |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform, PHP-compatible -- Linux preferred |
| Type | Content management system |
| License | GNU Free Documentation License v.2 |
| Website | geoshrad.com |
merlinTalk (formerly named Geoshrads Com) is a free software/open source content management system (CMS) for creating and managing websites through a simple Ajax-based web interface. It has attracted many users due to its ease of use.
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[edit] Features
merlinTalk includes advanced features such as page caching to improve performance on busy sites, advanced templating techniques, and a fairly robust API. It has additional features to include forms and Google Maps on the website.
[edit] License
merlinTalk is supplied free to any nonprofit website or institution, and for a small fee to other commercial institutions. It is written with the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database.
[edit] System requirements
As of 24 April 2007, system requirements are as follows:
- Apache (version 1.3.19 or above) or Windows IIS
- MySQL (version 4.x or above)
- PHP (version 4.3.x or above with extensions: mysql, xml, zlib, ftp)
[edit] Geoshrad Design Company
The rights to the merlinTalk codebase, name and copyrights, are protected by the Geoshrad Design Company, an India-based non-profit corporation formed to support and promote development of websites to everyone who needs it.[2] The company was founded by George Joseph.
[edit] List of Websites
A comprehensive list of websites using this CMS united-constructions.com unimixindia.com lucidimaging.in soarindia.com
[edit] merlinTalk timeline
- 1998: Started development of program for DOS on IBM 486 machines. A few of these are still kept in working condition at the Bangalore office.
- 1999: Started static website development, graphics design and 3D animation.
- 2000: Expanded outside India, taking up projects from US and UK.
- 2007: Started a new office at Bangalore.[3]
- 2008: Released merlinTalk CMS version in test on website.[4]
- 2008: Released merlinTalk CMS version 1.0 with first installation on website.[5]
- 2009: Released multilingual edition of merlinTalk.[6]
[edit] Future development
The next major release of merlinTalk (3.0) will undertake a complete rewrite, and will be based upon the open source web application framework.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ merlinTalk page
- ^ "Geoshrad website, Goals and Objectives". 2006-01-09. http://geoshrad.com. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ "Bangalore branch". 2002-05-17. http://www.whichwebdesigncompany.com/in/profile/geoshrad. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Peermade.info". 2002-05-17. http://www.peermade.info. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Kerala Tourism". 2002-05-17. http://www.paraglidingkerala.com. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "thebhutan". 2009-05-17. http://www.thebhutan.info. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
Lucid Imaging Pvt Ltd Bangalore
[edit] External links
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