290 likes | 303 Views
Explore the features and benefits of TangoCMS, an open-source MVC framework focusing on ease of use, security, and standards compliance. Learn about the installation process and community support forums.
E N D
To be covered • MVC • TangoCMS Overview • TangoCMS forums & community • TangoCMS features
Model-View-Controller (MVC)image from http://java.sun.com/blueprints/patterns/MVC-detailed.html
Overview of TangoCMS • Zula Framework • MVC framework • PHP • Security concerns • First iteration was dubbed Osprey • December 14, 2007 • Animal aliased releases • Current is 2.4.0 “Hedgehog” • Small development group • Moved to Git on December 19, 2009
Overview of TangoCMSTangoCMS focus • Three main: • Ease of use • Security focused • Standards compliant • W3C • Open source • Reliance on community • Flowplayer
Overview of TangoCMSRequirements Joomla 1.5 TangoCMS PHP 5.2.0 or greater MySQL 4.1 or greater (recommended MySQL 5) Apache 2+ (1.3 is not supported)
Forum & CommunityPros The developers answer most questions Questions are answered quickly Good ideas will get noticed by the people doing the coding Accurate technical answers IRC channel for communication
Forum & Community Cons Some broken links Not a lot of information to point to Nontechnical matters are ill answered Questions involving what will be rolled out in a release are spotty at best – Languages If a coder is looking at the forum then they are not coding Not a lot of integrated pieces or example code due to development team size
Forum & Community Documentation TangoCMS Joomla