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Fall 2003 Senior Project. CFMS (Content & Forum Management System) Initial Proposal. Georgi Kindov Ilian Alexiev Tenyo Grozev Advisor: Prof. Ausif Mahmood. Project Overview. Integrated online system for Content and Forum Management
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Fall 2003 Senior Project CFMS(Content & Forum Management System)Initial Proposal Georgi Kindov Ilian Alexiev Tenyo Grozev Advisor: Prof. Ausif Mahmood
Project Overview • Integrated online system for Content and Forum Management • Similar existing products – PostNuke, VBulletin, PHPnuke • Targeted market – home users and small companies • Technologies – PHP, MySQL, Apache
The Need for the Proposed System • Management of Forums and Content by a single system • Flexibility of design • Easy to install and support • Affordable to the average user
Important Features • All-in-one solution for building interactive web sites • Forums fully integrated with Content Management system • Module-based – customizable • Easy administration through web browser • Different levels of user access • Integrated private messaging • Report Generation and statistics
Technologies Considered • PHP, MySQL, Apache • Free • Installations for Windows and UNIX-based systems • Tested and fast solution • ASP.NET, MS SQL, IIS • Expensive • Only Windows-based solution
Main Objectives • Developing a backbone model • Flexibility of module-driven design • Highly customizable design • Compatibility with Windows and UNIX • Low-cost solution • Competitive performance