What is daCode?
daCode is a news engine (or CMS - Content Management System) written in PHP. It works under PHP 3 and 4, and uses a database to store informations. We currently support MySQL and PostgreSQL through a database abstraction layer. You can also use LDAP or NIS along with your database.
daCode
is oriented towards modularity and performance. So it uses
object-oriented features and has a cache system. Other important
features are a complete themable interface, user authentication,
multilingual support, a board, a tips module ... and more.
Features
Here are the main features of daCode:
- Complete site management
- News management module
- Advanced comments management with two moderation systems
- Complete themability for easy customization
- Per user customization of front page
- Cache system to limit server load
- Use of template for easy theme creation
- Tips, webcam, poll modules
- Interactivity : comments, board and internal mesage system
- Compatibility with several databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL, for now)
- May use NIS or LDAP
- PHP 3 and 4 compatible
- Works with Apache, Caudium or IIS, under Linux, *BSD or Windows
- Multilingual support, with french and english translations.
Download
daCode exists in two versions: a stable one and an unstable, buggy one made for developpers. The last stable version is 1.4.1.
An unstable version is created each night (nightly builds).
daCode 1.4.1
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This is the last stable version published to date.
It was shipped on February the 8th, 2003.
It brings so many changes they are not detailed here. See the NEWS file to know what's new.
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daCode nightly build
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This version is highly unstable. Download it only if you know what you're doing.
It is generated every night to incorporate the last changes.
Many changes have been made since 1.2.0 release, thus see the ChangeLog or the NEWS file to learn more
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References
Some references:
· Nexen: French web hosting service, PHP documentation translator and French PHP.net mirror.
· Da Linux French Page: Community site for GNU/Linux and free software news. Often regarded as the french equivalent of Slashdot.
· news.daCode: Official daCode news.
· LiteOS: Official site of the Lite OS operating system.
· DAoC-FR: Dark Age of Camelot France, site dedicated to the new role playing game distributed by Vivendi Publishing.
· Apple.lu: news about Apple.
Some sixty more are listed on this page.
Need help?
Before you request for help, please read the documentation included in daCode.
You can find it in the doc/ directory. It contains three sub-directories, each adapted to a type of user: user for simple users, like visitors, webmaster for people who are running daCode (and maybe have problems with it), and developer for those who want to contribute to daCode.
You will find a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) in doc/webmaster/. It's also available online, at this page.
If you run into trouble with daCode, you may find help there:
Note that in both cases, the same people will read you, because the tracker redirects your query to the mailing-list.
Be involved
Any contribution is welcome! You don't need to know how to prorgam to
help us. So what can you do? First, you can tell your friends about how
wonderful is daCode ( :) ). Second, you will help us a lot if you give
us feedback: most importantly bug reports, of course, but also tell us
about what you find odd, stupid, impratical, etc... in daCode.
Mailing-lists
No less than six (6) mailing-lists are devoted to daCode. Each one, hosted on the same server than daCode, has its own use.
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dacode-announce [Subscribe]
This low-traffic list contains the announces of new versions of daCode,
along with announces about major updates (like security fixes).
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dacode-user [Subscribe]
Email this list if you need help or have any problems with daCode.
The "support request" tracker from SourceForge.net has a follow-up to this list.
Remember to detail your problem, and to give your version of daCode.
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dacode-bugs [Subscribe]
This list is devoted to bug reports and how to fix them.
Bugs posted through SourceForge.net are automatically posted in this list too.
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dacode-corp [Subscribe]
If you want to see a new feature in daCode but don't know how to code it, just email it there.
Feature requests from SourceForge.net are posted there too.
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dacode-dev [Subscribe]
Want to discuss of daCode's development? Want to submit a patch? This list is made for you.
Note that the patches sent through SourceForge.net are redirected there.
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dacode-cvs [Subscribe]
All changes made to the code in the CVS repository are automatically reported there.
This list can be very active.
If your patches are really very big, post them there instead of dacode-dev.
All these lists are both french and english speaking. You can try
another language, but it is highly doubtful that you will get any other
answer than "What?" or "Je ne comprends pas".
Misc
Some useful links:
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daCode: the news
news.dacode is a site powered by daCode, that contains all the news related to daCode. You can also submit yours!
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daCode: developer's page
This page contains all the useful informations that you'll need if you want to be involved in the development of daCode.
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List of sites using daCode
A list of the websites that are running daCode. They are at least 60 now.
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Some logos of daCode
Here you'll find a lot of daCode's logos, that you can use on your website.
The first have been designed by Coreli, and the more recent by Ayo73.
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