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Geeklog vs. PHPnuke: A Brief Review

Authored by: Creator on Friday, December 06 2002 @ 12:51 pm EST

I wanted to add that GeekLog seems to be relatively new as opposed to PHPnuke, which has been around for some time now. Right now it seems to me that the GL developers are concerned primarily with tuning and making perfect the core system, thus leaving development of new features, themes, and the like to geeks who love GL and want to help out.

From my own personal experience, having played with GL and PHPnuke, I find that I prefer GL simply because it is easier for me to build the site I want from a basic install rather than digging through the huge and unwieldy PHPnuke install.

However, I can see how a newbie would prefer PHPnuke since it already comes with nearly everything except the kitchen sink with a basic install.

One thing I'd suggest is that the basic install of GL should include ALL the debugged themes, blocks, and plugins that are available so that the newbie could simply activate those that he/she wants without having to go through the pain of finding them, downloading, configuring, installing, etc etc etc.

Also, for the newbie, I think it would be nice if there was a web-based interface for dealing with config.php upon initial install, much like the way Gallery does with their system. And perhaps a web-based interface for easy editing of themes.

A shopping cart plugin for GL would be the cherry on top of the whipped cream, IMO!

Ok enough wishing!

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L. Whitworth
www.finiserv.com

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L. Whitworth

Geeklog vs. PHPnuke: A Brief Review

Authored by: Anonymous (Anonymous User) on Friday, December 06 2002 @ 01:17 pm EST

I wouldn\'t recommend putting ALL the blocks and plugins in the basic install. Perhaps giving a menu of options on which ones you want to include in the download and then making them transparent to install like you recommended would be better. Over time, the number will grow and if you put them all in the intall you\'ll create the same bloated product like phpnuke.

Geeklog vs. PHPnuke: A Brief Review

Authored by: Creator on Friday, December 06 2002 @ 01:40 pm EST

Not if they aren't activated to begin with! Just include them (along with all the necessary changes to lib-common.php, lib-custom.php, lib-database.php, and/or config.php then add just one more initial story telling the new admin about their existence and where they can go to activate them. It'd still be the same clean install in the first place.

Ok, maybe not ALL of them... Just the most popular ones like the Weather block and the downloads plugin.

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L. Whitworth
www.finiserv.com

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L. Whitworth

Geeklog vs. PHPnuke: A Brief Review

Authored by: richschmidt on Monday, December 09 2002 @ 01:53 pm EST

As a newbie myself, just trying to get my GeekLog site up and running, I would LOVE it if there was a distro available with many of the \"common\" plugins, etc, included. One reason I\'d like to power my site with GeekLog is because of the promise of being able to include things like the Weather deal, news headlines, Google search, etc. That fits what we\'re trying to create. The easier that would be for me to do, the better. :)

Peace,
Rich

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