Website Baker

WebsiteBaker is a free content management system which is primarily used to create small and medium-sized websites. WebsiteBaker is based on the server script language PHP and the MySQL database, which runs under open-source license and is available free of charge.
WebsiteBaker is primarily known for simple use. It has an automated installation program and a simple GUI (graphical user interface) that also allows computer beginners and less experienced users to publish content or information on the Internet.
History
Originally written by Ryan Djurovich the WebsiteBaker CMS was released in 2004.
The first announcement of WebsiteBaker came with the version 2.2.0 on December 14, 2004.
With this version multiple-level page, sections and multilanguage support was introduced, also Core Add-ons were provided.
On September 4, 2005 Ryan Djurovich announced in the message board several topics: A non-profit organisation called "Open Source Bakery" should be responsible for WebsiteBaker (which never came true), teams are responsible for the future of Developing and maintaining the CMS, besides the use of an own SVN instead of SourceForge.
The upcoming version 2.6.0 released on November 28, 2005 was the first version developed and maintained from the Community.
On the November 16th 2008 Ryan Djurovich announced , that the WebsiteBaker CMS is split into two different projects after an Open Discussion with the community: PlatformRAD Open Source Edition (OSE) (which is now called EdgeCMS) is being further maintained by the founder himself, the WebsiteBaker Community stays with the name, to avoid restrictions with further versions of the CMS.
The leader of the CMS was now Matthias Gallas, he retired on the August 19th 2009 with the release of version 2.8.0
One day later the definite retirement of the founder and the foundation of the Website Baker Org e.V. was announced - according to German law a non-profit association. The current board members are Dietmar Wöllbrink, Ruud Eisinga and Klaus Weitzel.
WebsiteBaker version 2.8.0
The stable version 2.8 was published on August 15, 2009. Besides a number of bug fixes some new features were implemented:
* Added Droplets, JQuery and Codepress
* Skinable and customizable backend
* Media data can be uploaded as a zip archive and will be unpacked on the server
* During the installation of add-ons the CMS checks if all conditions are met
* Modules uploaded via FTP are now installable via administration area
* Improvements to the backend: More information, full multilingual core addon support and adjustments are available
System requirements
WebsiteBaker needs a webspace (space on the Internet) with the widespread server-side scripting language PHP and the also widespread MySQL database. Furthermore, PHP should have Session support enabled and "Safe Mode" must be deactivated, or the provider has appropriate user rights assigned. The ISP may normally set these settings if you do not own web servers.
The conditions for the current version 2.8.0 are:
* At least 9 MB of webspace for WebsiteBaker (extensions require more)
* PHP 4.4.9 or higher (recommended PHP 5.2)
* MySQL 3.2.3 or higher
* PHP Safe Mode = off or configured
* Activated PHP Session Support
Target
The actual target group consists of:
* Individuals with a wish to create their own homepage
* Clubs and groups, where several people from all over the world can just create or edit page content
* Small, medium-sized and big companies
* Organizations and Schools
Large websites for thousands of people at one time with many features will not be counted directly to the target group.
Features
WebsiteBaker has many functions to create a dynamic website, though the project always tries to preserve the "easy use". This can only be achieved by not "bloated" with features.
Features
Extensions (modules)
The growing user community of WebsiteBaker created and managed some of the modules, of which some are already delivered as standard with WebsiteBaker CMS. These extensions are all available free of charge and will be added after successful testing to the official "Add-ons" site.
Among the modules are:
* Integration of well-known galleries, internet forums and WYSIWYG HTML editors for the admin area
* Other enhancements such as guestbook, download area, and much more
Modules can be uploaded via the administration area in the form of a zip-file and the installation starts automatically. The activation of the modules takes place when creating a new page, where then the module can be selected by using the entry in "type:" . Modules can be deinstalled easily via backend.
The creation of modules is done with the scripting language PHP. These can be created easily, but some experience in dealing with programming languages should be available.
On October 31, 2009 there are 219 modules and snippets listed on AMASP.
Droplets
Introduced in version 2.8, droplets can be placed anywhere inside WebsiteBaker - regardless if used in the WYSIWYG sections, inside a template or module. They are a small piece of PHP code which is defined in the backend and used in double-square-brackets.
Design templates
There are numerous design templates, which can be determined for each single page individually. The creation of the templates is done with the languages of HTML, CSS and PHP. The strict separation of content and design is guaranteed and the design can be modified almost completely independent. It is only necessary to provide a CSS and a PHP file.
With the latest version 2.8 the backend of WebsiteBaker is also fully skinable and extendable without touching the core PHP files.
On October 31, 2009 there are 89 templates listed on the template repository.
Translations
In the latest version 2.8 WebsiteBaker provides 20 languages plus English (the default) in the core. The backend and all core modules in backend and frontend are translated, also many modules have different translations as WebsiteBaker provides the translation from each module that matches the chosen language in backend if available.
Documentation
Documentation of WebsiteBaker is available for CMS users, module developers and web designers. There are also several video tutorials .
Community
The Community is rapidly growing, there are over 9200 members registered in the support forum in October 2009 and about 300 new registrations every months . There are about 25 team members, divided in four major teams and thirteen team groups , the overall module and template authors are about 150 . Beside there are different support forums and websites, also there are several User Groups .

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