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Introduction

Introduction

Introduction to SWS

Introduction

This is the documentation for installing, configuring, running and developing with the Sandcat Web System, also known as SWS.

History

The Sandcat Web System was initially developed around May 2001, when Stijn decided to make a nice webpage for himself. Having some HTML / PHP experience, he tried to find a nice, themable content management system that suited small sites, but did not find any that suited his needs: fast, simple, and most of all content separated from style. Thus the idea of SWS was born.

Goals

SWS is first and foremost designed for coders. People need to know HTML and PHP in order to use this framework effectively. There are lots of other Content Management Systems available that try to dumb down the style design so that people can use them without programming; while that approach has its benefits it is not what SWS is about.

Furthermore, SWS is not meant to be as featureful as other CMS's. The main idea is to keep it as simple as possible to use for its target group. Furthermore, it is meant to be used on a UNIX-like host, and it should be easy to administer it using commandline tools -- that means no administrative webinterface.

Of course SWS, like many open source projects, was born from a need, without a real thought-out design. This means that it is in some areas a hodge-podge of functions right now. Still, having witnessed the ease of use at a few installed sites, the concept has proven itself at least in the short term.

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