Phire CMS

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Phire CMS
Phire logo sm.jpg
Developer(s) Nick Sagona
Stable release
2.1.0 / 9 July 2016 [1]
Written inPHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Content management system
License New BSD License
Website phirecms.org

Phire CMS (pronounced "fire") is an open source content management system and publishing platform for managing the content of websites and web applications. Phire CMS is licensed under the New BSD Licence, is written using the MySQL database and the PHP programming language.

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History

The Phire CMS project started in 2009 by developer Nick Sagona and was born out of a collection of custom-built content management systems that had been developed by Nick to meet specific client needs. The project started under the code name Phoenix, but was changed to Phire before the official release. Phire is heavily influenced by what has become a standard set of expected features available in other CMS projects, but offers a handful of additional features built directly into the application, such as multiple site management and mobile access and presentation.

It's something you've seen over the past few years with the publishing platforms out there, like the ones we've used the most, would be obviously, WordPress, Expression Engine and a little bit of MODx. You look at them, and obviously, they get you there and what not. But a lot of times, one would do "A", "B" and "C" pretty well, another one would do "D", "E", and "F" pretty well, and this one over here would do "A", "D" and "F" well - and it was these buckets of features that you would sit and figure out which CMS or publishing platform would fit your client's particular needs at that time. I felt like a lot of those features could be more tightly integrated under a single system. In some cases, I started building these little custom CMS's for clients that handled some things, and clients kept saying they really liked it and it was really easy and simple to use, and that's how I started down the road to building Phire. [2] [3]

The core of the Phire CMS version 1 branch is specifically built on top of the object-oriented PHP library, Moc10 PHP Library, and uses the JavaScript library, Jax JavaScript Library, to enhance the overall user interface and user experience. [4]

Releases

Official coding and development of Phire began in the beginning of January, 2010. Beta-testing occurred between August, 2010 and October 2010, and the official release of the stable version 1.0 was released on November 1, 2010. [5] An update to Phire, v1.0.1, was released on November 22, 2010 addressing security and adding a few small upgrades. Phire CMS v1.1 was released on January 9, 2011 and contains a host of new features and updates, including an easier installation process and support for 12 languages.

Although the name "Phire" has no direct connection, the naming convention for the project code names is influenced by the Marvel Universe, particularly the X-Men set of characters. The project code names do not always have to relate to some element of fire or flame. The "Ph" in Phire itself is more of a play on the "PH" of PHP, the programming language in which the project is written.

VersionCode nameRelease dateNotes
0.9 Phoenix 1 August 2010Beta stage release of the CMS, released as Phoenix
1.0.01 November 2010First official release of Phire CMS
1.0.122 November 2010First update of Phire CMS to address security vulnerabilities plus a small number of UI upgrades
1.1.0 Pyro 9 January 2011Update of Phire CMS to add a number of new features, such as an easier installation process, language support, nested sections and more blog-like features
1.1.118 May 2011Update of Phire CMS to add a small set of new features, plus some security enhancements
1.1.27 July 2011Update of Phire CMS to add and improve features regarding archive, blogging and recent content listing and management

Future release

Development for Phire CMS v 2.0 was announced on April 4, 2012 and is currently underway. It will utilize the next generation of the PHP framework that it was built on, the Pop PHP Framework, moving on from the Moc10 PHP Library, which is now at its end of life. While the new version will most likely break backward compatibility and require PHP 5.3 or greater, a good many robust features will be built in and improved upon as directed from community input and feedback.

Features

Phire CMS has many features that are built in, but it also provides a platform for the application to be extended via its API. [6] Phire also takes a more aggressive stance on its support of PHP, as it requires PHP 5.2.6 or above and is fully compatible with PHP 5.3. Phire does not support PHP 4. It also requires MySQL 5.0 or above.

Vulnerabilities

A handful of security issues were discovered in the first official release of Phire CMS. According to Secunia, Phire CMS v1.0 had 25 scripts with a maximum rating of "Less Critical" in the areas of cross-site scripting and manipulation of data. [7] A total of 36 scripts were patched for security for the Phire CMS v1.0.1 release.

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References

  1. ↑ https://github.com/phirecms/phirecms/releases
  2. ↑ Christopher Boudy, Sr. (2010-11-16). "NOLA Media Firm Launches New Content Management System: PhireCMS". New Orleans Tech. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  3. ↑ "LPTV Episode 57 – Lela Cloud, Lionel Milton, George Mauer, Nick Sagano". Launchpadnola.com. 2010-11-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  4. ↑ "Open Source Content Management System : Development : API Docs". Phire CMS. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  5. ↑ "Phire CMS version 1.1.1 Demo - opensourceCMS". Php.opensourcecms.com. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  6. ↑ "Generated Documentation". Dev.PhireCMS.org. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  7. ↑ "Phire CMS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community". Secunia.com. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
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