Serendipity (software)

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Serendipity
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Serendipity's official blog
Developer(s) Serendipity Developer Team
Stable release
2.3.5 [1] / 2020-04-25 [±]
Repository
Written in PHP
Operating system Unix-like, Windows
Platform Cross-platform
Type content management system
License BSD license
Website s9y.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Serendipity is a blog and web-based content management system written in PHP and available under a BSD license. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite database backends, the Smarty template engine, and a plugin architecture for user contributed modifications. [2]

Contents

Serendipity is available through a number of "one-click install" services such as Installatron. [3]

Features

Serendipity's plugin architecture allows users to easily modify both the appearance of the blog and its features.

Serendipity's SPARTACUS plugin automatically checks the central repository for plugins/templates upgrades and new functionality whenever a user checks the list. Users can install more than 120 plugins, instantly enhancing their blogs' functionality. [4]

History

The Serendipity project was started by Jannis Hermanns in the winter of 2002, then still called jBlog. Due to a naming conflict with an existing blog publishing system, Sterling Hughes suggested the name serendipity. This suggestion is based on an Essay by Sam Ruby. [6] The short form s9y stems from abbreviations such as i18n for internationalization where the number represents the amount of omitted letters. Today the project is maintained by Garvin Hicking.

Book

Serendipity
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AuthorGarvin Hicking
Original titleSerendipity Individuelle Weblogs für Einsteiger und Profis
LanguageGerman
SubjectSerendipity Weblog Software
Genre Weblog Software
PublisherOpenSourcePress
Publication date
2008
ISBN 978-3-937514-54-3

The first book about Serendipity was published in German by OpenSourcePress: Serendipity - Individuelle Weblogs für Einsteiger und Profis. [7] The publisher donated the book's copyright to the Serendipity project, who has released it under a CC-BY-NC-SA license and made a GitHub repository available online. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Serendipity releases". github.com. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Serendipity - PHP Script". Gscripts.net. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.installatron.com/serendipity
  4. ↑ "Serendipity - Features". s9y.org. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "New kid on the blog: A look at Serendipity 1.0". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07.
  6. ↑ Sam Ruby. "Manufactured Serendipity" . Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Serendipity. Individuelle Weblogs für Einsteiger und Profis. Open Source Press. ASIN   3937514546.
  8. ↑ "Das Serendipity Handbuch / The Serendipity Manual".
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