Web site: s9y.org
Category: Network
Subcategory: Content Management System
Platform: Cross-platform
License: BSD
Interface: Web-interface
Wikipedia: Serendipity
First release: 2002
Serendipity – a PHP-powered weblog engine that gives the user an easy way to maintain a blog. While the default package is designed for the casual blogger, Serendipity offers an expandable framework with the power for professional applications.
Serendipity was launched in the winter of 2002 by Jannis Hermanns under the name jBlog.
Features:
– An editor to write blog entries
– Support for trackbacks and pingbacks
– A media library to upload images, videos and other files and add them into entries
– Integrated anti-spam measures
– A collection of themes that can be selected in the backend
– A plugin management interface
– Categories that can be applied to written blog entries
– Groups and user management
Serendipity is particularly popular with its users due to its selection of plugins (e.g., for podcasting, galleries, multilingual support, and textile markup) and its Smarty-based template engine. Furthermore, it allows for embedding within existing websites (Embed option) and the operation of multiple weblogs under the same address (Shared option).
Since the release of a plugin for creating and managing static pages, Serendipity can also be used as a content management system. The ease of template creation and user-friendly setup of new pages are especially appreciated.
