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Geeklog Readme
April 18, 2009
January 11, 2016

Table of Contents
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2.4) Developer Features
3) Support
3.1) Mailing Lists
3.2) IRC Channel
3.3) Known Issues
3.2) Known Issues
4) System Requirements and Installation
5) Security Issues
6) License
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Geeklog was originally used to run SecurityGeeks and NewsGeeks, and has since
been released under the GNU General Public License. It is a bona fide Open
Source / Free Software project. The template code Geeklog uses is from
PHPLib, however, which is under the LGPL.
Source / Free Software project. The original template code Geeklog uses is
from PHPLib, however, which was under the LGPL.

Geeklog was originally created by Jason Whittenburg, but like all good open
source projects, depends on the community. Geeklog is currently maintained
by Dirk Haun whilst Tony Bibbs focusses on AptitudeCMS. Thanks for your
continued support, and let us know what we can do to make Geeklog better.
Geeklog was originally created by Jason Whittenburg in 2001, but like all
good open source projects, depends on the community. After Jason, others have
stepped up like Tony Bibbs and Dirk Haun, in the role of project
leader for Geeklog.

For Geeklog's current list of contributers please see:

https://www.geeklog.net/staticpages/index.php/developers

and

https://github.com/Geeklog-Core/geeklog/graphs/contributors

Thanks for your continued support, and let us know what we can do to make
Geeklog better.

For the installation instructions please see

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2.1) Blog/CMS Features
======================
- Create, Schedule, Post and Edit articles in multiple topics
- Articles can belong to one or more topics
- Save story drafts until they are ready for publishing.
- Control over formatting used in articles (HTML whitelists)
- Control over acceptable content (filtering of offensive language)
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http://www.geeklog.net

3.2) IRC Channel
================
There is also a IRC channel, where we have live Geeklog chat. Once you have
an IRC client such as mIRC (www.mirc.co.uk), or BitchX the you can log on:

Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #Geeklog


3.3) Known Issues
3.2) Known Issues
=================
All known issues are tracked in our bug tracker. If you identify a bug please
let us know by filling out a bug report at:

http://project.geeklog.net/tracking/
https://github.com/Geeklog-Core/geeklog/issues


4) System Requirements and Installation
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5) Security Issues
==================
Geeklog is a security focussed CMS. We have focussed on making the code secure
Geeklog is a security focused CMS. We have focused on making the code secure
and the application secure, and have been rewarded with a comparatively low
level of exploits having been identified and published by third parties.

We have provided a set of API's and coding guidlines to ensure third party
We have provided a set of API's and coding guidelines to ensure third party
plugin developers do not compromise the security of a Geeklog installation,
however, we can not garentee that our work or theirs is secure.
however, we can not guarantee that our work or theirs is secure.

It is up to you to properly secure your database, web server and host
settings. If you are looking for information in securing your system
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Appendix A - readme history
===========================

2016-01-11 - URL changes, minor updates (tom)
2009-04-18 - docs URL changed (dhaun)
2007-09-15 - readme re-write (mjervis)
2007-09-09 - Fixed mailing list URL (dhaun)
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