NodeACS CMS

Skeletal CMS built with Node.js with data storage in the Appcelerator ACS cloud.

Features

Not much more than logging in right now, but I'll get there somdeday.

Goals:

• News posting and RSS feed -- data stored in ACS Posts, consumable as ACS data or an RSS feed
• Photo posting / retrieval
• User management with simple role-based security
• Places management -- for use with Checkins feature of ACS, which could be consumed in a companion app

Requirements

• Node.js - tested with 0.8.14 but probably works with others
• NodeACS - tested with 0.9.30 - install via NPM, see http://nodeacs.cloud.appcelerator.com/guides/quickstart for info
• An Appcelerator developer account - sign up at http://my.appcelerator.com/auth/signup

Additionally, this was tested and works on a Mac. I have no clue what you need to do differently on Windows or Linux. Probably nothing as long as you can get node working properly. Sorry.

Setup

1. Create an ACS app: Login to my.appcelerator.com
2. Record the three oAuth security keys: App key, key, and shared secret
3. Create a User object via the ACS control panel. Make sure this user is marked as an admin user. Note the email address and password for that user; you will need it later to log onto the CMS.
4. Edit controllers/application_sample.js and enter your keys where indicated. Save/rename the file as application.js
5. Run acs run to run locally, access via browser
6. Publish with acs publish -- see the NodeACS docs for more info.

Credits

Developed by the Appcelerator Solutions and Appcelerator Sales Engineering team with extensions by @skypanther. Big thanks to @jamilspain and @grantges!