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 Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/31/07 02:08 
Ming wrote: 
> On Dec 30, 5:24 pm, NC <n...@iname.com> wrote: 
>> On Dec 30, 12:05 am, Ming <minghu...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> I am looking for a PHP based CMS (or blog system) that supports: 
>>> 1) static output (like Movable Type) 
>> You can stop looking right there.  Static output has long since gone 
>> out of fashion.  Some Perl applications (MovableType, Discus, and a 
>> few others) still use it only because they were initially designed 
>> that way back when MySQL 3 wasn't around, so they stored their data in 
>> flat files rather than databases.  The rest of the world has moved on 
>> to a combination of dynamic output and caching...  Some systems (such 
>> as Drupal) also have granular cache control (the administrator can 
>> select which components' output it to be cached and which is to be 
>> always generated dynamically) and throttling (certain components may 
>> be designated as non-critical and not executed during peak-load 
>> periods). 
>> 
>>> 2) remote publishing through FTP, SFTP or SSH (like Blogger) 
>> I may be wrong on this, but as far as I know, Blogger is the only 
>> application that does it... 
>> 
>>> 3) Different templates for different parts of the system (ie: 
>>>    category template, main index template, search template, 
>>>    like Movable Type does; Blogger seems to just have one 
>>>    template) 
>>> 4) Free (or low price for multiple installations) 
>>> 5) One central installation for multiple sites 
>> WordPress MU seems to fit the bill on these... 
>> 
>> Cheers, 
>> NC 
>  
> Hi NC and all folks, 
>  
> Thanks for suggestion. 
>  
> Static output is critical for me because many users, college students, 
> do not have access to either PHP or MySQL in their college campus/ 
> department personal webspace. Most universities only permit pure 
> static content (HTML, image, flash, etc) for student web space. 
>  
> FTP/SFTP/SSH access is a MUST-HAVE  feature. Since we want a central 
> installation that supports students from all departments. 
>  
 
You aren't going to find a CMS which doesn't depend on dynamic content.  
  That isn't how they work. 
 
If you want static output, have them use ftp/sftp, etc. 
 
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