Posted by NC on 12/31/07 01:24

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

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