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About the DM Youth Website |
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The DM Youth website prides itself in using Open
Source Software to power its web applications. The basic idea behind
open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute,
and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software
evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this
can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of
conventional software development, seems astonishing
This website utilizes two very large Open Source Projects:
Joomla! and Simple Machines Forum. For more information on these
products read below or visit their websites as listed.
What is Joomla! ?
Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS)
that will help you build websites and other powerful online
applications. Best of all, Joomla! is an open source solution that is
freely available to everybody.
Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple,
personal homepages to complex corporate web applications. Here are just
some of the ways people use our software:
- Corporate websites or portals
- Online commerce
- Small business websites
- Non-profit and organizational websites
- Government applications
- Corporate intranets and extranets
- School and church websites
- Personal or family homepages
- Community-based portals
- Magazines and newspapers
- the possibilities are limitless…
Joomla! can be used to easily manage every aspect of your
website, from adding content and images to updating a product catalog
or taking online reservations.
To lean more about Joomla! visit their website at http://www.joomla.org
What is SMF aka. Simple Machines Forum?
Simple Machines Forum - SMF in short - is a free, professional
grade software package that allows you to set up your own online
community within minutes. Its powerful custom made template engine puts
you in full control of the lay-out of your message board and with our
unique SSI - or Server Side Includes - function you can let your forum
and your website interact with each other. SMF is written in the
popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to
provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while
having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF
is the next generation of forum software, and best of all it is and
will always remain completely free!
To learn more about SMF, visit their site at http://www.simplemachines.org
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