"Finally, a CMS for creative pros. Drag-and-drop uploading, automatic metadata retrieval, and deceptively simple theming are just the beginning. Treat your Web site to Alkaline."
Alkaline was developed by Budin Ltd. as a commerical PHP content management system from February 2011 to August 2012. It has since been discontinued, and is now available as open source software. A license is no longer required to use the application.
You can learn more about Alkaline at alkalineapp.com.
- PHP 5.2+ with modules: GD, JSON, PDO (with appropriate database driver), SimpleXML
- A MySQL 5.x or PostgreSQL 8.x database, or SQLite 3.x support
- Download Alkaline.
- Unpack the .zip archive (usually by double-clicking on it).
- Use an FTP application to move the contents of the folder
alkaline/from your computer to your Web site.- Set the permissions on the folders:
cache/,db/,images/, andshoebox/to0777(read, write, and execute), also set the same permissions to the fileconfig.json - Delete the
update/folder - Recommended: Remove the included themes and extesions by deleting the folders within
extensions/andthemes/(exceptthemes/p1/)
- Set the permissions on the folders:
- Once your done uploading the files, using your Web browser, visit the
install/directory of your Web site where you installed Alkaline to complete your installation.
No support is offered for this product. "Swim at your own risk."
Alkaline is no longer undergoing active development. At this time, no new features will be added, but I encourage users to submit reasonable pull requests that improve its compatibility or reliability.
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Budin Ltd.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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