Sassenach CMS - Another Update
I am slowly realising that I struggle to stick to my own, self-imposed deadlines. Originally, Sassenach CMS was set to launch on 1st June. That was missed, and 1st June turned into 1st July. Well, that was today, and that's been missed too. Let's aim for 1st August, maybe - although I will, helpfully, be away at the time.
Anyway, there are legitimate reasons for the delay, aside from the fact that I'm being a perfectionist and there's always more to do. I am, for a start, still working on an installer for the system. This is, I guess, fairly crucial, although you could just use phpmyadmin. I am also still working on a conversion script to import from WordPress, which is probably about 90% complete, but just needs a little tweaking.
I am also writing a password retrieval system which currently only half-works. I've written the first half of the script, but not the part that actually changes the password.
There are a few scripts that still need a small amount of tidying up, but there are two more parts that I am aiming to complete before Sassenach CMS is ready: templating and database execution of PHP.
The first, templating, will take a while and involves writing functions and designing a system to call those functions without downloading more than is needed at any one time. I have an idea for this, and if it works, I shall post about it further.
Secondly, I realised that sometimes it is useful to be able to execute PHP from a database. Unfortunately, TinyMCE strips PHP automatically, so I need to create an interesting way around this problem. Again, I have ideas, but I'll wait to see if they work before writing about them.
So, Sassenach CMS is almost there, but not quite. About the same as last month really! It might be ready by August - just don't expect the documentation!
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