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merlinTalk Developer(s) Geoshrad Design Company Stable release 2.6 [1] / June 26, 2008 Written in PHP Operating system Cross-platform, PHP-compatible -- Linux preferred Type Content management system License GNU Free Documentation License v.2 Website http://geoshrad.com/ merlinTalk (formerly named Geoshrads Com) is a free software/open source content management system (CMS) for creating and managing websites through a simple Ajax-based web interface. It has attracted many users due to its ease of use.
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Features
merlinTalk includes advanced features such as page caching to improve performance on busy sites, advanced templating techniques, and a fairly robust API. It has additional features to include forms and Google Maps on the website.
License
merlinTalk is supplied free to any nonprofit website or institution, and for a small fee to other commercial institutions. It is written with the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database.
System requirements
As of 24 April 2007, system requirements are as follows:
- Apache (version 1.3.19 or above) or Windows IIS
- MySQL (version 4.x or above)
- PHP (version 4.3.x or above with extensions: mysql, xml, zlib, ftp)
Geoshrad Design Company
The rights to the merlinTalk codebase, name and copyrights, are protected by the Geoshrad Design Company, an India-based non-profit corporation formed to support and promote development of websites to everyone who needs it.[2] The company was founded by George Joseph.
List of Websites
A comprehensive list of websites using this CMS united-constructions.com unimixindia.com lucidimaging.in soarindia.com
merlinTalk timeline
- 1998: Started development of program for DOS on IBM 486 machines. A few of these are still kept in working condition at the Bangalore office.
- 1999: Started static website development, graphics design and 3D animation.
- 2000: Expanded outside India, taking up projects from US and UK.
- 2007: Started a new office at Bangalore.[3]
- 2008: Released merlinTalk CMS version in test on website.[4]
- 2008: Released merlinTalk CMS version 1.0 with first installation on website.[5]
- 2009: Released multilingual edition of merlinTalk.[6]
Future development
The next major release of merlinTalk (3.0) will undertake a complete rewrite, and will be based upon the open source web application framework.
See also
References
- ^ merlinTalk page
- ^ "Geoshrad website, Goals and Objectives". 2006-01-09. http://geoshrad.com. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ "Bangalore branch". 2002-05-17. http://www.whichwebdesigncompany.com/in/profile/geoshrad. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Peermade.info". 2002-05-17. http://www.peermade.info. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Kerala Tourism". 2002-05-17. http://www.paraglidingkerala.com. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "thebhutan". 2009-05-17. http://www.thebhutan.info. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
Lucid Imaging Pvt Ltd Bangalore
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