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Should I Make My CMS an Open Source Project

Wrote my own 1997 and improved it much

         

jetteroheller

11:08 am on Apr 23, 2020 (gmt 0)

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Just thinking about would it be a good idea to make my own CMS an open source project.
Since I use my own CMS since 1997, I have absolut no idea what is on the market.
I call it a web site compiler.
All the pages are generated on the own computer ans uploaded to the server as .gz.
All the server has to to is to send a compressed htm page or javascript to the visiotor.

Here starts the key feature speed. My sites have best results in load speed.

Next feature is to avoid this nasty EU DSGV cookie messages.
I simple do not use cookies, my javascript instead collects all information.
For sites with not extreme much visitors, user agent and some hardware features are unique enough to trace visitors.
Visitors with user agent less than 80 long are consiedered as anonym.

Ok, Google Analytics lists also gender and age, knows about different systems used by the same user,
but I can trace the visits of the same for long period of time.

Next feature is local search. I wrote it first 2000. I gave it later up for Google AdSense integrated search.
But 1 year ago, I found the Google AdSense search results so bad, that I moved to DuckDuckGo.
Great with site:example.com,next.example.com,other-site.com
But DuckDuckGo discontinued the feature site with comma seperated site list.
So I am just writing a new site search.
The search index is generated on the own computer and uploaded to the server.

All my CMS is written in Perl and uses what ever browser as GUI.
There is also an integrated newsletter system.

What do You think? Could be some people interested in my CMS.

tangor

9:33 am on Apr 26, 2020 (gmt 0)

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My only thought is why share what is working for you AND at the same time expose all your source code to hackers (who inhabit git hub, etc).

If it is really that good you need to find an angel investor, hire a few coders (SERIOUS CODERS WITH REPS) to polish it up and then SELL IT.

jetteroheller

8:25 am on Apr 28, 2020 (gmt 0)

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I am open source. I think the only paid software on my notebook is Ultra Edit professional purchased 2005 and doing fine under WINE in Linux.
It is good for people wanting more control over the technical background of their web sites.