Pixie (CMS)

Pixie was an open source web application content management system that allowed the creation and management of small websites. Pixie has primarily been known for its ease of use, simple installation and unique interface. Pixie falls into the software category of a Content management system (CMS), however it is marketed as a "small, simple, site maker".

Pixie
Developer(s)Scott Evans / toggle
Initial releaseMay 2008 (2008-05)
Stable release
1.0.4 / March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)
Written inPHP
Operating systemCross-platform
Size1.9 MB (archived)
TypeContent management system
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.getpixie.co.uk/ 

Pixie's code is written in the server side script language PHP and uses a MySQL database for data storage. Pixie is free of charge and released under the GNU General Public License.

History

Written by Scott Evans, Pixie CMS was first released in May 2008 as part of the May 1st Reboot.[1]

Version 1.04 was released on March 21, 2010, with a new WYSIWYG editor, more available languages and the latest version of jQuery.[2] Version 1.04 is the largest upgrade to date.

On November 11, 2009 Pixie was awarded the runner up prize in the Packt Publishing Open Source Content Management System Awards, in the category of Most Promising Open Source CMS.[3]

In early January 2011, Pixie CMS and its website was sold [4] to Lucid Crew of Austin Texas.

System requirements

Pixie requires webspace (space on the Internet) with the server-side scripting language PHP and a MySQL database. The specific requirements the latest version are:

  • At least 5 MB of webspace
  • PHP 4.3.0 or higher (recommended PHP 5.2)
  • MySQL 4.1 or higher
  • JavaScript enabled browser

Target Market

The target market consists of:

  • Individuals with a wish to create their own homepage.
  • Clubs and groups.
  • Small and medium-sized companies.
  • Organizations and Schools.

Features

The Pixie project always strives for ease of use, however this doesn't stop Pixie from having plenty of powerful and useful features.

Features
gollark: I am not sure I trust your knowledge of law.
gollark: Once you decide on your answers to the basic trolley problem, I have a wide selection of different variants conveniently available as memes somewhere.
gollark: Ghosts don't actually exist, though, unless approved by the UN.
gollark: Kantian ethics is the system Kant came up with, which I don't know that much about.
gollark: Deontological systems have rules like "do not kill people", and many deontologists would *not* divert the trolley because they feel like they're killing people one way and not the other.

See also

Notes
  1. "Pixie goes forth". getpixie.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  2. "Pixie 1.04". getpixie.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  3. "Pixie wins runner up prize". packtpub.com. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  4. "Lucid Crew". www.lucidcrew.com. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
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