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Just launched a site for the Northeast Texas Film commission.  It uses SOS Webpages and several custom modules for a great photo gallery, a password-protected membership area and a Flash of North Texas sites.

SourceForge.net has recorded 2,500 downloads of SOS Webpages as of December 22. But it is being used by people all over the world. It currently operates in both English and Dutch. I am looking for translators for other languages.

SOS Webpages is the fun and easy way to manage a website. It is an open source website management system that I developed over the past few years. The goal of the project is to produce a system that is intuitive for users without any knowledge or desire to learn about coding, image resizing, code compliance, browser compatibility, etc.

SOS Webpages features a password-protected management area to manage all site content. An intuitive management system allows for quick and easy modification of text, images, banners, menu, etc. The computer novice will find it a user-friendly application, but that doesn’t mean it lacks important features, like . . .

• Immediate publishing of changed content;
• Easy-to-Edit Text, Images, Menus;
• Contact form with CAPTCHA to stop SPAMMERs;
• Seach Engine Friendly Features
  • Custom Meta tags,
  • Custom Page Keywords,
  • Custom Page Descriptions,
    • Custom Page Titles that are used as alt tags, and
    • Compliant Code;
• Photo Album Page;
• Document Downloads Page;
• Events Calendar Page;
• Links to External Pages on Menu;
• Password Recovery;
• Custimizable logos, banners, and templates;
• Resizing of large JPEG images from your digital camera;
• On page editing menus when logged in as an administrator;
• Support Forum;
• Frequently Asked Questions; and a
• Getting Started Guide.

I released SOS Webpages Version 1.1.5 today.

SOS Webpages is the fun and easy way to manage a website. It is an open source website management system developed by HandsomeWeb. The goal of the project is to produce a system that is intuitive for users without any knowledge or desire to learn about coding, image resizing, code compliance, browser compatibility, etc.

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SOS Webpages has passed the 2,000 mark for downloads in August.  The easy to learn content management system is used on several websites in the US and the Netherlands.  It is the software I wrote to power “The HandsomeWeb”.

I released SOS Webpages Version 1.1.3 today at SourceForge.  Updated the WYSIWYG editor and added an easy backup mechanism.  One click downloads a SQL dump from the database.  One click for a zipped file of all the uploaded pictures, etc.

The open source website management system is getting more notice in The Netherlands than anywhere else.  That is being helped along because of the Dutch translation that is included.  The system can be localized to any language quite easily (if you know the language).