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JapanSoc Development Update Oct. 2009
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Nick
After abandoning the ill-fated JapanSoc.org forums earlier this year, I turned my attention to JapanSoc.com where I spent about 6 weeks customizing it with a host of new features. While those modifications were successful, development on SWCMS itself had pretty much dried up, which didn’t bode well for the future of JapanSoc. That prompted me to launch my own content management system in June, which the guys from SWCMS have since thrown their support behind.
It’s called Hotaru CMS and when finished will closely mimic JapanSoc, but offer oodles of potential for customization because everything is a plugin! Registration, story submission, comments – they’re all plugins which can be upgraded or replaced anytime.
As I work away on Hotaru, I’m porting Chris‘ JapanSoc theme across. Here’s where I’m at so far. The sidebar needs a lot of work, but when I’m done I’m hoping you won’t notice the difference!
Hotaru CMS is open source, so anybody can view the code, modify it and use it for free. If you’d like to follow my progress, I have a dedicated blog for Hotaru where I post updates, and of course, you’re more than welcome to join the forums (yes, I made good use of those old JapanSoc.org forums after all!
)If being part of a fledgling open source community sounds like your cup of tea, please consider joining us!
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