1. X-MAGE (Content Management System) Progress Report Georgi Kindov Ilian Alexiev Tenyo Grozev Advisor: Prof. Ausif Mahmood Spring 2004 Senior Project

2. Project Overview Integrated online system for Content Management Integrated online system for Content Management All-in-one solution for building interactive web sites All-in-one solution for building interactive web sites Module-based – customizable Module-based – customizable Easy administration through web browser Easy administration through web browser Different levels of user access Different levels of user access Easy to install and support Easy to install and support Windows and UNIX compatible Windows and UNIX compatible Developed in PHP, using MySQL Developed in PHP, using MySQL

3. Development Progress System Installation (completed) System Installation (completed) System Engine (completed) System Engine (completed) System functions System functions Module Parser Module Parser Components (Modules) Components (Modules) System (completed) System (completed) Built-in (in progress) Built-in (in progress) Third party (optional) Third party (optional)

4. System Installation Configures the system to work on a specific platform – Windows and UNIX Configures the system to work on a specific platform – Windows and UNIX Creates configuration files Creates configuration files Initializes database and tables Initializes database and tables Creates an admin account Creates an admin account Developed by: Tenyo Developed by: Tenyo

5. Engine: System Functions Defines the main functionality of the system Defines the main functionality of the system Creates an abstraction for content called ‘module’ Creates an abstraction for content called ‘module’ Dynamically places modules in different positions (top, bottom, left, center, right) Dynamically places modules in different positions (top, bottom, left, center, right) Changes the look-and-feel of the system by using different design templates Changes the look-and-feel of the system by using different design templates Developed by: Ilian Developed by: Ilian

6. Engine: Module Parser Required for third party module installation Required for third party module installation Works with Simple XML-like syntax Works with Simple XML-like syntax Safely creates tables needed by the modules in the X-Mage database and populates them with the supplied values Safely creates tables needed by the modules in the X-Mage database and populates them with the supplied values Integrated error-reporting Integrated error-reporting Developed by: George Developed by: George

7. Modules Admin (developed by Tenyo) Admin (developed by Tenyo) Login (developed by Tenyo) Login (developed by Tenyo) Themes (developed by Ilian) Themes (developed by Ilian) Topics (developed by Ilian) Topics (developed by Ilian) Gallery (developed by George) Gallery (developed by George)

8. What’s Next Adding administration for Topics and Gallery Adding administration for Topics and Gallery Creating comments as a Topics add-on Creating comments as a Topics add-on Creating Download module Creating Download module Creating Poll module Creating Poll module Testing of the complete system (different platforms and browsers) Testing of the complete system (different platforms and browsers)

9. Further Details For a current working version visit For a current working version visit http://zeus.foonetwork.com:8090/xmage/ For project details and progress reports visit For project details and progress reports visit http://piach.com/~ilian/x-mage/