From b0a34ef595d926df61e97fcd3a2855ebfb6b884f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: uriel Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:24:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] More updates to new werc site. --- sites/werc.cat-v.org/index.md | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sites/werc.cat-v.org/index.md b/sites/werc.cat-v.org/index.md index 1569abc..a83b3b3 100644 --- a/sites/werc.cat-v.org/index.md +++ b/sites/werc.cat-v.org/index.md @@ -1,8 +1,41 @@ +werc - A sane web framework +============================= + Werc is a minimalist web framework built on the Unix and Plan 9 *tool philosophy* of software design. +Werc avoids the pain of managing collections of websites and developing web applications. + * Database free, uses files and directories instead. -* Written using the rc shell, leveraging the standard unix/plan9 command toolkit. -* Minimize tedious work: avoid having to write HTML, can use markdown instead. -* Very minimalist yet extensible codebase: 150 lines of code highly functional core, with extra functionality in modular apps. +* Written using the rc shell, leveraging the standard Unix/Plan 9 command toolkit. +* Minimize tedious work: eg., no need to ever write HTML, use markdown (or any other format) instead. +* Very minimalist yet extensible codebase: highly functional core is 150 lines, with extra functionality in modular apps. +Features +-------- + +Here are some of the features provided by werc: + +* Good integration with pre-existing content, you can add HTML or plain text files and they will be seamlessly integrated with the site. +* You can use your favorite tools (text editor, file manager, etc) to edit and manage data stored in werc. +* Designed to manage any number of 'virtual' domains that share a common style, layout, etc from a single werc installation. +* Configuration and customization can be at at any level: global, per-domain-group, domain-wide, directory sub-tree, and single file. +* Can trivially run multiple (customized) versions of werc side by side. +* Very simple and flexible user management and permissions system. +* Applications can be easily combined: eg., add comments to your blog or wiki by enabling the 'bridge' app; or by enabling the 'diridir' wiki convert any document tree into a wiki. +* Can easily write werc 'apps' and extensions in *any* language! (But of course, rc is recommended). + +Install Requirements +-------------------- + +All you need is some Plan 9 commands (cat, grep, sed, rc, etc.), and an HTTP +server with CGI support. + +Werc runs on any Unix-like system where [Plan 9 from User Space](http://plan9.us) +is available (this includes Linux, *BSD, OS X and Solaris), and on Plan 9. + +Werc can use any HTTP server that can handle CGI, and has been tested with at +least Apache, Lighttpd, Cherokee, nhttpd, Hiawatha, and others. + +Werc uses markdown by default (and the standard Perl markdown is included with the distribution), to format documents, but any other formatting +system can be used.