LightML web directory script

Simplified directory processing on small and medium data sets.

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introduction
The LightML directory project contains a number scripts to manage remotely small and medium web directories. A set of PHP-CLI scripts that generates directory content from command line. An advanced directory management utility front-end which allows you to easily perform directory installation, upgrading and validation. LightML was developed specifically as a powerful platform to build web directories locally on your workstation.

LightML is best suitable for creating web directories that are highly user interactive. This allow programmers to run high traffic web directories on cheap commodity machines using static pages (html / xml), AJAX and javascript (optional).

LightML benefits
The following list is a short summary of the main features of LightML.
lightml featureSingle file configuration.
Web directory applications run faster than dynamic ones (like Drupal etc).
lightml featureDiversion of administration tasks from production web server. Administrator tasks place on a local workstation/server. No need to use SQL server online.
lightml featureRe-usability - Code following the LightML scripts are highly reusable.
Presentation and logic are separately stored.
lightml featureLightML separates business logic from web presentation by using templates on the production machine.
lightml featureReady to go rewrite rules (apache, nginx, lightml) - SEO friendly pages
User-friendly breadcrumb system

Last updated on 20 Jan. 2008

Screenshots and video

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Last updated on May 06, 2008