KSCMS is a lightweight Content Management System written in php/MySQL by Kim Sandvold. KSCMS started as a private project in the spring of 2008. The reason I continued working on this project was because I needed to gain my programming skills and it turned out to be a great way to learn. My motivation was that every free open source software of this kind was very complex both technically and in usability. I wanted to create something that everybody could understand how to use, just as facebook, twitter, myspace etc.. So my main idea was a solution with "onsite editing". I could not really see a good reason to jump from one graphical user interface to another just to write a story or upload an image to the photogallery. Why not implement the administrative functionality directly into the websites main layout. The first version of KSCMS was ready with this functionality.

I was satisfied when I was finished with the first version, but it was written with procedural programming. After a while I've increased my programming skills and wanted to rebuild the whole architectural structure of the software with a object oriented approach. The result of that decision was less code, more reuse , better structure and easier to detect upcoming problems.

KSCMS stands for "Kim Sandvold Content Management System". It is a result of bad imagination at the time. But why not? I dont think every other related software have a better name. Some of them sounds like something made up in kindergarden or so. But if I one day decide to label the project as an open source software, I will probably need an easier name to remember. But for now, I dont care much about this.

That depends of how you define "better". This software is relatively new and fresh compared to the old well established solutions, but I think it depends on what you need. I honestly think that a normal small company does not need half of all the functionality the big, well established systems have to offer. This kind of overload might easily confuse more that it helps you. But some people like to have everything even though they never use it. So if your definition of "better" means larger , more complex, extensive functionality, the answer is no. It is not better because the system is to small for you. But then again, if you wish to have full control of any feature the system offers , yes it is better for you. If you manage to use twitter or facebook you will manage to use KSCMS.

As I mentioned it is not a open source software yet and you can not download it. You can get it by contacting me. Or if you hire me to create a website for you I will in most cases use KSCMS if your server supports the requirements.

To use KSCMS on your server you'll need to have installed PHP v.5.1.x or higher. It is recommended to have installed version 5.2 or higher. This is mainly because of the coding technique I use; object oriented approach witch older versions does not support very well.

You will also need a MySQL database with version 5 or higher. The system will not work without it.

All my work are tested in the most common browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Exolorer and Google Chrome. There are some problemes with old MS Internet Explorer versions, but hopefully most of the users upgrade their browsers these days. These problems are mainly related to graphical transparency and Ajax support.

No, not at this time. This is just a temporarily website until I can find time to do it properly. These are just static webpages.

I'm working on it ..