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Textpattern is a web application designed to help overcome these and other hurdles to publishing online, and to simplify the production of well-structured, standards-compliant web pages. It is a flexible, elegant and easy-to-use content management system.
Textpattern is an open source content management system unlike any other; it allows you to easily create, edit and publish content and make it beautiful in a professional, standards-compliant manner. Whether you create the experience yourself with the extensive control Textpattern gives you over markup and styles or have a designer help you, the end result will be the same: happily publishing content in a straight-forward, intuitive way, and with the satisfaction of knowing your system is sound and secure.
So it's stable and secure, then? Absolutely. The development team and community thoroughly test each release before it is made public. Be assured the software is robust, reliable, and mature.
Is it extensible? Very much so. On its own, Textpattern is a well-hued and reliable machine, but the sky's the limit. A multitude of plugins are available from our talented community that permit you to shape Textpattern to whatever need you have. Find the plugin you need, paste it into the admin area and activate it. Simple as that! No PHP or other programming knowledge required.
Textpattern Hosting Requirements:
Textpattern requires a web server with:
PHP 4.3+
MySQL 3.23+
The PHP mysql extensions
The PHP XML extension (included by default in PHP)
In addition to the above minimum requirements, we recommend the following:
PHP 4.4.1+ or 5.0.2+, in mod_php or fastcgi mode
MySQL 4.1.7+
PHP extensions: mbstring
XML
Zlib
Apache 1.3+ or 2.0+ with mod_rewrite
A Unix server OS with locale support
It is reported to work well on IIS and Lighttpd. Clean URLs are possible on those systems, with the right configuration, but are not officially supported.
What is the Best Textpattern Hosting?
Textpattern probably works on any web server that supports PHP. Our recommended web host is BH. BH gives you access to all SimpleScripts features for free. SimpleScripts provides easy one-click installation and management of over 70 of the web's top applications, including Textpattern.
