Downloads
Welcome to the downloads page for the core Barebones CMS product, vetted Shortcodes, Widgets, and Plugins, and related products - Admin Pack, WebCron, etc. Each download section features the download or jumping off point in question as well as useful links to get you started on the right foot.
Do not download Barebones CMS components that are not contained on this website. Only vetted authors are allowed to publish Shortcodes, Widgets, and Plugins. Downloading any add-on component for this product from any other website is a security risk.
Barebones CMS
The main download is a ZIP file that contains the core Barebones CMS product. Be sure to read the Getting Started documentation before you download so you know what to expect. Barebones CMS is dual-licensed under the MIT and LGPL licenses - your choice - with very few restrictions on use.
Current Releases
Barebones CMS 1.0 is the latest stable release of Barebones CMS. There is a known critical bug with using Barebones CMS 1.0 under PHP 5.3.x that will be fixed for Barebones CMS 1.1. The documentation is being updated for the 1.1 release, so some things you might read might be 1.1-only if you are using 1.0.
Barebones CMS 1.1RC11 is the eleventh release candidate of the Barebones CMS 1.1 release cycle and should be considered to be beta software.
What's Next?
Learn how to Install Barebones CMS and then read the First-Time Users documentation.
If you find Barebones CMS useful, please donate toward future development efforts.
Official Barebones CMS Shortcodes
The official set of Shortcodes are designed to allow content editors access to the most common elements on the web. Shortcodes extend the capabilities of the basic Content Widget. These are not included in the core package to simplify the core distribution. Official Shortcodes are developed by the author of the Barebones CMS.
Flash Object (SWF)
This Shortcode allows for content authors to insert Flash objects/SWF files into content. This is a very general-purpose Shortcode and can insert screencasts, advertisements, videos, and anything else that is pure Flash content. To mix Flash and Javascript, combine this Shortcode with the Code widget.
With Barebones CMS 1.1, a new version of this shortcode is also being released.
Code/Syntax Highlighter
This Shortcode allows for syntax highlighting source code (PHP, Javascript, C/C++, etc.) that leverages the SyntaxHighlighter Javascript library with some modifications to improve certain languages. It is used on this website to show various source code examples in a friendly fashion.
Download bb_syntaxhighlight-1.0.zip
With Barebones CMS 1.1, a new version of this shortcode is also being released.
Download bb_syntaxhighlight-1.1.zip
Related Products
This site is home to more than just Barebones CMS. There are several official related, supported products available. The products below have their own documentation and are self-contained. They stand on their own as full-fledged products but, of course, can integrate with Barebones CMS if you need them to.
Ultimate E-mail Toolkit
The Ultimate E-mail Toolkit is a ridiculously huge PHP library (over 1MB extracted) designed to handle all of your e-mail needs on most web hosts. This toolkit is designed to get through virtually any spam filter and connection restrictions by making it easy to emulate an actual e-mail client that actually adheres to the slew of IETF RFC Standards surrounding e-mail. The Ultimate E-mail Toolkit is extracted from Barebones CMS and the license is also your pick of MIT or LGPL.
Ultimate E-mail Toolkit 1.0RC2 is the second release candidate of Ultimate E-mail Toolkit.
Download ultimate-email-1.0rc2.zip | Read the documentation
If you find the Ultimate E-mail Toolkit useful, please donate toward future development efforts.
Ultimate Web Scraper Toolkit
The Ultimate Web Scraper Toolkit is a powerful set of tools designed to handle all of your web scraping needs on most web hosts. This toolkit offers clean, RFC-compliant web scraping that makes it easy to create web requests that are indistinguishable from a real web browser, thus minimizing headaches with browser sniffing servers. Once a document is retrieved, the included copy of the Simple HTML DOM library makes it easy to extract the desired content from the document via the jQuery-like selector syntax. This toolkit is extracted from Barebones CMS and the license is also your pick of MIT or LGPL.
Ultimate Web Scraper Toolkit 1.0RC2 is the second release candidate of the Ultimate Web Scraper Toolkit.
Download ultimate-web-scraper-1.0rc2.zip | Read the documentation
If you find the Ultimate Web Scraper Toolkit useful, please donate toward future development efforts.
Admin Pack
Admin Pack is designed to be a super-lightweight and self-contained tool that allows a programmer to quickly develop good looking and secure administrative interfaces. This tool is built almost entirely with Barebones CMS components. The Admin Pack license is also your pick of MIT or LGPL. If you build admin interfaces, please try this tool out and provide feedback.
Admin Pack 1.0RC14 is the fourteenth release candidate of Admin Pack. Admin Pack Extras 1.0RC4 is the fourth release candidate of Admin Pack Extras. This product is basically feature complete but really needs some users beyond myself before I feel comfortable flagging it as a 1.0.
Download adminpack-1.0rc14.zip | Download adminpack-extras-1.0rc4.zip
If you find Admin Pack useful, please donate toward future development efforts.
CSPRNG
This CSPRNG was born out of the need for generating cryptographically strong random strings for session keys and security tokens in Barebones CMS across all platforms that PHP is supported on. If you have been looking for a good, cross-platform CSPRNG solution for PHP, look no further. While it is primarily for generating security tokens, it can also be used to generate random numbers. The CSPRNG license is also your pick of MIT or LGPL.
CSPRNG 1.0RC1 is the first release candidate of CSPRNG. This product is feature-complete but really needs some serious cryptanalysis by industry veterans before I feel comfortable flagging it as a 1.0.
Download csprng-1.0rc1.zip | Read the documentation
If you find Admin Pack useful, please donate toward future development efforts.
WebCron
WebCron is a unique product that offers a complete webcron solution to programmers to fake a cron-like interface on web hosts that do not offer shell accounts. 'webcron' is geek-speak for a scheduler that runs a task periodically on a web server. This solution operates by either manually adding a HTML 'img' tag to your site header/footer or by periodically running the WebCron client component on your local computer. The WebCron license is also your pick of MIT or LGPL. If you need to periodically run code on some sort of schedule on your web server, please try this tool out and provide feedback.
An additional module called Site Backup is also available. This module performs incremental backups of files and/or MySQL databases and e-mails reports. It also doubles as a basic intrusion detection system. Requires both the WebCron server and client components.
WebCron 1.0RC11 is the eleventh release candidate of WebCron. WebCron Site Backup 1.0RC4 is the fourth release candidate of the WebCron Site Backup module. The only reason these are labeled as "release candidates" is because I still need to write a Site Restore module to complement the Site Backup module. The Site Backup module significantly stabilized this entire product suite.
Download webcron-1.0rc11.zip | Read the documentation
Download webcron-sitebackup-1.0rc4.zip | Read the documentation
If you find WebCron or a specific module (e.g. Site Backup) useful, please donate toward future development efforts.