A website management system.
Hi, and welcome to the Shinobu website! Shinobu is a free Content Management System (CMS) developed by volunteers and released under the General Public Licence. It is written in PHP5 and uses MySQL as database back end. The goal is to keep Shinobu as simple as possible and not overload it with features. A normal user should be able to manage a simple Shinobu website without much knowledge of web development. If one would like to extend Shinobu knowledge of PHP, SQL and Java Script is required.
In short. Shinobu is aimed at the non technical user that wants to maintain a simple and elegant website without to much trouble. But can also be extended to get a fully functional website.
The most current release of shinobu can be downloaded here. Or if you are interested in downloading an older version take a look at this web site.
You can also take a look at the Shinobu 0.2 code repository to download the latest stable or development version. Remember though that we do not guarantee that a development version is in a 100% working condition.
An early version of Shinobu 0.4 can be downloaded here. This version is in a really early stage of development and will most likely not be in a working condition.
This are the people that actively develop Shinobu in their free time. Want to know more about them? Go visit their personal websites!
The current stable branch of Shinobu is 0.2, only small changes will be made to this branch of Shinobu. The current stable release is 0.2.5.
The Shinobu team is also starting the development of Shinobu 0.4 the successor of the 0.2 branch. The feature list is being worked on at the moment and development should start in the weeks to come.
No problem, we are here to help you! Support is available through various ways such as IRC, the Shinobu forum or by reading the available documentation.
Some of us hang out on IRC during the day. You can find us on the IRCHighWay chat network #shinobu at irc.irchighway.net. Or if your IRC client supports IRC style links just click here. A web chat is also available here In case you can not install an IRC client or are at work.
We also have our forum where you can ask for help or follow discussions on Shinobu development. You can even join the discussion and make suggestions for improvements! The forum is located here. Look for the Shinobu section at the bottom.
Documentation for Shinobu is available on this very website. Click on the 'documentation' link at the top of this page, or if you are lazy click this link to go there at once.
Nice to hear! Go take a look at the Shinobu features page for an overview of current features and features in development. Screenshots of Shinobu 0.2.4 are available as well, just take a look here. Looking for a live experience? Go take a look at the Shinobu demo.