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Dialogs is a commercial web application development framework written in PHP. Like many Content Management Systems (CMSs), Dialogs separates content (text and graphics) from design (HTML and CSS), allowing people with no programming skills to edit website content.

The standard installation of Dialogs includes CMS features such as multi-level user privilege management and flexible design skinning. Additional standard features include blog and forum tools, a site project management tool, and a revisions log that allows users to undo to any version of a content item that was previously saved.

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- 1 History - 2 Dialogs Specifications - 2.1 Standard Features - 2.2 System Requirements - 3 Security - 4 Users - 5 See Also - 6 Notes - 7 External Links

[edit] History

Dialogs was developed by Kaleidoscope Information Services, Inc. In 1999, the original version of Dialogs was created by assembling a collection of web applications developed by Kaleidoscope for various purposes. Version 2.0, released in 2001, added CMS functionality needed for a framework for building commercial websites. Version 3.0, released in 2007, expanded the tools included in the standard install to include blog and forum tools.

The purpose of Dialogs started as a way to jump start the development of custom web applications. It is now used mostly as a website development framework and CMS as an alternative to other, more design restrictive CMSs. Dialogs is

The current version (version 3.2x) includes a project management tool called Capture that documents each website development. Capture includes a discussion forum for each piece of the website plus a task list for each participant in the development. Developers can also post programming notes in Capture for reference.

Dialogs is the framework for websites ranging from small brochure sites to large national brands.

[edit] Dialogs Specifications

Dialogs is written in PHP and is installed as a non-compiled application which allows PHP developers to revise and append the standard features and functionality.

[edit] System Requirements

Recommended server setup for Dialogs is: - CentOS Linux Operating System version 5 (other Linux distros work with path adjustments) - MySQL version 5 - PHP version 5 - ftp access

Minimum server setup for Dialogs is: - Linux version Fedora 1 or later - MySQL version 3.23 or later - PHP version 4.3 or later