Backdrop is a fully-featured content management system that allows non-technical users to manage a wide-variety of content. It can be used to create blogs, forums, image galleries, social networks, intranets, and more.
Backdrop aims to provide:
- A full-featured CMS that puts editorial and end-users first.
- A system that can be utilized out-of-the-box.
- Code that can be learned and easily developed..
- Extensible APIs.
- PHP 5.3.2 or higher
- MySQL 5.0.15 or PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher with PDO enabled
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Create a new database, username, and password for Backdrop to use in MySQL or PostgreSQL.
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Point your browser at the URL of your Backdrop installation. On Apache web servers, you will be directed to the install screen. If you're not redirected, visit the install URL. If Backdrop was installed at http://example.com/backdrop, the install URL would be http://example.com/backdrop/core/install.php.
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Follow the instructions provided in the installer.
Because of Github restrictions on the use of labels and issue assignment, we use a separate issue tracker that is not under the main repository at https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues. Please use this tracker for reporting all bugs and features.
Backdrop is a fork of Drupal. It is an experiment in preserving the legacy audience of developers who value ease of use and ease of learning over architectural flexibility. You can join Backdrop's developer community by forking Backdrop from https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop. If submitting a pull request, please open an issue using the issue tracker first and then reference it in the title of the pull request.
The Backdrop Handbook is where documentation is being worked on. You can contribute to the handbook by sending a pull request to the handbook repository.
Backdrop is GPL v2 (or higher) software. See the LICENSE.txt file in the core directory or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html for complete text. Distributions of this software may relicense it as any later version of the GPL.
All Backdrop code is Copyright 2001 - 2013 by the original authors.
Backdrop includes works under other copyright notices and distributed according to the terms of the GNU General Public License or a compatible license. Individual works may have specific copyright information noted within their their source code files or directories.