->This website is an example of the use of open-source for development of websites.
This website is based om the Joomla CMS system, a great open-source system used for the development of millions of websites - Joomla is based on PHP.
Joomla is offered for free by many web-hosting companies.
There are numerous extension modules for Joomla, some commercial other pure open-source and you can also find modules where the basic module is free but a full version and sometimes the documentation require payment.
This website is build from open-source modules and some limited own development (eg the webcam module) in the table below you can see a list of the opensource items used developing the site - as demonstrated in this way it is very visible how opensource works - across countries and continents.
Joomla.org |
General website CMS (content management system) |
Website development and maintenance. Adjusted, adapted with overrides. |
reDim.de |
Cookie management (Joomla plugin) |
Plugin for management of the users accept of cookies |
eshiol.it |
Content import/export (Joomla plugin) |
Plugin for import/export of content ie. when opdating Joomla. |
Motion |
Webcam - movement detection | Used in the webcam module. |
OpenClipArt.org |
Clip-art elements | A few Clip-art elements used. Some adjusted and adapted. |
Wikipedia.org |
Data and general information | Lots of data and information through out the website. |
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge."
- Jimmy Wales -
Founder of Wikipedia