Chyrp Lite

An ultra-lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP.

Programming language: PHP

License: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

Tags: Blogging Platforms    

Latest version: v2020.04

README

[简体中文](README_zh_CN.md), [Italiano](README_it_IT.md).

What can Chyrp Lite do for me?

Chyrp Lite makes it possible to host a blog on your own web server with minimal fuss. You can have a traditional blog, a tumbleblog, or you can add oodles of customisation and build a general-purpose web publishing platform with blogging features on the side. You get four beautiful blog themes and a friendly administration console, all fully navigable on a broad range of devices, thanks to the power of responsive HTML5. Semantic markup and comprehensive ARIA labelling ensure your blog will be accessible to visitors who use assistive technologies.

With a flexible system of Feathers and Pages, you can make your website whatever you want it to be. Feathers enable different types of blog content – you can restrict yourself to absolute textual purity, or you can create a multimedia rainbow. Pages let you publish articles separate from your blog content – be it a simple colophon or a hierarchy of multiple pages, optionally including a homepage that your visitors will see when they first arrive at your website.

What are the key features?

Core:

• Easy to install, simple to maintain, extensible by design.
• Built with responsive and accessible W3C-validated HTML5.
• Universal support for plain text, Markdown, or raw markup.
• Personalise your blog using powerful extensions.
• Theme development is easy with the Twig template engine.
• Manage users and visitors with a comprehensive rights model.

Feathers:

• Text: write textual blog entries.
• Photo: upload an image.
• Quote: make a quotation.
• Link: link to another website.
• Video: upload a video file.
• Audio: upload an audio file.
• Uploader: upload multiple files.

Modules:

• Cacher: cache your blog pages for reduced server load.
• Categorize: give each of your blog entries a category.
• Tags: apply multiple searchable tags to your blog entries.
• Pingable: register pingbacks from blogs that link to yours.
• Comments: a comprehensive comments system for your blog.
• Likes: allow your visitors to show their appreciation.
• Read More: excerpt long blog entries on the blog index.
• Rights: set attribution and copyright/left for your entries.
• Cascade: ajax-powered infinite scrolling for your blog.
• Lightbox: on-page image viewer with image protection.
• Sitemap: index your blog for search engines.
• MAPTCHA: use simple mathematics problems to prevent spam.
• Highlighter: syntax highlighting for your code snippets.
• Easy Embed: the easiest way to embed videos in your blog.
• Post Views: maintain a view count for your blog entries.
• MathJax: A JavaScript display engine for mathematics.

Requirements

• PHP with default extensions (Session, JSON, Ctype, libxml, SimpleXML)
• PDO
• MySQL 4.1+
• SQLite 3+
• PostgreSQL 10+

Installation

You can install Chyrp Lite in three steps:

1. If using MySQL, create a MySQL database with a username and password.
2. Download the latest release, unzip, and upload to your web server.
3. Run the installation process by visiting [install.php](install.php) in your web browser.

Upgrading

You can upgrade Chyrp Lite in six steps:

1. Backup your database before proceeding!
2. Download the latest version of Chyrp Lite.
3. Move your uploads folder and includes/config.json.php somewhere safe.
4. Overwrite your current version with the new one.
5. Restore your uploads folder and includes/config.json.php.
6. Run the upgrade process by visiting [upgrade.php](upgrade.php) in your web browser.

Documentation

The Chyrp Lite wiki has comprehensive documentation for users and developers.

Authors

Chyrp Lite was created by the following people:

• Lite Developer: Daniel Pimley
• Chyrp Developer: Arian Xhezairi
• Project Founder: Alex Suraci
• Module authors and other contributors.

Licenses

Chyrp Lite is Copyright 2008-2022 Alex Suraci, Arian Xhezairi, Daniel Pimley, and other contributors, distributed under the BSD license. Please see the [licenses](licenses) directory for the full license text of all software packages distributed with Chyrp Lite.