MachBlog?

MachBlog? is a full-featured, open source CFML-based blog application released under the Apache 2.0 License. It leverages the Mach-II application development framework as well as the ColdSpring? IoC framework. MachBlog? is developed using "best practice" object-oriented development principles and is designed to be a reference application for the use of Mach-II and ColdSpring?, as well as a completely functional blog application that can be used for all your blogging needs.

Code

The latest code is available from the MachBlog? Subversion repository at  http://svn.mach-ii.com/machblog/

  • trunk - contains the bleeding edge development (currently version 2.0); may not be completely functional and not recommended for production use (requires Mach-II 1.6)
  • branches/1.1 - contains the updated 1.0 release with some code reorganization and a few bug fixes
  • branches/1.0 - contains the original release of MachBlog?

Please note that our SVN URL changed on January 19, 2009 to a new URL. If you have setup a SVN working copy before this date, you need to relocate it to the new URL.

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Features

  • Easily Skinnable with MVC application approach
  • i18n Ready
  • Comment and trackback spam control with LylaCaptcha?

Future Enhancements

  • Drag'n'Drop pod installation (Blogs I Read, Amazon Wishlist, etc.)
  • SES URLs
  • Code formatting support
  • Blog stats with graphs

Requirements

MachBlog? has been tested on the following platforms:

Application Server

  • New Atlanta BlueDragon? 7.0 or higher (note that due to reliance upon underlying Java libraries for internationalization features, MachBlog? will not run on BlueDragon? .NET)
  • Adobe ColdFusion? 7.0.2 or higher
  • Railo 3.0 Community has been tested and works with minor modification to a few view pages

Operating Systems

MachBlog? should run successfully on any operating system on which ColdFusion? 7.0.2 or BlueDragon? 7 runs, including:

  • CentOS
  • Fedora Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Mac OS X
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows Vista

Frameworks

Note: The Mach-II and ColdSpring? frameworks are not included in the MachBlog? distribution and will need to be downloaded and installed separately. Databases

  • MySQL 5
  • PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005, including 2005 Express

Oracle support is planned. We do not have plans to support Microsoft Access.

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