commit 2fe2f4762cf05fa826fc2d7f46d8cb080ac33542
parent 4eb981c62cfdeaea12034d2bfaebb3fc98763b2e
Author: uriel@engel.se.cat-v.org <unknown>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:24:36 +0100
More updates to new werc site.
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+werc - A sane web framework
+=============================
+
Werc is a minimalist web framework built on the Unix and Plan 9 *tool philosophy* of software design.
+Werc avoids the pain of managing collections of websites and developing web applications.
+
* Database free, uses files and directories instead.
-* Written using the rc shell, leveraging the standard unix/plan9 command toolkit.
-* Minimize tedious work: avoid having to write HTML, can use markdown instead.
-* Very minimalist yet extensible codebase: 150 lines of code highly functional core, with extra functionality in modular apps.
+* Written using the rc shell, leveraging the standard Unix/Plan 9 command toolkit.
+* Minimize tedious work: eg., no need to ever write HTML, use markdown (or any other format) instead.
+* Very minimalist yet extensible codebase: highly functional core is 150 lines, with extra functionality in modular apps.
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Here are some of the features provided by werc:
+
+* Good integration with pre-existing content, you can add HTML or plain text files and they will be seamlessly integrated with the site.
+* You can use your favorite tools (text editor, file manager, etc) to edit and manage data stored in werc.
+* Designed to manage any number of 'virtual' domains that share a common style, layout, etc from a single werc installation.
+* Configuration and customization can be at at any level: global, per-domain-group, domain-wide, directory sub-tree, and single file.
+* Can trivially run multiple (customized) versions of werc side by side.
+* Very simple and flexible user management and permissions system.
+* Applications can be easily combined: eg., add comments to your blog or wiki by enabling the 'bridge' app; or by enabling the 'diridir' wiki convert any document tree into a wiki.
+* Can easily write werc 'apps' and extensions in *any* language! (But of course, rc is recommended).
+
+Install Requirements
+--------------------
+
+All you need is some Plan 9 commands (cat, grep, sed, rc, etc.), and an HTTP
+server with CGI support.
+
+Werc runs on any Unix-like system where [Plan 9 from User Space](http://plan9.us)
+is available (this includes Linux, *BSD, OS X and Solaris), and on Plan 9.
+Werc can use any HTTP server that can handle CGI, and has been tested with at
+least Apache, Lighttpd, Cherokee, nhttpd, Hiawatha, and others.
+Werc uses markdown by default (and the standard Perl markdown is included with the distribution), to format documents, but any other formatting
+system can be used.
