From Aerial CMS
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Quick Overview
Aerial CMS is a simple Content Management System and framework that allows developers to rapidly scaffold and develop Rich Internet Applications with a stable, concise backend.
Technology
Aerial CMS uses two very well established open-source projects in its core:
- AMFPHP - http://sourceforge.net/projects/amfphp
- Doctrine - http://www.doctrine-project.org/
AMFPHP is a very simple and lightweight framework for Flash Remoting. It uses the AMF binary protocol to transmit data across the wire in a very compact and efficient way. AMFPHP facilitates the communication between the front-end (Flash/Flex/AIR/AJAX) and the back-end (PHP 5) in Aerial CMS.
Doctrine is a PHP ORM (Object Relational Mapper) that provides in impressive and powerful array of features. Doctrine is used by Aerial CMS to handle all interaction with the database and some code generation.
Downloads
You can download the Aerial source and some sample projects from the Google Code page
Getting Started
Check out the Getting Started video or the Getting Started guide. You can download the Getting Started video here if you're having trouble viewing it online.
Diving Deeper
Check out the Deep Dive video or the Deep Dive guide. You can download the Deep Dive video here if you're having trouble viewing it online.
Administration App
I've put together a simple administration application built with Adobe AIR. All it does at present (version 0.1) is download the latest source code and extract the contents to a folder of your choice. It's got an update framework built in, which will notify you if there's an update available when you open it. Check it out!
PHP 5.3 compatibility
Aerial CMS does not yet currently work 100% correctly with PHP 5.3. If you run into issues using PHP 5.3, please click here to learn how to resolve the issues
How can I help?
I'm looking for co-contributors at the moment. If you have experience with PHP5, Doctrine or any RIA platform, drop me a line at danny@aerial-project.org.
Feedback
If you have any comments, suggestions, requests or death-threats, drop me a line at danny@aerial-project.org
Project Roadmap
The Project Roadmap contains a list of future fixes and features
