Tribiq - Features

Features

Tribiq CMS is a browser-based website content management system based on PHP and MySQL.

It allows site administrators to edit many aspects of a website: the content of individual pages can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor; the navigational structure of the site can be modified and developed; "Modules" can be installed to add management and visitor-facing functionality, some of which can render "Plugins" which appear on visitor-facing web pages. Sites can be loaded with new "Skins" which change the appearance of web pages.

Many management features use AJAX interfaces, so that the effect of making a change can be previewed and then published, without needing to reload the web page.

The overall layout of a page is determined by a Template (of which the CMS contains various layouts), and the Skin (which includes CSS and images and which controls the appearance of the page).

There are scalability features; when a Plugin is inserted into a page, the administrator can decide whether to apply the Plugin just to that page, to any page which uses a given Template, or across the entire site.

Tribiq CMS has multi-language capabilities. It is designed to handle content in any character set, and uses UTF-8 format for data storage so that characters in all languages can be rendered faithfully. Various tools are available to assist in the management of multiple languages, such as the "translation chain" system which creates relationships between pages which have the same meaning but are in different languages.

Administrators can use either the admin back-end of the CMS, or the front-end of the site in one of several editing modes. An administrator can perform a range of functions, such as: managing content; organizing the categorization of content; installing new templates and skins; installing and managing Plugins; managing languages and their phrases; managing password-protected content and the associated Users and Groups; and other administrative tasks.

Tribiq CMS can be operated in a multi-site environment, with a single installation of the software being used to run several sites. So-called "Super Administrators" can have a single admin login across all federated sites, while "Local Administrators" can edit only their designated site.

Most of the visible functionality of Tribiq CMS is delivered using Plugins. Many Plugins are built into the standard product, and others can be installed separately. A Plugin which performs a given function can thus be removed and replaced with a different one.

Tribiq CMS can be used as a platform for web-based applications, with the admin back-end being used as an administrative interface which can be extended in custom ways. It can be operated with the admin back-end as the sole interface.

It is designed to have the familiarity of a regular operating system, and the admin back-end has icons, different views, pagination, sort controls, filtering and search features. It has a fully documented API, with the intention that third-party developers can create new application Plugins.

The product is designed to run on any web server with PHP 5 and MySQL 5. When administering a site, it is designed to work on Internet Explorer versions 7 and later, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.