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Slash -- Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage -- is the code that runs Slashdot. PR: 57199 Submitted by: Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>
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Slash -- Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage -- is the code
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that runs Slashdot. More than that, however, Slash is an architecture
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for putting together web sites. It comes with functionality for posting
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articles, conducting polls, having discussions, and more; but it can be
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extended in innumerable ways.
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Slash is written in Perl, and is built on top of Apache and mod_perl. It
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requires a database backend, though the only well-supported database
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used with it is MySQL (more databases will become well-supported as time
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goes on; PostgreSQL support is already well on its way). Slash is fast,
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scalable, and secure (as evidenced by one of the best test cases you
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could have, running Slashdot itself).
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Through a plugin system, developers can add functionality to Slash.
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Through themes and templates (which are written using Template Toolkit),
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the look and feel of a Slash site can be customized.
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WWW: http://slashcode.com/
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