Web Gizmo is Content Management System (CMS) that was designed with the "Less is More" philosophy in mind. Here is what Web Gizmo does NOT do:

No database!
Doesn't require a database. Instead it just uses the file system with some very simple naming conventions. In other words: Folders = Webpage
No forms!
All "content management" is done via FTP. If you can manage your files on your computer you already know enough to use Web Gizmo. No new complex user interface to learn.
No configuration!
In most cases you just upload Gizmo and your website content and your done. Too Easy!

We took out the trickiest parts of setting up and running a dynamic website to create THE SIMPLEST website system in the world!

Website Owners

WebGizmo (or Gizmo to its friends) is THE SIMPLEST website system in the world for managing your own website.

A bold claim but here why we think that:

Super Easy
To update your website just drop the new files in the right folder and the page is changed.
1 Folder = 1 Webpage
A simple equation that is easy to understand. If you know how to organise your files into folders then you already know how to manage your Gizmo website.
Simple text markup
Gizmo supports [Markdown] and Textile, very simple and easy to learn markup that lets you make text bold, italic, create links and make lists.
Multi Lingual
You can organise your sites content into as many languages as you need. Its as simple as creating another folder.

Web Designers

Templates are HTML & CSS
Gizmo uses the Savant3 template system which is basic HTML & CSS so you can create your layouts in WYSIWYG applications, like Dreamweaver, and place the simple content hooks in the right place and your done.
Complex Layouts
Its easy to place content into complex layouts with the simple file name tagging system. You can also define as many templates as you like or as few depending on your requirements. Complete control.
Easy Content Management
No databases or cryptic web forms. All content is organised into a folder hierarchy. If you know how to make folders and put files in them you already know how to manage a Gizmo website. Because markup is with Markdown or Textile clients can't mess up the content beyond what you have styled for.

Web Developers

Separation of Content and Design
Content is kept separate and in standard formats so you have low commitment to Gizmo. On the flip side this make Gizmo a natural choice for integrating with existing file content even in parallel to other heavier CMS systems.
Simple query language
interface to the file system. A JQuery style API for chaining filtering and sorting commands together.
Easy Deployment
No database setup or configuration is required to get Gizmo going. Simply upload Gizmo plus your content and its away. Gizmo is also flexible and there are many configuration options for fine tuning it to your needs.
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Features

OK so it also has some nice features too which do not add complexity (promise!).

  • Drag-n-drop content. You can just drag (via FTP) new images, text, video, audio to your content folder and it immediately appears on your website.
  • Supports Textile and Markdown which makes editing your text content quick&easy
  • PHP code highlighting automatically for any PHP files in the /content folder. See the Code Examples for details. This is for the PHP geeks. Will add support for other languages as the need arrises.
  • Only one copy per-server required. So multiple sites can use a single copy of Web Gizmo thus making maintenance for the system admin easy!

Requirements

All you will require from your hosting is:

  1. PHP 5.0 or higher enabled on your account and
  2. the FTP details for your account

and you can have a website in 5 minutes that is easy to setup and maintain! If you do not know about ether of these ask your hosting provider about it.

Styling

You will still need to know HTML+CSS to customise the look of your site. We're expecting to add many templates that you can download and just FTP to the right place and they will just work.

Web Gizmo uses the Savant3 PHP tempting engine, which like Web Gizmo uses follows the philosophy "less is more" and is thus very easy to use if you know a (very) little PHP (or know how to copy and paste it :)

Status

Web Gizmo is still in Alpha at the moment, which means it might be a bit buggy and simple but it aims for simplicity so bug should not be too hard to exterminate quickly.

Give it a go & let us know

There are support forums at if you want to try it out and give us some feedback.

Thanks for reading to the end!

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Alex

Taylor Square Designs

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