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There's a PHP script called drupal that has a "throttle" module. Jeremy, the owner of Kernel Trap, developed it after many /. stories with links to his pages.

It generates static files (similar to caches) when access is too high. You can check drupal's cvs (drupal -> modules -> throttle) or go straight to it.

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There's a PHP script called drupal that has a "throttle" module. Jeremy, the owner of Kernel Trap, developed it after many /. stories with links to his pages.

It generates static files (similar to caches) when access is too high. You can check drupal's cvs (drupal -> modules -> throttle) or go straight to it.

Ps: Some links may contain whitespaces, cut, paste and edit...

There's a PHP script called drupal that has a "throttle" module. Jeremy, the owner of Kernel Trap, developed it after many /. stories with links to his pages.

It generates static files (similar to caches) when access is too high. You can check drupal's cvs (drupal -> modules -> throttle) or go straight to it.

Ps: Some links may contain whitespaces, cut, paste and edit...

Drupal is an open source content management app run by sites such as DebianPlanet. A couple of examples: if you have a Jabber account, Drupal can authenticate through XML-RPC and through a Jabber server. Also, Drupal allows for utilization of the Blogger API for the posting of content.

Drupal is an open source content management app run by sites such as DebianPlanet. A couple of examples: if you have a Jabber account, Drupal can authenticate through XML-RPC and through a Jabber server. Also, Drupal allows for utilization of the Blogger API for the posting of content.

It seems your question is a bit badly researched before "Ask Slashdot", but anyhow..

I have personal experience with the following :

- eZ Publish (PHP, *nix, MySQL/PgSQL based)
- Slashcode (Perl, *nix, MySQL based)
- PHP Nuke (PHP, MySQL based)

I wouldnt recommend PHP Nuke, but have little experience with the forks off it.. (Check Freshmeat.net as someone suggested).

eZ Publish is the closest I have seen a complete GPL CMS (Content Management Solution), and integrating some of the addons or buying the desktop edition makes it very easy to use!Highly recommended, and now comes in an easy to install Debian package too ! :) (As of woody, apt-cache search ezpublish and then apt-get install the package ..)

Slashcode is possibly one of the better weblogs, although you should possibly check these too, if that is the kind of website you need :

- Scoop
- Drupal

For non "LAMP", based on Tcl and the AOLServer webserver, check out OpenACS, which is reportedly very feature rich.

I do not have personal experience with either Scoop, Drupal or OpenACS, but several sites use them and produce great sites with them.

Good luck !

I am not a developer neither a paid promoter of Drupal, but I think it has what you need.

It's a news system, pretty much like Slashdot. The major difference is the submission queue, like Scoop that runs Kuro5hin, and anyone can rate comments.

Slashcode, which runs Slashdot, is better for targetted news, IMHO. The selective karma system allows wiser users to rate comments. For a wider audience website, I think you need to give more freedom of choice to your users.

Oh, and Drupal also allows users to build blogs, it has a news feed script, collaborative book and a forum. It has a wider scope.

About the specifics of your problem, yes, I do think blogging can be useful for local newspaper. The citizens will get to know each other, and feel like they were part of a community. I would say go for it. A news script performs the tasks that you want, and if you can enhance the community spirit of your users, better.

I've never heard of Drupal before! But hey, that's what KernelTrap is now running on... And under a direct SlashDot hit, it feels quite responsive. I'm impressed!

What was KernelTrap running before? PHP-Nuke? Whatever it was, it used to choke under a heavy load... This is an improvement.

A site with sections and story queue is good. Open moderation to stories and comments is its' own problem though kuro5hin seems to function quite well. Comment moderation categories just opens the door to quibbling over whether it's genuinely offtopic, or funny - allowing respondants to HiLaRiOuSlY acuse the moderator of being on crack. Ha! Crack! Genius! Not tired at all!

E2's messaging is good.

Zope's slash rip-off (I forget the name, it used to run on technocrat.net) allowed file attachments. That's useful for any distributed software development team.

A wiki, like any flat data structure, doesn't push old content into depths (something the slash-a-likes are guilty of, being linear, though for a news site it's probably necessary).

Drupal.org and Half Empty are kinda nice engines. I'm working on my own ("in every mans life there must be one php/mysql weblog - and this is mine").

Interface wise I have a preference for calenders. I like URLs that are clean looking. I like engines that aren't crufty like PHPnuke.