Web Design & Development Guide

Xaraya

Xaraya is a web application framework and content management system, written in PHP and released as free software under the GNU General Public License. It was originally a fork of the original 0.8 development branch of Postnuke, but has been re-written from the ground up since then.

Modular architecture.
Widely re-usable code.
Template-controlled presentation.
Possibility to redesign and re-export the data structure of modules, using the Dynamic Data Model.
Support for different article types (such as News, Documents, Links, Reviews, FAQ, etc.), and the possibility to easily add new article types from the administration area.
Modular authentication, allowing Xaraya to support authentication methods such as LDAP, PAM. A working LDAP module is shipped by default with Xaraya, and new plugin systems are being developed.
An advanced permissions system.
Built in short URL support in many modules.
Template and output caching.

Because of its abstract structure, Xaraya has high performance issues and is dependent on caching for all page serving.
There is a very steep learning curve in becoming familiar with Xaraya due to its flexibility.
There is little support for custom modules, although the software is actively supported through Xaraya.com[1].