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What is Banana Dance?

Here's a riddle for you: What do you get when you add web CMS features to a Wiki? Did you guess Banana Dance? Well you are correct. Gold star for you!

Banana Dance is a free, open source, PHP/MySQL program that takes the best of wiki software and combines it with the best of web content management systems (CMS).

Overview of Features

The Basics

  • Create categories to classify pages.
  • Easily create pages using an inline editor with a syntax toolbar and a page options.
  • Use full HTML or a simplified wiki syntax to compose pages.
  • Option to use plain text or WYSIWYG editor.
  • Widgets make displaying dynamic menus and recurring code snippets a snap!
  • Page locking to avoid editing conflicts.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts make creating and editing pages more natural.
  • Auto-save to avoid lost work when editing pages.
  • Easy page searches.
  • Easily tag topics using the #hashtag syntax!
  • Sharing features built-in!

Media Library

  • Easily manage media through an inline Media Library.
  • Easy uploading and management of images, including smart re-sizing.
  • Instantly create image galleries based on image tags.
  • Easy uploading and sharing of files and attachments.
  • Track and limit download activity.

Community Features

  • Easy user registration with customizable fields and profile management.
  • Use the @username syntax for mentioning users in comments and pages!
  • Commenting:
  • Use either tree-style or forum-style comments on any page!
  • Allow the community to upvote/downvote comments.
  • Logically classify comments in an unlimited number of comment types.
  • Option to require approval before comments go live.
  • Award users with points that result in badges for participating!
  • Integrated with Facebook Connect for easier login and registration.
  • Allow users to follow/favorite pages.

Security

  • Smart CAPTCHA to prevent brute-force login attempts.
  • Highly encrypted passwords with one-way encryption.

SEO Friendly

  • Smart page URLs that search engines love.
  • Automatic page title shortening to fit search engine specifications.

Mobile Device Ready

  • Mobile Themes means that your site will look as good on a mobile device as on a computer!
  • Auto-detection of mobile devices.
  • Ability to switch between mobile and standard websites.

Speed

  • Ability to cache anything and everything!
  • Minify page code.
  • Auto-cache headers.
  • One-click updating.

Access Controls

  • Make entire categories and/or individual pages public, private, or accessible by specific users/user types only.
  • Establish user types each with their own privileges.
  • Ban users and IPs.

Customizable & Flexible

  • Layout customization through an extremely flexibly template system that allows for unlimited combinations of headers, footers, and templates.
  • Each category and page can have its own settings, including default settings by category.
  • Themes for instant re-skinning.
  • Plugins open up endless possibilities for the program!
  • Customizable e-mail notifications and templates.
  • Language files for easy translation of the program.

Other

  • Heavy use of jQuery for less reloading and a more immersive user experience.
  • Community involvement and support options.

Requirements

  • PHP 5+
  • MySQL 5+
  • We recommend an Apache server, but it should work on any server that supports PHP.
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