Version 2.0

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Yes, it's a blogging tool - and a pretty brilliant one if you ask us - but PivotX is also a great tool to maintain more complex websites as well. Its powerful core and flexible template system make it easy for developers to adjust and extend. No matter if you want an easy-to-use, robust blogging tool or are looking to push things to the max - PivotX offers the best of both worlds.

3 Step Install

Getting started with PivotX is very easy. Once you have downloaded the latest PivotX release, installing is not that difficult.

  1. Upload...

    Copy the files to your website using your favorite FTP program and change the security settings on the folders.

  2. ...Configure...

    Open the PivotX install screen, fill in your database details and create a first user.

  3. ...Blog!

    In less than 5 minutes you are ready to go. Happy Blogging!

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Screenshots

Take a quick tour through the PivotX Admin Interface.

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Compare

Compare PivotX to other software and take a look at our exhaustive list of extended features.

Features PivotX Wordpress Joomla Blogger
Multiple Weblogs yes no no yes
Multiple Authors yes yes yes yes
Built-in commenting & moderation yes yes no yes
Built-in spam protection yes yes yes no
Easy to install templates (themes) yes yes yes yes
Pages yes yes yes no
MySQL Database yes yes yes n/a
Flat Files Database yes no no n/a
SEO friendly yes yes no yes
Self hosted yes yes yes no
         
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We are done, what should we do next?

Share your ideas with Uservoice

Now that PivotX 2.0.0 is finally released, it's time to think about the future. Therefore we set up a Uservoicethingie so you can share your ideas and vote for your favorite suggested features. There will be new features and the dev team is constantly improving all current ones, including the interface.

Well, before visiting the Uservoice forum, here's a list of things we are working on right now:

Bookmarklets
Create a smart bookmarklet to publish messsages to your website fast without logging in to your PivotX with a browser.

Multiple websites
Say what?! Yes, it will be possible to run several websites on a single PivotX installation. Don't worry, all data (users, templates, pages, entries) will be completely seperated.

Editor in chief
We are aware of the fact that our usermanagement is somewhat of a puzzle. This one is great for ehm... editors in chief. They are allowed to make changes in all entries and pages, even the ones created by administrators. And not to frighten administrators too much; we will make sure the editor in chief is not allowed to make changes to your website configuration.

Threaded comments
Comments can get messy. Who said what and who is commenting on that? Threaded comments enable users to reply on an existing comment, and the discussion will be displayed threaded or nested.

And now it's your turn! Let us know what you think that makes PivotX even better on the Uservoice forum.

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Open Source for Open Source

PivotX is free software distributed under the GPL license. It's partly built with neat products like jQuery, Smarty, TinyMCE and of course, PHP and MySQL. Software by the people and for the people. PivotX has a small, but very active community. Together we build themes, extensions and help each other with PivotX related issues.