Publisher review:CMScout is a free and open-source CMS (Content management system) for Scouting related groups from around the world. CMScout is a free and open-source CMS (Content management system) for Scouting related groups from around the world. A CMS is a piece of web software that makes it easy for you to install, and manage a website without needing to know any programming languages.
CMScout includes most of the features that other major CMSs include, while adding a few of its own unique features. CMScout is designed by a Scoutmaster to be used with Scouting. You will never need to install strange, possibly unstable, add ons to get features such as forums, patrol sites, award schemes, photo albums, articles, and more.
CMScout is also designed to be used by your average Scoutmaster with a limited knowledge of the internet and computers. Everything is visual, and you only need to look at code for your pages if you really want to.If you are looking for a website for your troop/pack/district/area/country take a look at CMScout.
Even if you are not involved in Scouting and just looking for a CMS to use take a look at CMScout!
Features:
- Customizable website content - Add as many pages as you want.
- Customizable menus
- Customizable frontpage - Choose exactly what you want on the frontpage
- Easy to use authorization system - Let your users see and do exactly what you want them to do.
- Easy to use download system - organize your downloads into categories. You can also choose exactly which groups can download files from each category, and which groups can upload files to each category
- Easy to use calendar - Let your scouts know exactly what is happening, and when it is happening.
- Users can also download the calendar in iCal format
- Articles - Each patrol can have its own seperate page with a list of articles written by members of that patrol.
- Comments - Allows users to post comments about articles.
- Group Sites - Certain groups can have their own small websites, this includes articles, photos and content. The group leader can add and remove content, and customize the menu for the group site.
- Easy to use registration
- Online help system - Each page has its own help page.
- Easy to use administration panel - Great care has gone into the creating of the administration panel to make sure that it is easy to use.
- A simple list showing you all the users who have registered on your site and have indicated that they are part of the troop.
- Template System - Allows users to choose what they want the site to look like, there are a number of templates available on our website.
- News system - Show the latest news on the main page, and old news moves to the news archive.
Users can add the following items:
- Articles
- Photo Albums and Photos
- Events
- Downloads
- News
Other features:
- You can choose which groups can add which items.
- You can choose which items you first want to approve before they are shown on the website.
- Simple to use search function
- Scouting records - Allows your scouts to see where they are in their current advancement badge.
- Customizable award schemes - Have multiple award schemes, with multiple badges and requirements!
- Forum - No need for external forum software, CMScout includes its own high quality forum system which includes features such as Sticky posts, Announcement posts and polls
- Personal Messenger - Allow users to send private messages to each other
- HTML Editor - No need to know html thanks to the super fast html editor provided with CMScout. CMScout uses the latest version of the TinyMCE html editor.
- My Patrol - This allows users to see who in their patrol is also registered on the site.
- Link Database - Easily keep track of your web links
- Word Censor - Censor swear words easily
- Side Box Polls - Have polls on your site
- Account Activation - Allows you to control which users will have access to your site.
- Group/Patrol Logs - Each group/patrol has a log book/blog
- RSS feeds - User customizable RSS feeds. Users choose which items they want to see in their RSS feed
- Attendance Register - Seperate for each patrol, this way members of your troop can track their attendance at home
Changes in version 2.0.3:
- Added ability to choose starting day for month view of calendar
- Fixed issue regarding times in the calendar
- Fixed issue where user details could not be edited in the administration panel if Duplicate Emails was set to No
- Fixed issue where polls could not be added
Changes in version 2.0.4:
Fixes a issue regarding group pages. Also updated tinyMCE to 3.0.8. Requirements: · A Webserver running apache 1.3.33 or newer · PHP 4.1.0 or newer (PHP 4.4.4/5.2.0 or higher recommended) · MySQL 4 or newer (CMScout is known to have problems with MySQL 3.x) · At least 10Mb of web space (CMScout uses about 5mb, and then you need space for photos, articles, content, etc.) · A basic knowledge of how to add a MySQL database and set the permissions
CMScout 2.0.5 is a PHP script for Content Management scripts design by CMScout Group.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris
CMScout 2.0.5 script details 
