Basic requirements

  • Java 5
  • For OS X: Safari 3+
    For Windows: IE 5.5+.
    For Linux: The recent Mozilla GTK2. Don’t forget to set the path to the mozilla libs in configuration/poormans.properties!
  • ImageMagick, if you want to work with images and the gallery. You can get it here.

Additional dependencies to check

  • Eclipse's Standard Widget Set, see FAQ and dependencies for Linux/GTK.
  • FCKeditor, see compatibility hint at the right column.

Installation

  1. Download poormans.jar from the project page. This is an installer.
  2. Call the installer at the commandline: ’java -jar poormans.jar’.
  3. Follow the instructions of the installer.
    (You shouldn’t use any special characters or white spaces in the installation path, which is prompted by the installer.)
    If ImageMagick is installed, don’t forget to set the path to the commandline tool ’convert’!
  4. Go to the installer path and run at the commandline: ’java -jar start.jar’.

During installation, you can select a little demo site, which demonstrates the basics of menus and gallery.

If you want to run poormans with Mozilla's XULRunner, just download the recent binary for your OS, install it and set 'poormans.xulrunner=true' in configurations/poormans.properties.
Beware: That's very experimental! 

Running 

If Poormans is running on linux and you haven’t set the path to the mozilla libs, you will get an error message and poormans won’t start! (You have to set it in configuration/poormans.properties!)

To create a new site, click on the add button in the upper-left corner. Now you can select the site in the dropdownbox.

At the treeview beneath you will see the structure of the site. By using the context menu,  you can choose all available functions of the selected object.

Please be careful, there is only a rudimental validation of forms. Please remember: The name of a level or a page is its name in the filesystem. DON’T USE SPECIAL CHARACTERS OR WHITE SPACES! There isn’t any form validation yet!

The export button starts the rendering to generate the static html pages to the filesytem. If you set the ftp properties of the site object, the transfer button is  enabled. At first it starts a completely export and at second, it starts the ftp upload.

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