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Best free CMS for file distribution/repository?

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dogma

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Hi all

Can anyone suggest a free portal/cms that can offers out-of-the-box:

1. file distribution / file depository (downloads manager)
2. And offerring the option to restrict downloads to members (only) whilst allowing guests to view descriptions of the file.

PHP-Fusion seems to be able to do 1 but not 2.

Thanks in advance.

out-of-the-box i.e. without any modifications / plugins etc
 
Thanks all.

Rsmiley, Is PHPNuke free?

Dan, Joomla is great but it won't be worth the effort setting up a simple site that I want, for the amount of time it would take to setup. Hence why I'm looking at out-of-the-box solutions.

hamster, Wordpress can't do this out-og-the-box. I run both my current sites off wordpress. It takes time manually pasting links on a page if you have a lot of downloads. As far as I'm aware there isn't a plugin that can do this yet.
 
dogma said:
Thanks all.

Rsmiley, Is PHPNuke free?

Dan, Joomla is great but it won't be worth the effort setting up a simple site that I want, for the amount of time it would take to setup. Hence why I'm looking at out-of-the-box solutions.

hamster, Wordpress can't do this out-og-the-box. I run both my current sites off wordpress. It takes time manually pasting links on a page if you have a lot of downloads. As far as I'm aware there isn't a plugin that can do this yet.
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Yea Php-Nuke is free...

Theres one out called fusion i think im not sure tho but with php-nuke its all free i believe
 
Joomla sets up in seconds from Fantastico and Remository takes but 30 seconds to setup in the Joomla backend.
 
Sorry Dan, what I meant was configuring as opposed to initial setup and installation.

I will take a further look at joomla as my friend uses the DocMan component.

Rsmiley, the following is from PHP-Nuke site:
Dear User:

This is the place to purchase/get the latest version (8.1) of PHP-Nuke software.
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It's being sold for $12 excluding updates.
 
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Joomla is too hard to setup and configure for a beginner though. So unless you are familiar with CMS's, I would suggest PHP-Nuke!
 
As far as I know...I am not sure about newer versions. PHP Nuke has alot security issues and the newest version isn't free. I would use post nuke or the other alternatives.
 
dogma said:
heymrdj pafiledb looks like what I've been looking for. Thanks

Thanks everyone!
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Glad to help, I knew it sure was one heck of a nice piece of software when I first found it. I used it at LAN parties on the local webserver we had with the game server so that we could have ISO's/Videos/Patches ect available on the whole lan in an easy to access manner. Apache/PHP/Mysql, simple and lovely software.
 
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