Chapter 17. Architecture

This manual "Midgard 1.4, Open Source Content Management" is meant to be a dynamic document that is not intended for hard copy publication. It's dynamic because we present it in an on-line forum where users can present proposals for edits and additions.

The first half of this book is a study of how Midgard manages content with MySQL as a backend, how the template style system builds a page, and how user management and security are implemented. The second half of the book is a tutorial for building and publishing sites.

The book is intended for anyone that needs to implement a freely available Content Management system. If you're managing many web sites that require dynamic content and have many people who need to add and edit content for the site, Midgard can help you.