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Features (000001)

Here are some features that Sputnik offers out of the box.

Please note that nearly all of the features are optional and some are turned off by default.

Installation

  • Zero-configuration installation on Unix.
  • No root access required for installation.
  • Additional modules can be installed using LuaRocks.
  • Comes with a built-in Xavante servers but can run on other servers. (See WSAPI).
  • Can be used with FastCGI.
  • Windows installation is possible via LuaForWindows.

User management

  • User account creation.
  • Email validation of new accounts.
  • New account creation can be turned off.
  • Password recovery via email.
  • User nodes.
  • Node "ownership".
  • Gravatar integration.

Permissions

  • A permission system allows locking specific pages or classes of pages.
  • More generally, specific actions or classes of actions on individual pages or classes of pages can be allowed or denied to individual users or classes of users.
  • Nodes can be "owned" by users.

Editing

  • Several markup options, with an interface for adding other markup engines.
  • Markdown editing using MarkItUp.
  • Configuration pages are syntax-checked in the editor.
  • Preview mode.

Security

  • Passwords salted and hashed using POSIX crypt(3) if available, with MD5 otherwise. See Authentication for more info.
  • Protection against XSS attacks — see XSS Filtering.

Spam Protection

  • Captcha support.
  • Hashed field names and honey-pots.
  • See Spam for more information.

Data Storage

History and RSS

Web Optimization

  • Configurable caching headers.
  • HTTP compression.

Internationalization

  • User interface available in English, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish. (See Internationalization.)
  • Easy to add your own language or change existing translations.
  • Content and page names in any script with UTF8 support: see Спутник or 史潑尼克.
  • User names can be in any left-to-right script.

Inheritance

  • Typed pages with custom behaviors via prototype inheritance (see Node Fields).