OpenPublish: A Drupal Installation Profile for Online Publishers

OpenPublish is a packaged distribution of the open source CMS, Drupal. It is built on Drupal with many contributed modules integrated together. OpenPublish could be an excellent starting point for any publisher who wants to publish contents online with minimal effort.

Although OpenPublish provides out-of-the-box solution for today's publishers, it is easy to customize and extend provided that the developer has moderate level of expertise with Drupal.

Screenshot of stattler.com

OpenPublish is open-source software including modules and custom code for Drupal covered by the GNU General Public License version 2. Please refer to GPL for more details about how this license works.

Drupal is a registered trademark of Dries Buytaert. OpenPublish is a registered trademark of Phase2 Technology.

I am listing some useful (and frequently asked questions) links pertaining to installation and customization of Openpublish.

How to get OpenPublish

Download

Go to http://openpublishapp.com/download to get the latest version of OpenPublish.

Installation Requirements (URL)

• Web Server - Apache 1.3 or Apache 2.x. We have reports of successful run on the latest version of Nginx. Drupal can also run on Microsoft IIS. Apache is still the most tested platform and strongly recommended.
• PHP – Version 5.2.x
• Database – MySQL 4.1 or 5.0, though MySQL 5.0 is strongly recommended.
• Installing a PHP code optimizer like APC is highly recommended, especially for production use.
• Your memory_limit variable, in php.ini needs to be at least 128M, but 220M is recommended.
• If you are still having problems (seeing "white screens of death" or errors during installation) try setting:
  
  
  
  
  • max_execution_time to around 120 and
  • realpath_cache_size to 512K, 1M or even 2M.
  • max_input_time to around 120.

FAQ

OpenPublish Official Documentation
List of Patched Modules in OpenPublish 

OpenPublish Upgrade Instructions

1. How to upgrade OpenPublish from 1.6 to 1.7
2. How to upgrade OpenPublish from 1.7 to 1.7.1
3. How to upgrade OpenPublish from 1.7 to 2.0

Customization

1. How to make the head of the front page look like this site
2. How to disable CKEditor (Solved)
3. How to add a Calendar on OpenPublish site? (Solved)
4. How to override tbody css (Solved). This is needed if you use LaTeX equations on your site through DruTeX module

Functionality

1. Slideshow with Openpublish (Unsolved, slideshow.css file missing in theme's css folder), another issue posted.
2. Theme broken in Explorer, works in Chrome/Firefox (Solved)

Sites using OpenPublish

1. Statistics Blog and Discussions http://www.stattler.com
2. Nishorga:Nature Conservation and Wildlife Magazine http://www.nature.com.bd
3. http://www.governing.com/
4. The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/