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{{Infobox software

| logo = WebGUI logo.png

| logo upright = yes

| name = WebGUI

| developer = Plain Black Corporation

| latest release version = <!-- If you update this, remember to also update [[List of content management systems]]--> 7.10.30<ref>{{Citecite web |url=https://blog.webgui.org/post/136751315064/webgui-71030-stable-release |title=WebGUI 7.10.30 stable release |website=WebGUI Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102002943/https://blog.webgui.org/post/136751315064/webgui-71030-stable-release |archive-date=2022-11-02}}</ref>

| latest release date = {{Startstart date and age|2016|01|06}}

| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]

| platform = [[Perl]]

| genre = [[Content management system]]

| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

| website = {{URL|www.webgui.org}}

}}

'''WebGUI''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[content management system]] written in [[Perl]]<ref name="Yang">{{cite book |last1=Yang |first1=Sharon Q. |last2=LiLi |first2=Li |date=2016 |title=Emerging Technologies for Librarians: A Practical Approach to Innovation |isbn=978-1843347880 |publisher=Chandos Publishing |page=196}}</ref> and released under the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref>{{Citecite news |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2312753852030/software/-the-best-content-management-systems.html |title=The best Content Management Systems |last=staff |first=Network World |work=Network World |access-date=2018-10-25 |language=en}}</ref>

The system permits non-technically minded users to arrange content in pages and layouts, containing 'Assets' ([[applet]]s) which permit [[website]] visitors to view and interact with various types of data from basic Articles to full-blown [[Contentcontent management system]] and [[Webweb application|custom applicationsapplication]]s.

In July 2014, Scott Walters proposed a [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083389021/create-perl-competition-to-the-php-content-managem project] on [[Kickstarter]] to bring the nascent Version 8 rewrite to a formal release with a supporting [[free software]] community.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083389021/create-perl-competition-to-the-php-content-managem | title=Create Perl Competition to the PHP Content Management System | date=7 February 2015 }}</ref> Version 8 is, according to the Kickstarter project page, "a massive modernization effort that reworked core to use [[Moose (Perl)|Moose]], [[Plack (software)|Plack]], Try::Tiny" along with a general code cleanup. The project achieved its [[crowd funding]] goal on July 16, 2014.

==Introduction==

WebGUI (pronounced web-GOO-E) is a system that gives web administrators the ability to manage the appearance and features available in the user interface to fit each user's skill level. Its users and groups system allows control over content editing and viewing privileges, and the versioning and workflow systems allow for content approval hierarchies and tracking of content as it moves through the site. Everything in WebGUI is a template which allows for customization, while keeping the site content and style separate.

The system was originally built as an [[application framework]] by creator [[Plain Black Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plainblack.com/pr|title=Plain Black, makers of WebGUI - PR|website=www.plainblack.com}}</ref> to support their customer development work, but a majority of its current independent users utilize it as a [[Content management system|CMS]] with the modules with which it ships.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

==History==

In 1999 a development project called Web Done Right<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plainblack.com/jt-smith|title=Plain Black, makers of WebGUI - JT Smith|website=www.plainblack.com}}</ref> began in an effort to create a web application framework.{{cn|date=September 2024}} Over the next several years, Web Done Right evolved and eventually became WebGUI. WebGUI and its parent company Plain Black Corporation were launched to the public in 2001.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

==Features==

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==Built in applications==

With WebGUI, users can create:<ref name="features">{{Cite web|url=https://www.webgui.org/features|title=WebGUI - Features - Content Management System {{!}} CMS {{!}} Open Source Content Management {{!}} Web Application Framework {{!}} Perl|website=www.webgui.org|access-date=2018-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024114/http://www.webgui.org:80/features|archive-date=2018-08-15}}</ref>

* Online shops that accept credit cards.

* [[Internet forum|Forums]] (Flat, Nested, and Threaded views)

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==Themes==

WebGUI comes with a number of built in [[Theme (computing)|themes]], and additional themes are freely available in the add-ons section of the [http://www.webgui.org/wg/get-add-ons WebGUI website]. Everything in WebGUI is a template, and templates are accessed through the '''admin''' user interface.

==Translation==

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* [[Application Server]]: [[mod_perl]]

* [[Database]]: [[MySQL]]

* [[Operating Systemsystem]]: Any

* [[Programming Languagelanguage]]: [[Perl]]

* [[Superuser|Root Access]]: Yes

* [[Shell (computing)|Shell Access]]: Yes

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==Mascot==

[[File:WebGUI mascot Gooey purple octopus.jpg|thumb|right|Gooey, the mascot of WebGUI]]

'''Gooey''', the purple octopus is the mascot of WebGUI. It was created by Darci Gibson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webgui.org/mascot|title=WebGUI - Mascot - Content Management System {{!}} CMS {{!}} Open Source Content Management {{!}} Web Application Framework {{!}} Perl|website=www.webgui.org|access-date=2017-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614033943/http://www.webgui.org/mascot|archive-date=2017-06-14}}</ref>

==Reception==

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==External links==

*[ {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626053102/http://www.webgui.org/ WebGUI|date=2023-06-26 web|title=Official site]website}}

*[httphttps://sourceforge.net/projects/pbwebgui/ WebGUI Project on SourceForge]

*[http://www.ebruni.it/en/docs/webgui/un_cms_per_tutti/index.htm WebGUI, a Content management system for everybody]

*[http://www.plainblack.com Plainblack Corporation]

*[http://i18n.webgui.org WebGUI Translation Server]

[[Category:Free software programmed in Perl]]