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SilverStripe 292
Modules, Widgets, and Themes are all available as free downloads under the BSD license, and the majority of them
are community contributed.
Software Requirements
SilverStripe is a web application, requiring a compatible HTTP server and SQL database. As of version 2.4.0 (5
March 2008), the requirements for SilverStripe are as follows [13] :
• Apache v1.3.19+, Lighttpd, or Microsoft IIS 5.1+ (A URL Rewriter is strongly encouraged but not required, to
provide friendly URLs.)
• MySQL v4.1.X+, Microsoft SQL Server 2008+, Postgres 8.3+, or SQLite
• PHP 5.2+ with MySQL, GD Graphics Library and Zlib support
Documentation
SilverStripe is released under the terms of the BSD
Licence. Documentation is available for CMS users [5]
and website developers [6] . An online demonstration of
the CMS is available as a video [3] and as an interactive
demo [4] . A technical reference book on SilverStripe is
available in both English [14] and in German [15] . Both
are over 400 pages in length and were released in 2009.
History
The SilverStripe software is developed by SilverStripe
Limited, a website development company founded in
2000.
Prior to SilverStripe 2.x, the CMS was commercially
available under a proprietary license. Development of
SilverStripe 2.X started in late 2005, as a complete
overhaul to take advantage of object orientation and
new features in PHP5.
SilverStripe - The Complete Guide to CMS Development (book, 432
pages)
On 3 February 2007, SilverStripe 2.0.0 was released publicly as free and open source software [16] .
In March 2007, SilverStripe was selected for the Google Summer of Code programme [17] . This programme resulted
in the 2.2 release of SilverStripe [18] .
On 29 November 2007, SilverStripe announced they would be participating in the Google Highly Open Participation
[19] (GHOP) contest [20] . This led to a proliferation of themes, translations and widgets that broadened the system.
In late 2008, SilverStripe split its main website into silverstripe.com, to act as the home for the company behind the
software, and silverstripe.org, to act as the home for the software and its open source community. [21] .
In May 2009, the SilverStripe company formed partner associations with other website development companies to
represent the company in foreign markets [22] .
In February 2010, SilverStripe claimed the software had been downloaded 250,000 times since first released [23] .