Welcome to the Shoestring CMS downloads page. As has been mentioned elsewhere, Shoestring CMS is free, almost, and there is no registration. I may at some point put up a form for you to fill out, but for now, I'd appreciate it if you could just drop me a line letting me know that you downloaded it.

The Shoestring Technical Manual addresses in some detail the fact that most versions will have both a full and a partial download. Basically, a full download has everything you need if you are installing Shoestring from scratch. A partial download has just what's changed since the last release, for people who already have the last release. Major releases, in which almost everything may have changed, may have only a full download. See the manual for more details.

The software is released in a Windows .ZIP compressed file, but all files within contain *nix line feeds. This somewhat schizophrenic arrangement is mainly due to my own working environment: I develop locally on a Windows machine, hence the .ZIP compression, but use an ISP that runs on Linux, so I convert all the line feeds to that style when releasing. I've found, however, that DOS/Windows line feeds don't cause too much problem on *nix systems, and probably most of my audience is browsing in Windows or, if not, have a tool that can uncompress .ZIP files, so I hope this works for you. If it does not, contact me and I'll work with you.

The following downloads are currently available:


Test Prereqs
Full Release
10/01/03 		A Perl script to test your site for all the prerequesite Perl CPAN modules.

Version 2.0
Full Release
09/09/04 		Final release of version 2.0, complete with the manual, demo site, and bugs and enhancements lists.

Sites we like*:

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Bike Forums
A great resource for bicyclists of all sorts, with over a dozen boards on all aspects of cycling: transportation, recreational, mechanics, safety, and advocacy.

Donation Links
This site is dedicated to matching public, private, and corporate donations and resources with community agencies.

Hunger Site
The Hunger Site and its affiliates direct money to worthy causes with the click of a button.

IGC
IGC Interent is about advancing the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, social justice, and sustainability through the strategic use of the internet.

IdealsWork
IdealsWork, Inc. is a leading provider of technology and web-based services for individuals and organizations that are thoughtful about social and financial issues. Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to align their actions with their values.

Modest Needs
At Modest Needs, we work together to help others by pooling our modest resources - our time, our skills, and whatever money we have to spare - in an effort to make a lasting difference in this world, one person's life at a time.

No More AOL CD's
This group is trying to collect 1 million AOL install CD's. When they get them (they have 250,000 so far), they are going to ship them back to AOL to protest their wasteful blanketing of landfills with unsolicited CD's.

Reel Mower
Do you mow a lawn? A reel mower does not use gas, pollute, smell, or make a lot of noise.

Save the Hubble
This is a petition dedicated to showing public support for the Hubble Space Telescope, which NASA recently decreed would no longer be serviced.

Working Assets
Working Assets provides a number of financial services with a percentage of profit going to progressive causes, as well as on-line activism and shopping.

* These sites are offered by Shoestring CMS as worthwhile sites to visit and interact with, to the best of our determination. This does not constitute a legal endorsement, and Shoestring CMS cannot be held liable for any action on the part of these sites, or for their content. Shoestring CMS is not contractually affiliated with any of these sites.