By estevan_carlos on

http://www.em411.com/

I think it's a sturdy site and I'm wondering if anyone can tell what CMS it might be using. I contacted them and asked but never got a response.

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bradlis7’s picture

bradlis7 commented

I'm pretty sure it's not drupal.

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kkaefer’s picture

kkaefer commented

Either they are not displaying PHP's X-Powered-by flag or they aren't using PHP.

estevan_carlos’s picture

estevan_carlos commented

What could they be using? Just so I know next time, how do you go about recognizing what system they might be using. I assumed it wasn't Drupal. How can you tell they aren't using PHP?

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jbeall’s picture

jbeall commented

But you check the headers and the source for anything meaningful.

(Firefox has an extension called Live HTTP Headers that allows you to see request and response headers).

I checked the headers and they are setting PHPSESSID, so unless they're impersonating PHP, they're using PHP for some of their stuff.

You could also look through the source for anything recognizable. For instance my site references "misc/drupal.css" so you might guess it's running Drupal.

-jb

ScarabMonkey’s picture

ScarabMonkey commented

there is a link at the bottom of the page...
http://www.em411.com/index.php#menu_top

austinmartin’s picture

austinmartin commented

are you willing to pay for one or just looking for a freebie. also, if you're em411 person, "emmail" me there instead.

I started mucking with drupal as it seemed the closest thing to em411.com ..\
they are not using a CMS that is public ... not sharing.
however, you would be better off taking the html template part and hacking on a database of your choice.

if you're really not afraid to learn some things, take punbb, hack in blogs, mp3 upload, paginated forum edits, and database mailbox. em411 was the guinea pig. now the site-builder has many sites just like it or based on older versions. examples:

http://www.bogdanraczynski.com/
http://www.psp411.com/
http://www.basilmarket.com/
http://www.wii411.com/
http://www.kartkrazy.com/
http://www.closercircle.net/
http://www.profil3.com/
http://www.gamer411.net/
http://www.mmotales.com/

you get the picture. there are more. basically, after having been one of the musicians that was participating in the website, i am intrigued by the number of sites that were developed after ours and the number of google-ad bucks that must generate.

having said all that, the sites are not as secure as i would feel obligated to build, the admin for em411 has not commented for months/a year now? and the moderator/s and the rules are pedantic and irregular. you can't have it all. the wayback machine is not responding right now, but you can see when its online that em411 has been developed over the period of 6 years. its not an instant cup of coffee kind of site.

edit: ps.
!! because some of those listed sites require individual content, you would be much better off with
!! Apache http auth and some dedicated server under your control to tinker with.
!! all above sites are on one dedicated server under direct physical control. this is a consideration!
!! you can fill some of the requirements for the social em411 site with wordpress mu but no quite. i have been scavenging open source php CMS softwares for about 4 years now..... good luck