Common questions

What is a “web site engine”?

It is a core set of PHP scripts that manages your web site features and, often, web site design. IncPlugins is an universal web site engine.

Is it a content management system (CMS)?

No, it is not a CMS. But some features make it a like CMS, i. e. customizable templates over plugins, simple text page sources, generated output filtering etc.

Why to use IncPlugins?

IncPlugins is a powerful web site engine with unique technologies like:

• Dynamic CSS and JavaScript;
• Easy of install and use plugins;
• Simple text as a page source;
• Multilingual and multidomain web sites.

In a difference from CMS and web portal engines like PHP Nuke, WordPress, Drupal etc it is more simple and it is a general purpose engine. It gives you more freedom to customize for your needs.

You can also like simple text transformation language, syntax highlighting and another unique features.

Is it an open source software?

No, it is not an open source and a freeware software. It is a commercial-quality software with a technical support service. For promotion reasons we provide a special feature-limited free edition of IncPlugins.

Technical details

Can I see a source of a typical IncPlugins web page?

<?php include_once '../inc/inc.php'; site_area('home');
$title = 'IncPlugins Page Example';
inc();?>

<p>The page HTML text is here.</p>

You can see the result here.

Wow!!! Why it is so small?

It is a small because most of features are available in plugins. To call IncPlugins magic we use function inc(); which generates HTML frame and a header with a footer.

Where is a page footer?

It is not necessary with IncPlugins because PHP output buffering callback is used to create a resulted page output. This technique may be disabled and you can call
function inc_foot(); to output the page footer.

What is a simple text language?

It is a special language to transform plain texts into HTML. This technology is powered by Simple plugin. An example of a simple text markup is here:

@ The Header

There are [*bold*], [/italic/] words.

* One
* Two
* Three

A link: [[IncPlugins web site*http://www.incplugins.com/]]

Which will be transformed into HTML code:

<h1>The Header</h1>

<p>There are <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i> words.</p>

<ul><li>One</li>
<li>Two</li>
<li>Three</li></ul>

<p>A link: <a href="http://www.incplugins.com/">IncPlugins web site</a></p>

Can I mix simple text with HTML?

Yes, you can.

Can it generate XHTML-compatible code?

Yes, it generates fully valid XHTML and CSS code which can be validated to Web Content Accessibility (WAI), Section 508 standards and the WCAG guidelines.

Can it generate HTML4.0 or HTML3.2 -compatible code?

You can change HTML doctype using $doctype variable. IncPlugins uses it to generate a right version of a HTML frame, too.

Can it generate text or flash pages?

Yes, you can change the output content type and disable HTML frame with header and footer generation.

Is it secure?

Yes, it is. We use some techniques like a next example. Every plugin has a special protection code on the begin:

<?php defined('INC') or die ('Direct access');
...

Miscellaneous and fun questions

Can I get Pro version for free?

In some cases you can. See a partnership page for details.

Can I create a public available plugin for IncPlugins?

You are welcome to create plugins for IncPlugins or port your existing scripts. There are special benefits you may get. See a partnership page for details.

Why it was named “IncPlugins”?

The name is combined with words “inc” (truncation of “include”) and “plugins”. Finally it means “Include plugins!”. “inc” is also a name of the core script of IncPlugins and a main directory name.

How long have you worked on IncPlugins?

1 year development with testing and getting it powerful. Our goal was an elegancy and power. There were about 50 internal versions before we published the final version 1.0.0. The current version is ideal, as we trust.

How do you use IncPlugins?

IncPlugins is a result of our many years knowledge in web site building using PHP. We use it in multiple web site projects. It gives us easy of using and power in webmastering and software help systems development. Of course, this web site is fully powered by IncPlugins.