Easy Installation

dadaIMC features a web-based installer that prompts you for required information, and then prepares and installs the whole system, so in just 5 minutes you're ready to start posting. The installer performs a number of checks to make sure the environment is in good working order, and informs you step-by-step of its progress, alerting you to potential installation problems.

The system requirements are Linux, PHP 4.0 or higher, and MySQL 3.22 or higher. Some features are only available if cURL is installed, and the GD library in PHP (included in 4.3+)

Easy Administration

Administering and editing an IMC website is already thankless and sometimes tedious; it doesn't need to be difficult too. dadaIMC attempts to make it as easy as possible, with a friendly user interface, and as much information and flexibility at your fingertips as it can pack into a page.

The editorial and administrative interfaces are broken down into sub-sections, designed to give you quick access to only the information you need. View a list of recent articles (or other content objects) and their current status with a single click. Another click takes you to an Options page, which allows you to edit the object, rate it, hide it (appending editorial comments!), or perform any number of operations on it, depending on the type of content you're working with.

Modules, the core of dadaIMC, are somewhat structurally rigid, so that all modules work in basically the same manner, making it easy to adapt to new ones. Nonetheless, you retain a fair amount of flexibility and control over their output. "Hooks" in the code allow you to specify a variety of locations in which to display content (left bar, right bar, top of the page, etc), and the sorting order of module display is as easy to change as selecting from a menu. Modules can have their own stylesheets, allowing you enormous control over the design of the output. And modules are designed to be multilingual, so they'll support whatever languages you support.

A built-in CSS editor allows you full control over the look and feel of your site. Existing stylesheets created by other developers can easily be uploaded and installed into your site, allowing users an unlimited number of choices for the site.

Detailed web-based Site Prefs allow you to specify everything from the width of thumbnail images to the timezone of the server. Using a remote machine for serving media? Turning it on and off is as simple as clicking a switch. User ratings, display thresholds, available languages — all of these are easy to configure with Adminstrative access.