<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
permits	O
non-technically	O
minded	O
users	O
to	O
arrange	O
content	O
in	O
pages	O
and	O
layouts	O
,	O
containing	O
'	O
Assets	O
 '	O
(	O
applets	B-Language
)	O
which	O
permit	O
website	O
visitors	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
basic	O
Articles	O
to	O
full-blown	O
Content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
and	O
custom	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Scott	O
Walters	O
proposed	O
a	O
on	O
Kickstarter	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
nascent	O
Version	O
8	O
rewrite	O
to	O
a	O
formal	O
release	O
with	O
a	O
supporting	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
8	O
is	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
project	O
page	O
,	O
"	O
a	O
massive	O
modernization	O
effort	O
that	O
reworked	O
core	O
to	O
use	O
Moose	B-Language
,	O
Plack	B-Language
,	O
Try::Tiny	O
"	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
general	O
code	O
cleanup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
(	O
pronounced	O
web-GOO-E	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
gives	O
web	O
administrators	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
appearance	O
and	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
to	O
fit	O
each	O
user	O
's	O
skill	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
in	O
WebGUI	B-Language
is	O
a	O
template	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
customization	O
,	O
while	O
keeping	O
the	O
site	O
content	O
and	O
style	O
separate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
originally	O
built	O
as	O
an	O
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
by	O
creator	O
Plain	O
Black	O
Corporation	O
to	O
support	O
their	O
customer	O
development	O
work	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
majority	O
of	O
its	O
current	O
independent	O
users	O
utilize	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
CMS	B-Protocol
with	O
the	O
modules	O
with	O
which	O
it	O
ships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
a	O
development	O
project	O
called	O
Web	O
Done	O
Right	O
began	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
next	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
Web	O
Done	O
Right	O
evolved	O
and	O
eventually	O
became	O
WebGUI	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
and	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
Plain	O
Black	O
Corporation	O
were	O
launched	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebGUI	B-Language
software	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
is	O
built	O
as	O
an	O
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
pluggable	B-Application
architecture	I-Application
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
extensibility	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
create	O
custom	B-Application
applications	I-Application
and	O
functionality	O
that	O
match	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
's	O
modular	O
design	O
allows	O
code	O
to	O
be	O
easily	O
accessed	O
,	O
changed	O
,	O
and	O
replaced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
is	O
a	O
mod_perl	O
application	O
but	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
project	O
codenamed	O
PlebGUI	O
to	O
port	O
WebGUI	B-Language
to	O
PSGI	O
,	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
Web	I-Language
Server	I-Language
Gateway	I-Language
Interface	I-Language
,	O
which	O
enables	O
deployment	O
using	O
CGI	B-Language
,	O
FastCGI	O
,	O
mod_perl	O
,	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
WebGUI	B-Language
,	O
users	O
can	O
create	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
built	O
in	O
themes	B-Application
,	O
and	O
additional	O
themes	B-Application
are	O
freely	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
add-ons	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
in	O
WebGUI	B-Language
is	O
a	O
template	O
,	O
and	O
templates	O
are	O
accessed	O
through	O
the	O
admin	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
has	O
a	O
translation	O
server	O
that	O
allows	O
anyone	O
to	O
contribute	O
translated	O
terms	O
for	O
any	O
field	O
label	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
contains	O
Dutch	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
English	O
and	O
Spanish	O
translations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGUI	B-Language
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
which	O
means	O
it	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ease	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
WebGUI	B-Language
's	O
requirements	O
,	O
Plain	O
Black	O
distributes	O
them	O
inside	O
of	O
the	O
WebGUI	B-Language
Runtime	B-Device
Environment	I-Device
(	O
WRE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WRE	O
includes	O
everything	O
needed	O
to	O
run	O
WebGUI	B-Language
,	O
excepting	O
some	O
Perl	B-Language
modules	O
that	O
versions	O
of	O
WebGUI	B-Language
released	O
after	O
the	O
WRE	O
may	O
require	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WRE	O
is	O
pre-compiled	O
by	O
Plain	O
Black	O
for	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
supported	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
submit	O
WRE	O
binaries	B-Application
for	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
requirements	O
,	O
the	O
WRE	O
includes	O
tools	O
to	O
administer	O
WebGUI	B-Language
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
0.8	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
WRE	O
introduced	O
the	O
WRE	O
Console	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
tool	O
(	O
viewed	O
with	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
)	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
manage	O
WebGUI	B-Language
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gooey	O
,	O
the	O
purple	O
octopus	O
is	O
the	O
mascot	O
of	O
WebGUI	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2019	O
review	O
by	O
staff	O
at	O
Business.com	O
noted	O
WebGUI	B-Language
's	O
collaboration	O
features	O
and	O
community	O
support	O
as	O
among	O
its	O
useful	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
customize	O
each	O
user''s	O
interface	O
depending	O
on	O
their	O
skill	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
