» What is webSPELL
webSPELL is a free Content Management System which was especially developed for the needs of esport related communities.
The purpose of the system is to offer a professional and free opportunity to create and administrate your own website in an easy and optimized way. Aided by a high usability and a multitude of available modules in conjunction with an easy understandable template system it allows a full customisation to individual needs. With the integrated user-controllable language system webSPELL is a brilliant choice for any esports related international web project.
Since a short while we are also offering an optimized and enhanced webSPELL version for the special requirements of non-profit organisations. The purpose of both systems is to offer a professional and free opportunity to create and administrate your own website in an easy and optimized way.
Get a first impression of the system at our demo.
Get the webSPELL CMS for free at our download section.
Help and support is available at our support page.
A possibility for the exchange of user experiences is available via our forums.
» The webSPELL Clanpackage
webSPELL was developed and distributed as a commercial system by Michael Gruber till version 3.1. In the year 2005 Florian Siegmund took over the webSPELL project and founded the current development team. With version 4 webSPELL became opensource and was released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Since the release of version 4 webSPELL has evolved to the leading and most known content management system for esport related web projects and powers tenthousands of internet pages all over the world.
» Changelog
### webspell 4.2.2a ( 2010-02-28 ) rev.428 (new svn server)
* (all or a lot of files/folders):
- changed copyright notice
* _functions.php:
- performance optimizations
- check ban expiring every hour instead of every day
- fixed ban removement
- added usage of $GLOBALS['ip']
- fixed url/email validation
* _settings.php:
- security fix: added usage of security_slashes($_REQUEST)
* admin/boards.php:
- fixed removing of shadow topics on board deletions
* admin/languages/*/squads.php:
- removed unused language keys
* admin/page_statistics.php:
- removed E_STRICT/E_DEPRECATED error
- fixed query failed, if db name contains special characters
- fixed display of all tables
* admin/squads.php:
- removed size limitations for squad pics/icons
- using IMAGETYPE constants instead of their values
* admin/users.php:
- replaced mysql_query with safe_query
* articles.php:
- replaced mysql_query with safe_query
* asearch.php:
- security fix: fixed sql injection possibility
- limited template usage
* awards.php:
- fixed save edit when the user is clanwaradmin or newsadmin
* calendar.php:
- removed double load of language files
- fixed empty lines in the calendar
* clanwars_details.php:
- security fix: enforced integer type on cwID
- fixed information when no screenshot is available
* comments.php:
- added usage of $GLOBALS['ip']
* contact.php:
- security fix: fixed possibility to send messages to any email addresses
- added usage of $GLOBALS['ip']
* counter_stats.php:
- fixed max width of counter entry
* forum.php:
- removed double load of language files
- removed double declared counter variable
* forum_topic.php:
- fixed forum ranks
- fixed sticky topic feature
- fixed posibility to edit topics without headline/content
* guestbook.php:
- added usage of $GLOBALS['ip']
* index.php:
- removed mysql debug information
* install/index.php:
- removed unused code
- removed unused language keys
* install/functions.php:
- fixed wrong default website title
* install/languages/*/index.php
- removed unused language keys
* install/languages/fr/*:
- removed BOM
* install/step*.php:
- removed language selection flags
- fixed alignment of steps
* install/step01.php:
- replaced character > with >
* install/step03.php:
- replaced character > with >
* install/style.css:
- fixed alignment of steps
* js/bbcode.js:
- added additional special characters to the bbcode checkers searchregexp
- translated comments
* languages/*/contact.php:
- security fix: fixed possibility to send messages to any email addresses
* languages/*/latesttopics.php:
- added language variables
* languages/*/rating.php:
- fixed rating error messages
* languages/*/register.php:
- fixed possibility to register if you are allready logged in
- added language variables
* languages/de/countries.php:
- fixed spelling
* languages/nl/contact.php:
- fixed spelling
* languages/nl/whoisonline.php:
- fixed spelling
* languages/uk/articles.php:
- fixed spelling
* languages/uk/counter.php:
- fixed spelling
* languages/uk/register.php:
- fixed spelling
* latesttopics.php:
- added language variables
* myprofile.php:
- fixed default language selection
* news.php:
- fixed news headlines if they contain a username
* out.php:
- fixed adding of "http://"
* partners.php:
- added possibility of text partners instead of images only
* profile.php:
- added usage of $GLOBALS['ip']
- replaced mysql_query with safe_query
- fixed user ranks
* rating.php:
- fixed rating error messages
* register.php:
- fixed possibility to register if you are allready logged in
- added language variables
* sc_headlines.php:
- fixed rubric usage
* search.php:
- added strtolower to article title tests
* shoutbox_content.php:
- security fix: fixed sql injection possibility
- added usage of $GLOBALS['ip']
* sponsors.php:
- fixed adding of "http://"
- fixed redirection
* src/func/bbcode.php:
- fixed img tag replace
- fixed png image info
- fixed disabling of img resizing
- added form tag to htmlml
* src/seo.php:
- fixed page title for server.php
* templates/addbbcode.html:
- fixed selectors
* templates/comments_add_visitor.html:
- added id="post" to the form tag
* templates/sc_partners.html:
- added possibility of text partners instead of images only
* version.php:
- raised version numbering
### webspell 4.2.1a ( 2009-07-29 ) rev.3483
* (all or a lot of files/folders):
- removed the usage of the deprecated ereg() function
- replaced url and email validator code parts with the new validator functions
- code cleanups
* _functions.php:
- added url validator function
- added email validator function
* _settings.php:
- added new global variable $insertlinks
* _stylesheet.css:
- added css class for list bbcode
* admin/admincenter.php:
- missing added
* admin/gallery.php:
- fixed png support
* admin/filecategorys.php:
- fixed deletion of subcategories and files in it on deletion of a category
* admin/group-users.php:
- changed group user management to an ajax solution
- fixed paging
* admin/languages/de/imprint.php:
- spelling corrections
* admin/languages/de/partners.php:
- spelling corrections
* admin/languages/hu/*:
- added hungarian language files
* admin/languages/it/*:
- added italian languages files
* admin/languages/uk/partners.php:
- spelling corrections
* admin/lock.php:
- fixed wrong time format
* admin/overview.php:
- fixed error log status coloring
* admin/visitor_statistic.php:
- replaced hardcoded strings with language variables
* awards.php:
- security fixed: secured page, sort and type parameters
* calendar.php:
- fixed problems when the counter was included before the calendar
* challenge.php:
- security fixed: secured sort parameter
* clanwars.php:
- removed old debug code
- removed double