From 7511d1c26e98bbc9c5f78e1644248aa995324395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tenox Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 14:59:46 -0700 Subject: readme update --- README.md | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9bab314..cec26cb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ # WFM - Web File Manager WFM is a web file management application. It allows to perform regular file and folder operations such as upload, download, rename, delete files -and organize directory tree structure using standard web browser. The -application has an integrated GIT client using libgit2 library. It can -track and commit all file change operations in to a to a GIT repository. +and organize directory tree structure using standard web browser. Text files +can be edited directly in the browser. -The app allows editing small text files directly in the browser using textarea. -Since WFM lets you edit html and markdown documents over the web and has GIT -change control, you can think and use WFM as a small Content Management System (CMS). +An integrated GIT client can track and auto commit all file change operations +in to a to a GIT repository. + +WFM is most commonly used as a web front end for an FTP server. However since you +can edit html and markdown documents over the web and there is GIT backed +version control, you can think and use WFM as a small Content Management System (CMS). Unlike other similar appliactions, WFM is compatible with most modern and legacy web browsers dating back to Internet Explorer 1.5, Netscape 1.0 and @@ -24,11 +26,12 @@ or vintage / historical systems. ![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tenox7/wfm/master/screenshot.png "WFM Screenshot") ## History -The application begun its life in 1994 as a perl CGI script for CERN httpd +WFM begun its life around 1994 as a Perl CGI script for CERN httpd server to allow uploading and managing customer logs by field support -engineers over the web. Later rewritten in C language, when CGIC library and -Apache httpd were released. Up to 2015 WFM has been a closed source commercial -application, supported by a few companies. WFM is now released as open source. +engineers over the web and as a front end to FTP server. Later rewritten in +C language, when CGIC library and Apache httpd were released. Up to 2015 WFM +has been a closed source commercial application, supported by a few companies. +WFM is now released as open source. ## Installation -- cgit v1.2.3