arclite.jpgHi, my first post is dedicated to Habari, the engine that powers this blog, and to the people that makes it possible.

Habari is an open source php based blogging system that uses a modern programming model and the core is very light weight. It has not yet the inmense amount of plugins and themes available to wordpress users but the list is increasing every day thanks to the extensibility of the object oriented architecture.

For me, wanting to learn the inner operation and architecture of the engine, the best way to get some introductory knowledge has been to adapt a Wordpress theme to Habari. Using other Habari themes as a reference, I have been able to make the correct API calls. Also, where the wordpress theme provides not so common features, I have been forced to browse the Habari sources to find the solution. It has been a good experience and one that I would recommend for anyone that wants to begin hacking Habari.

The result is the theme used in this site and the original wordpress theme is Arclite by digitalnature. I will release it shortly once I have fixed all the glitches that appear in the coming days.