Bitrix Site Manager is developed in PHP and can run on any UNIX or Windows platforms. MySQL, Oracle, Oracle XE, MSSQL or MSSQL Express can be used as a database backend.
Minimal technical requirements
- PHP 4.3 and higher. Generally, the system starting with the 4.1.6 version can work with PHP 5 as well. It is recommended to use the latest stable release of PHP.
The following PHP extensions are required:
- GD – image handling library;
- PHP XML – used by the update system;
- FreeType – required for CAPTCHA;
- Regular Expressions support;
- Zlib compression – required to decrease the amount of transferred data;
- PHP enabled web server:
- Apache (recommended) 1.3.x and higher. The system also runs successfully on Apache 2.x;
- MS IIS 5.0* or 6.0* is also supported;
- Database server support. One of the following database engines can be used on your site:
- MySQL version 4.0.18 and higher is recommended. To work with MySQL properly, the system requires the MySQL support for PHP to be installed;
- Oracle 9.0 and higher (or a stable release of Oracle XE) can be used. To fully support Oracle, the php_oci8.dll extension of PHP should be installed;
- MSSQL 2000 and higher (or MSSQL Express) can also be used. ODBS support should be provided to be able to install this database.
* For MS IIS PHP should be installed as ISAPI.
We recommend you to study the training course Installing and configuring Bitrix Site Manager.
All the site management tasks can be performed through the web-interface of any Internet browser (except when working with the HTML editor component, which requires Internet Explorer 5.5 and higher or Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or higher). Bitrix Site Manager supports the following standards:
- HTML/XHTML – the system places no restrictions on templates developed with HTML/XHTML;
- JavaScript – the system unconditionally supports the use of JavaScript in the site templates, menus and pages;
- AJAX – this technology is widely used in the Control Panel to speed up the system response and decrease server-to-client data traffic. The system places no restrictions on using AJAX in the public section;
- CSS can be used in the in site template design, public components, etc. The Control Panel features the use of visual themes: users can create their own custom visual themes through the cascading style sheets.
- Flash technology support is limited. You can use it as a part of the site template design, as advertising banners, as user input controls deliberately designed to interact with the system.
- RSS (versions 0.92 or 2.0) is used to exchange information between the Information Blocks and Blogs modules.
- CSV standard is used to exchange the information between the Information Blocks module and other systems.
Versions running on different databases have the same functionality and work with the same system kernel. The decision to use the MySQL, Oracle or MSSQL version of the product should be determined based on security needs, scalability, and expected site load.
Bitrix Site Manager (MySQL)
This is the most popular version of the product which satisfies needs of the most clients. It provides complete functionality, allows for increased productivity, and requires the least amount of deployment and hosting costs – all this at an optimal price.
For hosting of a site based on this version, any Unix host with PHP and MySQL can be used.
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Bitrix Site Manager (Oracle/Oracle XE)
An Oracle version of the Product has been developed for building sites and business Web-applications that require the highest level of security and scalability. This version is ideal for large companies, banks, and popular Internet resources. This version provides a perfect foundation for creating Web-based applications, CRM systems, and systems for managing partner relationships.
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is a free version of the fully functional Oracle database. The Oracle Database XE is built on the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 and is absolutely compatible with the Oracle Database family products including Oracle Standard Edition One, Oracle Standard Edition and Oracle Enterprise Edition. The Oracle Database XE works on both Linux and Windows operating systems and can be run on dual processor platforms, however it utilizes only one processor, 1Gb of RAM and supports databases as large as 4Gb in size.
The Oracle Database XE users can start with the Oracle basic edition and update it to more powerful editions of the Oracle Database 10g later when their requirements increase, without any modification.
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Bitrix Site Manager (MSSQL/MSSQL Express)
MSSQL version is a suitable solution for large companies, corporate portals and popular Internet resources. This version provides a perfect foundation for creating Web-based applications, CRM systems, and systems for managing partner relationships.
MS SQL Server is a full-featured data management and analysis solution aimed to provide the framework to create scalable e-commerce solutions, business applications and data storages. It empowers developers with the cutting-edge tools thus making product deployment faster yet ensuring its scalability. Bitrix Site Manager MSSQL editions support the well known MS SQL Server 2000, and MS SQL Server 2005 (including Express Edition).
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All commercial Product versions are delivered with the source code that, in addition to the documented API, allows for easy development and customization of the site by the organization's own staff.
Feel free to contact our specialists to receive any kind of technical support for installing and operating the Product on any OS platform.
Note that Zend Optimizer is needed only for installing the trial version of Bitrix Site Manager. The commercial version of the Bitrix Site Manager is delivered with open source code and there is no need to have Zend Optimizer installed. 
