#Silex Blog

A blog engine powered with Silex and MongoDB in php

Check out the silex framework , by Fabien Potencier, author of Symfony,Twig,Simso,Pimple ... http://silex.sensiolabs.org

LIVE DEMO : http://silex-mongoblog.herokuapp.com/

ChangeLog

0.0.21 :

• server variable for database server is now SILEXPRESS_DBSERVER
• server variable for database name is now SILEXPRESS_DBNAME

this is a Silex showcase app written with php and Silex

Status : Work in progress

Author M.PARAISO , Paris, France, contact [email protected]

WHY ?

• help learn silex symfony
  • Symfony is the #1 php MVC framework,
  • Silex is a framework that allow direct integration with Symfony components but with a fastest learning curve.
• help learn MongoDB
  • MongoDB allows easy scaling of the database.
• create a wordpress like CMS
  • Most of clients are used to manage their content with a Wordpress like interface
  • this app will try to reproduce the best features of the wordpress CMS , like easy content management , easy template management , and easy plugin extension

features

• user management

  • sign in
  • sign out
  • register

• articles management

  • create , update , delete articles
  • comments
  • tags
  • articles support key,value metadatas

• Symfony modules :

  • security
  • session
  • monolog
  • form
  • config
  • translation
  • ...

• antispam integration +via Akismet

requires :

• PHP 5.3.*
• MongoDB driver for PHP
• a local or remote MongoDB database
• an apache server , the server or virtual host root must point to the public folder.
• composer for package management

Installation :

install with composer :

• php /path/to/composer/composer.phar install

• change the path of the autoloader.php in app/bootstrap.php to "../vendor/autoload.php" or wherever the vendor/autoload.php file is.

• use a local MongoDB server (localhost) , the name of the database is by default mongoblog OR set the envirronment variables on your server SILEXPRESS_DBSERVER and SILEXPRESS_DBNAME ( in a .htaccess file with SetEnv for instance ).

• get an askimet api key to deal with spammers and declare a envirronment variable called AKISMET_APIKEY

###TODO

• configuration support
• comment spam management
• category management
• pages management
• fully featured content editor
• content backup
• installation script
• RDBMS support
• embedded content support
• short code support
• templates support
• menu management

Silex based frameworks

• https://github.com/bobdenotter/bolt

other kitchen sink / boilerplate projects for silex :

• https://github.com/lyrixx/Silex-Kitchen-Edition
• https://github.com/litek/silex-skeleton
• https://github.com/fabpot/Silex-Skeleton
• https://github.com/vesparny/silex-simple-rest

get some help : [email protected]

please contribute , fork , refactor and make pull request ;)