What's this?

• A starting point, a flexible light base for plain websites, where a more complex solution is not justified.
• It relies on Composer, PDO, Twig, PHPMailer, Parsedown, Bootstrap, Lightbox, jQuery
• The main configuration is stored in one file. All the content is stored in the database, in a single table.
• The project can be easily extended with new plugins and themes by following the existing structure and logic.

Usage

Install

Prerequisites:

• Some basic understanding of the used technologies
• Have a domain name in place pointing to a public folder inside your web server
• Have Apache, Mysql and PHP 7+ installed.

Then:

• Download the project in that folder
• Run composer install to add depencencies and generate autoload files
• Access /install.php to create database and insert dummy data.

Configure

The config file lets you define:

• A name for the website, a slogan, an app key
• The backend entrance path, an admin username and a pass
• A SMTP server for contact us forms
• The modules to include
• The theme to be used
• The navigation tree (pages and menus)
• The database connection.

Manage

The content(pages) can be managed using the backend interface:

• At this point there is one basic page type which can be easily become a photo album, a catalog list or a blog entry by adding the right elements to it (catalog list, contact form, comments box, publishing date, featured image, thumbnails list).
• Page slugs are not automatically generated!
• Paths are an important piece, as on front side they are used to identify the requested page and its relation with other pages. The only rule for a page to be displayed is to use the same paths as defined in the configuration file.
• The body of the page can contain both Markdown and HTML. Use your prefered external editor to format this part before adding it to the page.
• Distinct meta descripton and keywords can be added for each page.

Extend

• Plugins should be placed in the _plug folder
• Each plug-in has an init file and two folders, action and display
• Themes are being kept in the web/schemes folder.

What's next? (TODO)

• Test with flat files, SQLite, PostgreSQL
• Import pages from document files
• Build more plug-ins, more themes.

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