- 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.
- 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.
- Download the project in that folder
- Run
composer installto add depencencies and generate autoload files - Access /install.php to create database and insert dummy data.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plugins should be placed in the
_plugfolder - Each plug-in has an init file and two folders, action and display
- Themes are being kept in the
web/schemesfolder.
- Test with flat files, SQLite, PostgreSQL
- Import pages from document files
- Build more plug-ins, more themes.
