README

A starter project for Mini CMS — a template-first CMS built as an aspect on the Mini PHP framework.

Quick start

composer create-project fubber/mini-cms-starter my-site
cd my-site
php -S localhost:8899 -t html html/index.php

Open http://localhost:8899 in your browser. Log in at /login to access the admin panel and inline editing.

What's included

This starter ships a documentation site that doubles as a working example. It demonstrates:

• Page routing via _content/routes.php
• Template inheritance with $this->extend() and $this->block()
• Inline-editable content with cms_text(), cms_html(), and cms_image()
• Reusable partials with cms_partial()
• Context-aware content storage on the filesystem

Project structure

_content/       Routes, models, site config, and content files (JSON/HTML)
_views/         PHP templates — override any CMS default file-by-file
_static/        Public static assets (CSS, images)
_routes/        Custom route handlers (filesystem-based routing)
html/           Web server document root
bootstrap.php   App bootstrap (loaded via Composer autoload)

Making a new page

1. Add a route in _content/routes.php:

   '/about' => new Page('pages/about', title: 'About'),

2. Create the view at _views/pages/about.php:

   <?php $this->extend(); ?>
   <?php $this->block('title', 'About'); ?>
   <?php $this->block('content'); ?>
       <?= cms_text('heading', 'Heading', 1, 'About Us', 'h1') ?>
       <?= cms_html('body', 'Body', 2, '<p>Tell your story here.</p>') ?>
   <?php $this->end(); ?>

Content is stored as files in _content/ — version it with git, edit it from the admin panel, or modify it directly on disk.

Links

• Mini CMS — the CMS aspect
• Mini framework — the underlying PHP framework