code ignited cms

I have been working with codeigniter for a little less then two months now and I am just about to fully appreciate all the functionality this frame work has to offer. Setting aside the fact that it has made a much better PHP developer of me, it also allows me to take up much larger tasks on my own. It is amazing really. Anyway. What I do want to write about is a one month production that is slowly coming to an end. Well a beta alpha version is around the corner in any case. Essentially I was looking to develop a generic CMS that would allow me to easily deploy small and large sites more quickly.

I tried several premade versions. Joomla and Drupal are just scary for any client that I’d want to take over his site quickly. And Silverstripe…well silverstripe I am still developing myself in. So until I fully know my way around it, I will be sticking to what I know.

So I created a basic structure that allows easy deployment of a site with an integrated Section and page management. I also added a function to add multiple file types. These file types can be modified and extended. The interface already allows the administrator

The following remains before I will post the source code here:

- Integration of tinyMCE for better content editing (rich text etc)
- function to easily create internal links
- multiple admin-levels
- visual management of attached files

The first site that I will use to test this system will be clinique-shanti.com