Symkit Page Bundle

The Symkit Page Bundle provides a robust and flexible system for managing dynamic content pages and categories within your Symfony application. It integrates with the SymKit ecosystem: symkit/menu-bundle, symkit/metadata-bundle, symkit/form-bundle, symkit/crud-bundle, symkit/faq-bundle, symkit/search-bundle, and symkit/sitemap-bundle. Optional: symkit/routing-bundle for database-driven routes and symkit/media-bundle for OG images.

Features

• Dynamic Page Management: Create, edit, and publish pages with rich content.
• Categorization: Organize pages into hierarchical categories.
• SEO Optimized: Built-in support for meta titles, descriptions, and Open Graph images.
• Sitemap Integration: Automatically generates sitemap entries for published pages.
• Menu Integration: Link pages to specific menus and highlight active menu items automatically.
• Flexible Routing: Custom slug management with conflict resolution.
• Admin Interface: Ready-to-use CRUD controllers for Pages and Categories.

Installation

1. Require the Bundle

Add the bundle to your project's composer.json (assuming it's a local package):

"require": {
    "symkit/page-bundle": "@dev"
}

Then run:

composer update symkit/page-bundle

2. Register the Bundle

If not automatically registered by Flex, add it to config/bundles.php:

return [
    // ...
    Symkit\PageBundle\SymkitPageBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

3. Import Routes

Import the bundle routes in your application (e.g. config/routes.yaml):

symkit_page:
    resource: '@SymkitPageBundle/config/routes.yaml'
    prefix: /

You can change the prefix or omit it if you use a different structure.

4. Database Migration

The bundle includes Page and Category entities. Update your database schema:

php bin/console make-migration
php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate

Configuration

The bundle is fully configurable. All features can be enabled or disabled, and entity/repository classes can be overridden.

Reference

# config/packages/symkit_page.yaml
symkit_page:
    base_layout: "base.html.twig"

    # Override entity and repository classes (e.g. for custom fields or behavior)
    entity:
        page_class: Symkit\PageBundle\Entity\Page
        page_repository_class: Symkit\PageBundle\Repository\PageRepository
        category_class: Symkit\PageBundle\Entity\Category
        category_repository_class: Symkit\PageBundle\Repository\CategoryRepository

    # Enable/disable features
    front:
        enabled: true
        route_path: "/{slug}"
        route_name: page_show
        controller: Symkit\PageBundle\Controller\PageController
    admin:
        enabled: true
    sitemap:
        enabled: true
    search:
        enabled: true
    metadata:
        enabled: true

    layouts:
        simple:
            label: "Layout Simple"
            path: "@SymkitPage/layout/simple.html.twig"
        # ...

• entity: Replace with your own entity/repository classes when extending the bundle's models.
• front / admin / sitemap / search / metadata: Set enabled: false to disable the corresponding controllers, sitemap loader, search provider, or metadata (breadcrumbs, SEO populator).

Layouts

Pages can use different layouts. You define them in your application configuration:

symkit_page:
    base_layout: "website/layout/base.html.twig"
    layouts:
        default:
            label: "Layout Standard"
            path: "@SymkitPage/layout/content.html.twig"
        simple:
            label: "Layout Simple"
            path: "website/layout/simple.html.twig"
        with_toc:
            label: "Layout with Table of Contents"
            path: "website/layout/with_toc.html.twig"

Layout Inheritance (Bridge Pattern)

The bundle uses a "Bridge" architecture to remain generic while injecting bundle-specific logic (like TOC automation):

1. PageController renders @SymkitPage/layout/bridge.html.twig.
2. bridge.html.twig extends the layout variable (chosen in admin).
3. Your project Layouts (simple, with_toc, etc.) should extend the base_layout global variable.

This ensures that regardless of the layout chosen, the bundle can inject its Stimulus controllers and necessary attributes without hardcoding paths to your project templates.

Translations

All user-facing strings use the SymkitPageBundle translation domain. XLIFF files are shipped in the bundle's translations/ directory for en and fr. Override or extend them in your app:

• Copy keys into your translations/SymkitPageBundle.en.xlf (and .fr.xlf) to customize.
• Or replace the bundle's translations by placing files in translations/ with the same domain.

Constraint messages (e.g. validation.unique_route, validation.slug_pattern) use the same keys; ensure your validator translation domain includes them or override in validators.*.xlf if needed.

Dependencies

Suggested bundles (see composer.json suggest):

• symkit/crud-bundle: Admin CRUD interface.
• symkit/menu-bundle: Menu integration and active item highlight.
• symkit/metadata-bundle: SEO, JSON-LD and breadcrumbs.
• symkit/form-bundle: SlugType, FormSectionType and form theme.
• symkit/faq-bundle: FAQ blocks on pages.
• symkit/search-bundle: Global search (admin).
• symkit/sitemap-bundle: XML sitemap for pages.
• symkit/routing-bundle: Database-driven routes for pages (load routes with type: database in the host app).
• symkit/media-bundle: OG images and media picker (use the |media_url Twig filter in templates).

Usage

Managing Pages

Access the admin interface (typically at /admin/pages) to manage pages.

Fields:

• Title & Slug: define the page identity and URL.
• Content: Rich text content.
• Status: Draft or Published.
• Category: Group pages logically.
• SEO: Override meta title/description and set an OG Image.
• Menu Integration:
  • Sidebar Left Menu: Override the default sidebar for this specific page.
  • Active Menu: Specify which menu should be considered "active" when viewing this page.

Managing Categories

Categories allow you to group pages and define default behaviors (admin at /admin/categories).

Fields:

• Name & Slug: Identifier.
• Default Sidebar Menu: Set a default menu that will be displayed on the sidebar for all pages in this category (unless overridden by the page itself).

Frontend Rendering

To render a page, use the PageController; the route page_show is provided by the bundle (path /{slug} by default). Import the bundle routes as shown in Installation.

You can customize the templates by overriding them in templates/bundles/SymkitPageBundle/.

Default Template Structure:

• @SymkitPage/layout/bridge.html.twig: Main entry point (Bridge) that extends the selected layout.

Architecture & Services

• MetadataPopulator: Implements SymKit metadata-bundle populators: SEO (title, description, OG image) and JSON-LD FAQ schema when a page is viewed.
• PageBreadcrumbBuilder: Builds breadcrumbs from the page (Home, active menu path, current page) when the page is in request attributes.
• PageSitemapLoader: Feeds the sitemap generation process with published pages.
• PageRepository: Provides helper methods for fetching published pages.

Development

• Tests: make test runs unit tests by default. Run vendor/bin/phpunit (without group exclude) for the full suite including integration tests.
• Code style: make cs-fix (requires friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer in require-dev).
• Static analysis: make phpstan (requires phpstan/phpstan in require-dev).
• Full pipeline: make quality runs cs-check, phpstan, deptrac, lint, test and infection.

License

Private / Proprietary.