Awesome Silverstripe CMS

Useful resources for Silverstripe Framework and CMS

Silverstripe CMS is an open source PHP framework for building web applications. It is a rapid development MVC framework that serves as a classic fully fledged CMS or as a headless CMS, which can be queried either via GraphQL or a custom API. Following the "Active Record" design pattern, you can easily extend the built-in functionality with a project specific data model.

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Contents

• Resources
  • Official Websites
  • Documentation & Tutorials
  • Blogs
  • Video Channels
  • Community
  • Conferences & Meetups
• Very Useful Modules
  • Module Listings
  • General Modules
  • I18N (Internationalisation)
  • Site Search
  • Development Helpers
  • Fancy Form Fields
• Tools
  • Management
  • IDE Plugins
  • Virtualisation

Resources

Official Websites

• www.silverstripe.org - Framework and CMS.
• www.silverstripe.com - Silverstripe Ltd., the company behind the CMS.

Documentation & Tutorials

• API Docs - Autogenerated API documentation.
• Technical Documentation - For developers. Explains all core concepts.
• Using the CMS - Documentation for end users how to use the core features.
• Silverstripe Lessons - Learn how to build a Silverstripe site step by step with a real-world project.
• Font reference - Built in icon font for backend usage.
• TinyMCE Configuration Examples For SS3 - Configuration examples for the HTMLEditorField.

Blogs

• Official Silverstripe Blog - News around Silverstripe CMS.
• SilverStrip.es - Useful findings of Silverstripe developers.

Video Channels

• Official StripeCon YouTube Channel - Talks of various StripeCon conferences.
• Official Silverstripe Vimeo Channel - Various videos from meetups and conferences.

Community

• Stack Overflow - Silverstripe related questions on Stack Overflow.
• Silverstripe User Slack - Community slack channel for instant help or hanging around with other developers.
  • Invitation to Silverstripe User Slack
• Forum - Official forum for asking questions or discussing.

Conferences & Meetups

• European Silverstripe Conference - Every year in another country.
• Meetups - A list of Silverstripe related Meetups.

Very Useful Modules

Module Listings

• SS Addons: Themes and Modules - The official module registry.
• SSMods: Detailed Module Search - Alternative module search.
• Most Used Modules - Shows which modules are downloaded most.
• Silverstripe Recipes on Packagist - Preconfigured sets of modules for different kind of projects.

General Modules

• Multiuser editing alert - Alerts users in the Silverstripe CMS when multiple people are editing the same page.

I18N (Internationalisation)

• Fluent - Multi-language translate module for Silverstripe, without having to manage separate site trees.
• Autotranslate - Creates automatic translations of fields using Google Translate API.

Site Search

• Silverstripe Searchable - Adds more complex site searching using the Silverstripe ORM. With dedicated templates for search results across multiple search objects.
• Searchable DataObjects - Fast and simple MySQL based search. Useful for single language sites.
• Fulltext Search - Full fledged search interface for Solr4.
• Fulltext Search Local Solr - Easy to install Solr4 instance for local development.
• Solr search - Interface for Solr search, supporting up to the latest Solr version. With submodules for e.g. transitioning from the "Fulltext Search" module, as well as subsite, fluent and others.

Development Helpers

• Debugbar - Shows debugging statistics in your browser.
• IdeAnnotator - Auto-generates class annotations on dev/build.
• Populate - Populate your database through YAML files.
• Mock DataObjects - Allows DataObjects to self-populate intelligently with fake data.
• Version Truncator - Automatically delete old SiteTree page versions.
• UserSwitcher - Adds a small form both in the frontend and backend to quickly login as any user.
• Masquerade - Allows an Administrator to "login" as another "Member". This can be useful for debugging and remote support.

Fancy Form Fields

• Markdown Field - Can replace your HTMLEditorFields (using TinyMCE) so you can utilise Markdown syntax.
• Code Editor Field - Gives you a syntax-highlighted text area field - great for CMS-based YAML or HTML.

Tools

Management

• SSPak - Tool for managing bundles of db/assets from Silverstripe environments.
• SSPy - Python version of SSPak, that can handle assets more than 2GB.

IDE Plugins

• VSCode Silverstripe - Syntax highlighting for Silverstripe template files in VSCode.
• Jetbrains / PHPStorm Silverstripe Template Language Support - Syntax highlighting for Silverstripe template files.
• PHPStorm / Webstorm Live Templates - Shortcuts for adding various Silverstripe specific code snippets.

Virtualisation

Vagrant

There is no official box like Laravel has its homestead box. However, there are a few good boxes out there for Vagrant you could use:

• Twisted Bytes - Useful vagrant box with multiple PHP versions, MariaDB or PostgreSQL, mail catcher and much more.
• Twisted Bytes Box Templates - Useful templates for different development scenarios using the Twisted Bytes vagrant box.
• Laravel Homestead - Prepackaged box for local development.
• Scotchbox - Popular LAMP/LEMP stack for local development.
• Zauberfisch Vagrant Boxes - Preconfigured Vagrant boxes for SS3 and SS4.

Docker

• brettt89/silverstripe-web - Apache + PHP Docker image with pre-installed PHP modules for SilverStripe support.
• brettt89/sspak - SSPak Docker image.
• brettt89/silverstripe-solr-cwp - CWP Solr Docker image.