PHP CMS

A custom CMS system created with PHP and MySQL. Admin users have access to CRUD functionality.

The CMS includes authentication where admins have a different view where they can:

• Manage other admins
• Edit content
• Add content
• Delete content

Technologies Used

• PHP
• MySQL

Installation

For setting this up on your local machine to work, you'll need to make sure you have MySQL available. Via the command line, use the following commands:

1. Login

mysql -u root -p

2. Create your database

CREATE DATABASE time_management;

3. Make sure the database was properly created

SHOW DATABASES;

4. Use the created database

USE time_management

5. For created user, grant all privileges

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON time_management.*
TO 'time_cms'@'localhost'
IDENTIFIED BY 'secretpassword';

6. Check privileges

SHOW GRANTS FOR 'time_cms'@'localhost';

7. Log out of MySQL with exit, then login with new user

mysql -u time_cms -p time_management

8. Create subject table

CREATE TABLE subjects (
 id INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 menu_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
 position INT(3) NOT NULL,
 visible TINYINT(1) NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

9. Populate table with placeholder data

INSERT INTO subjects (menu_name, position, visible) VALUES ('About', 1, 1);

INSERT INTO subjects (menu_name, position, visible) VALUES ('Products', 2, 1);

INSERT INTO subjects (menu_name, position, visible) VALUES ('Services', 3, 1);

INSERT INTO subjects (menu_name, position, visible) VALUES ('Misc', 4, 0);

10. Create pages table

CREATE TABLE pages ( id INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, subject_id INT(11) NOT NULL, menu_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, position INT(3) NOT NULL, visible TINYINT(1) NOT NULL, content TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (id), INDEX (subject_id) );

11. Populate pages with placeholder data

INSERT INTO pages (subject_id, menu_name, position, visible, content) VALUES (1, 'Our Mission', 1, 1, 'Our mission has always been...');

INSERT INTO pages (subject_id, menu_name, position, visible, content) VALUES (1, 'Our History', 2, 1, 'Founded a while ago.');

INSERT INTO pages (subject_id, menu_name, position, visible, content) VALUES (2, 'Tools', 1, 1, 'Helpful Tools for your time management.');

INSERT INTO pages (subject_id, menu_name, position, visible, content) VALUES (2, 'Resources', 2, 1, 'Articles to help you with your time management.');

INSERT INTO pages (subject_id, menu_name, position, visible, content) VALUES (3, 'Work Life Balance', 1, 1, 'Finding a work life balance is essential.');

INSERT INTO pages (subject_id, menu_name, position, visible, content) VALUES (3, 'Becoming More Productive', 2, 1, 'Help you find methods to keep you more motivated and productive.');

12. To view added data

SELECT * FROM pages

13. Create admin table

CREATE TABLE admins (
 id INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 username VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
 hashed_password VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (id)
);