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AurixCMS - The Professional & Portable PHP/SQLite CMS

AurixCMS, the refreshingly simple, powerful, and portable PHP Content Management System designed to make your life easier. Built on the rock-solid foundation of PHP and the lightweight convenience of SQLite, AurixCMS offers a robust, secure, and hassle-free solution for managing your web content.
Whether you're a freelancer building client sites, a small business owner needing a professional online presence, or a blogger looking for a straightforward platform, AurixCMS is designed for you.

Why Choose AurixCMS?

✅ Unmatched Portability

Say Goodbye to Database Headaches! Powered by SQLite, your entire website content, settings, and all, is contained within a single database file. This means you can back up, restore, or even move your entire website to a new server by simply copying the files. No more complex database dumps and migrations!
✅ Robust Security is Our Priority

✅ All The Power You Need, None of The Bloat

AurixCMS strikes the perfect balance between features and performance. It's a lightweight system that loads quickly but comes packed with all the essential tools you need to run a modern website.
✅ Effortless Customization & Theming

Content Management:

• Posts: Full-featured article and blog post management.
• Pages: Create static pages with parent-child relationships.
• Categories: Organize your posts for easy navigation.
• Galleries: Create beautiful, sortable image galleries and embed them within post or display them as separate pages.

User Management & Profiles:

• Flexible User Roles (Admin, Editor, User).
• Optional user registration with email activation.
• Secure login and password management.
• Frontend user profiles where users can update their avatar, details, and view their comments.

Interactive Comment System:

Advanced SEO Tools:

• Custom Meta Descriptions & Robots tags for posts and pages.
• XML Sitemap generation for search engines.
• Robots.txt editor directly in the admin panel.
• Site-wide default meta settings and canonical URL support.

System & Settings:

• Intuitive admin panel to control every aspect of your site.
• Site Identity (logo, name, footer), Mail Configuration (PHP Mail, Mailgun), Ad Management, and more.
• Internationalization (I18n) support with simple JSON language files.

Developer Friendly:

• Clean and modular code.
• Clear separation of logic and presentation.
• A solid foundation for further custom development.

Technology Stack

• Backend: PHP (7.4+)
• Database: SQLite 3
• Frontend (Admin): HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
• Frontend (Theme): Standard HTML/CSS/JS. Easy to understand and modify.

What You Get

• Full AurixCMS Source Code
• Detailed README and Installation Guides
• License for use on a single domain

Content Management

• Powerful Post Management: Create, edit, publish, and delete blog posts or articles with a rich text editor (TinyMCE).
• Static Page Management: Easily manage static content like "About Us" or "Contact" pages, with support for hierarchical parent-child relationships.
• Category System: Organize your posts into unlimited categories for better site structure and navigation.
• Image Galleries: Create and manage beautiful image galleries. Easily upload, reorder images.

User & Community Management

• Role-Based Access Control: Pre-defined user roles (Admin, Editor, User) to manage permissions effectively.
• Full User Registration System: Allow users to register on your site, with optional email activation for account verification.
• Frontend User Profiles: Registered users get their own profile page to update their username, email, password, and upload a custom avatar.
• Comment System: Foster community engagement with a comment system
• Comment Moderation: Full control to approve, unapprove, or delete comments directly from the admin panel.
• Custom Avatars: Displays custom uploaded avatars.

Theming & Customization

• Install Themes via ZIP Upload: Effortlessly install new themes by uploading a ZIP file in the admin area.
• Live Theme Editor: Edit your theme's CSS files directly from the backend no FTP client needed.
• Visual Theme Color Customizer: Change your site’s main colors with a simple color picker in the admin panel.
• Widget Management: Easily activate, deactivate, and reorder sidebar widgets with a simple drag-and-drop interface.
• Simple PHP Template System: Themes are easy to understand and modify for developers.

SEO & Marketing

• Advanced SEO Controls: Set custom meta descriptions and robots tags (index/noindex, follow/nofollow) for each individual post and page.
• XML Sitemap Generation: Generate an sitemap.xml file with one click from Admin panel to help search engines discover your content.
• Robots.txt Editor: Edit your robots.txt file directly from the admin panel.
• Canonical URL Support: Helps prevent duplicate content issues by specifying the preferred version of a page.
• Ad Management System: Easily place ad snippets (like Google AdSense) in pre-defined locations on your site.

Security-First Architecture

• SQL Injection Prevention: Uses prepared statements for all database queries.
• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Protection: All user input is sanitized and output is escaped.
• CSRF Protection: All forms are protected with CSRF tokens to prevent unauthorized actions.
• Strong Password Hashing: Uses PHP's modern password_hash and password_verify functions.
• Rate Limiting: Protects against brute-force attacks on login, registration, and comment forms.
• Secure File Uploads: Validates MIME types and sanitizes filenames for all uploads.
• Automatic Access Blocker: Automatically secures sensitive directories from direct web access.

System & Core Features

• SQLite Database: Extremely portable! Back up or move your entire website by simply copying the files and the single database file.
• Easy Web Installer: A guided, step-by-step installation process gets you up and running in minutes.
• Comprehensive Settings Panel: Control everything from site identity, logos, and post settings to mail configuration and user registration rules.
• Internationalization (I18n): Ready for translation. Language can be changed via simple JSON files.
• Lightweight & Fast: Built to be efficient, avoiding the bloat of larger systems.

Server Requirements

To run AurixCMS smoothly, your server environment must meet the following minimum requirements:

• PHP Version: 7.2 or higher is recommended.
• Database: SQLite 3
• PHP Extensions:
  • pdo_sqlite (for database connectivity)
  • gd or imagick (for image processing, like creating thumbnails and handling uploads)
  • mbstring (for multi-byte string functions, essential for UTF-8 support)
  • json (for handling language files and theme configuration)
  • zip (for installing themes via ZIP upload)
• Web Server: Apache, Nginx, or any other web server that supports modern PHP versions.
• File System Permissions: The following directories must be writable by the web server for the CMS to function correctly (the installer will check this):
  • /aurixcms/acmsdata/ (or your chosen database path)
  • /aurixcms/data/uploads/
  • /aurixcms/core/ (specifically for config.php creation during installation)

Browser Requirements

• Admin Panel: A modern web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge is required for the best experience.
• Frontend: The default theme is responsive and compatible with all modern web browsers.

Installation Instructions

AurixCMS features a simple web-based installer that will have you up and running in minutes.

1. Upload Files - Unzip the product package and upload the contents of the aurixcms directory to your web server (e.g., into your public_html or www folder).
2. Run the Installer -