CI4 CMS Admin/Front System

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Install

• rename admin/Config/App-dist.php to App.php.
• rename catalog/Config/App-dist.php to App.php.
• rename env to .env
• run the installation wizard
• remove the install directory once done

Description

• the system could be extended to create CMS or even a shopping cart

Before we kick off Please respect the MVC Framework and don't alter the core files.

Server Requirements

• PHP version 7.2 or newer with the intl extension and mbstring extension installed.
• MySQL (5.1+) via the MySQLi driver
• PostgreSQL via the Postgre driver
• SQLite3 via the SQLite3 driver
• libcurl for CURLRequest
• intl extension to be loaded

For Developers.

• Extensions Development for both Admin/Catalog: Extensions are helper files that extend the core funcionality of the system. They could be designed for Admin or Catalog.

1. start from the Admin\Controllers\Extension.
2. create your first extension controller file which will act as a masetr controller for the new extension.
3. you may follow the same hirarchy for the already installed extension for EX: wallet.php.
4. put lang/view files and view file in their respective location.
5. if you want to alter DB with new Tables use forge class, check Admin\Models\Extension/BidModel.php.

$forge = \Config\Database::forge();
 $fields = [
   'bid_id' => [
     'type'       => 'INT',
     'constraint' => '11',
   ],
$forge->addField($fields);
$forge->addPrimaryKey('bid_id');
$forge->createTable('bids', true);

7. after finishing the primary extension files, head over to Admin\Extensions and create child extensions to serve the extension purpose, you will find examples there for a good start.
8. once children created with the same flow head over to the Admin Panel menu and install the extension.
9. to call the extension in Catalog, create your MVC files in Catalog\Controllers\Extensions.

$extensionModel = new \Catalog\Models\Setting\ExtensionModel();
$blog = $extensionModel->getExtensions('blog');

- Important Note, you might encounter issues with lang vars, 
- since no lang data vars are needed in controller.
- therfore you have to alter the Config/Routes.php following the same rules for 
- correct routing.

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• Modules Development for both Catalog: Modules Are created to extend the Theme layout like adding information boxes to Layout parts After creating a module it must be assigned to template layout from the design menu otherwise they won't be visible to the frontend

1. Modules, unlike Extensions, require less work.
2. start from the Admin\Controllers\Modules.
3. create your first controller, a good start will be checking Account.php.
4. put lang/view files and view files in their respective location.
5. install your module from Extensions Module
6. Assign the Module to Layout from Design->layout and the Module will be called automatically from their respective layout

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