Hello everyone, i wasn't sure where to post this, or if it was even allowed. This post is purely to tell everyone, that i am currently developing on a CMS that will be available for free.
Now, i am pretty sure this will confuse a few people here and there, but in short, a CMS is a Content Management System. It's intended for websites and websites only. The CMS will be available for free in the upcoming weeks. There's a version available right now, but it's so early in development that i DO NOT recommend anyone to download it.
What features will it have?:
Custom made Forums, with categories etc.
Profiles.
Steam API integration. (Working 100%)
Clans page.
Profile pages.
Community made designs. (You can sell your designs or make them free for the public.)
Support for various uMod/Oxide Plugins.
Server statistics (In Admin panel.)
Features that's MAYBE coming, but i am unsure.
Being able to send commands through the website for remote muting/banning.
Now you may think "Why do i need this?!"
Well let me tell you, whenever people click "View Webpage" or whatever that button says in the Rust game. The first thing they're gonna see is your website, you want it to be slick and clean and work just fine without any issues.
What i want to achieve with this piece of software is exactly that, an easy, free way to have a nice look on the web.
What am i using to help me develop this?
I am using MaterializeCSS as a bootstrap for the design of the website, however any type of bootstrap can be used if you choose to develop a design yourself.
I am using CodeIgniter for the behind parts of the software, CodeIgniter is a PHP Framework which has many security fixes etc. Also makes it easier for me to develop it, as there's many functions that's already been made before hand.
Do i have a demo?
I sure do! Check it out here
There's nothing much to it as of now, all you can do is really just login, and that's it. The news section also works as intended as of now.
Way more features is coming later and the ability to manage users accounts etc.
Hosting of this.
I personally recommend buying a webhost, this software should be able to run on cPanel, the demo is hosted on a cPanel server, and works as i intended it to work.
You can also pay me to host your website on one of my cPanel servers. I charge 8$ per month. You will have unlimited everything, though it will be managed by us, you will get a database assigned to your website and we will also configure it with your details. You can always request something like a support e-mail and we will set it up right away. You can also have your own domain along with it, we do host nameservers too.
- This will basically just support the software if you do decide to purchase it, and it will be the way for me to make an income out of it. It is not required but, i do recommend this plan if you do need some sort of hosting.
I don't recommend OVH's webhosting for this, as everytime i've tried to use CodeIgniter on their performance plan, it wouldn't work at all.
Where can you download the software itself?
You may always find the newest version of this CMS on our website: TurtleGaming
- It shall be noted that currently, it's a manual install process. There will be guides on our forum about how you can install it. But for now, there's no guides, will however come later.
This is solely for server owners and not others. It's not integrated with any plugin yet, but i do hope we get so far.
I am also looking for a server owner willing to let me play around with a few of their databases/servers, to test out some features later on. If this sounds interesting to you, please contact me on Discord. Babylon#8503.
- Please keep in might, it would be best if your DB was a bit populated so i can see how it all works.
I never had a server myself running Oxide, so therefore it's difficult for me to know what i'm getting into.
Server without Oxide will also be support.
Thanks for reading and i hope to see some positive comments about this, especially since i've never seen a CMS intended for Rust.
- Babylon :)
Now, i am pretty sure this will confuse a few people here and there, but in short, a CMS is a Content Management System. It's intended for websites and websites only. The CMS will be available for free in the upcoming weeks. There's a version available right now, but it's so early in development that i DO NOT recommend anyone to download it.
What features will it have?:
Custom made Forums, with categories etc.
Profiles.
Steam API integration. (Working 100%)
Clans page.
Profile pages.
Community made designs. (You can sell your designs or make them free for the public.)
Support for various uMod/Oxide Plugins.
Server statistics (In Admin panel.)
Features that's MAYBE coming, but i am unsure.
Being able to send commands through the website for remote muting/banning.
Now you may think "Why do i need this?!"
Well let me tell you, whenever people click "View Webpage" or whatever that button says in the Rust game. The first thing they're gonna see is your website, you want it to be slick and clean and work just fine without any issues.
What i want to achieve with this piece of software is exactly that, an easy, free way to have a nice look on the web.
What am i using to help me develop this?
I am using MaterializeCSS as a bootstrap for the design of the website, however any type of bootstrap can be used if you choose to develop a design yourself.
I am using CodeIgniter for the behind parts of the software, CodeIgniter is a PHP Framework which has many security fixes etc. Also makes it easier for me to develop it, as there's many functions that's already been made before hand.
Do i have a demo?
I sure do! Check it out here
There's nothing much to it as of now, all you can do is really just login, and that's it. The news section also works as intended as of now.
Way more features is coming later and the ability to manage users accounts etc.
Hosting of this.
I personally recommend buying a webhost, this software should be able to run on cPanel, the demo is hosted on a cPanel server, and works as i intended it to work.
You can also pay me to host your website on one of my cPanel servers. I charge 8$ per month. You will have unlimited everything, though it will be managed by us, you will get a database assigned to your website and we will also configure it with your details. You can always request something like a support e-mail and we will set it up right away. You can also have your own domain along with it, we do host nameservers too.
- This will basically just support the software if you do decide to purchase it, and it will be the way for me to make an income out of it. It is not required but, i do recommend this plan if you do need some sort of hosting.
I don't recommend OVH's webhosting for this, as everytime i've tried to use CodeIgniter on their performance plan, it wouldn't work at all.
Where can you download the software itself?
You may always find the newest version of this CMS on our website: TurtleGaming
- It shall be noted that currently, it's a manual install process. There will be guides on our forum about how you can install it. But for now, there's no guides, will however come later.
This is solely for server owners and not others. It's not integrated with any plugin yet, but i do hope we get so far.
I am also looking for a server owner willing to let me play around with a few of their databases/servers, to test out some features later on. If this sounds interesting to you, please contact me on Discord. Babylon#8503.
- Please keep in might, it would be best if your DB was a bit populated so i can see how it all works.
I never had a server myself running Oxide, so therefore it's difficult for me to know what i'm getting into.
Server without Oxide will also be support.
Thanks for reading and i hope to see some positive comments about this, especially since i've never seen a CMS intended for Rust.
- Babylon :)