FanPress CM News System version 5

The FanPress CM News System version 5 is a lightweight but powerful content management system for small and mid-size websites, especially blogs and such looking for a post management system in combination with static HTML.

Demo system

A small live demo system is available at https://area51.nobody-knows.org/fanpress4/.

• Username: preview
• Password: Preview2018_

Base Requirements

• FanPress CM 5.0: PHP 8.0 or better
• MySQL/ Maria DB 7 or Postgres 9.4
• complete requirements check will be performed during setup.

The inclusion into a website depends on how you use the system. An assistant for integration is provided. If you do it manually, here are further information:

PHP include

When using PHP include, first include the API file and create a new API object.

<?php include_once 'fanpress/fpcmapi.php'; ?>
<?php $api = new fpcmAPI(); ?>

The following functions are available:

• $api->showArticles(array $params): Display active articles, a single article or article archive in front end
  • $params is an array to further customize the out of the function
    • count: number of articles per page
    • category: select articles of a single category, default is 0
    • template: change used template to display articles in frontend
    • search: can be used to create search function for articles, only in content
• $api->showLatestNews(array $params): Display recent news list
  • $params is an array to further customize the out of the function
    • count: number of articles per page
    • category: select articles of a single category, default is 0
• $api->showPageNumber($divider): displays current page number.
  • divider: parameter for page descriptions like "Page XYZ"
• $api->showTitle($divider): displays article title in HTML <title>
  • divider: parameter for a separator of your text in <title>

A full list of additional functions can be found in our class documentation.

iframes

In case you are using iframes you have to call the controllers manually.

• your-domain.xyz/fanpress/index.php?module=fpcm/list
  • show all active articles
• your-domain.xyz/fanpress/index.php?module=fpcm/archive
  • show article archive
• your-domain.xyz/fanpress/index.php?module=fpcm/article&&id=A_DIGIT
  • show a single article with given id including comments
• your-domain.xyz/fanpress/index.php?module=fpcm/latest
  • show the latest news

RSS Feed

If you want to provide the RSS feed for your visitors, just create a link to your-domain.xyz/fanpress/index.php?module=fpcm/feed. The link does not depend on the way you're using FanPress CM.

Licence

FanPress CM 5 is provided under the GPL v3 and is free to use. Support is provided via GitHub.

Contribution

Any kind of contribution to general development (code, feature requests/ ideas), translation into various languages, testing and so on is greatly appreciated. Feel free to leave a message.