AlphaCMS Engine (www)

AlphaCMS is a modular PHP CMS/social-platform engine focused on community features, user-generated content, and classic web-hosting compatibility.
The codebase includes a built-in installer, modular feature packages, and an admin panel for configuration and moderation.

What This Engine Provides

• User accounts, profiles, and authentication flows
• Content modules: blogs, forum, communities, photos, videos, music, files
• Comments, likes, subscriptions, notifications, private interactions
• Admin panel for site settings, access control, moderation, and logs
• Built-in multilingual foundations (system/languages)
• Theme/version-based frontend layouts (style/version)

Tech Overview

• Language: PHP (legacy architecture, procedural + utility classes)
• Database: MySQL/MariaDB (schema scripts in install/tables)
• Runtime pattern: central bootstrap via system/connections/*
• Autoloading: simple class autoload from system/PHP-classes
• Configuration: INI-based settings (system/config/global/settings.ini)

Minimum Requirements

• PHP 7.2 or 7.3 (installer enforces this range)
• MySQL/MariaDB database
• Web server with PHP support (Apache/Nginx + PHP-FPM, shared hosting, etc.)
• Write permissions for upload/runtime directories as required by installer

Installation

1. Upload project files to your web root.
2. Create an empty MySQL/MariaDB database.
3. Open https://your-domain/install/.
4. Complete installer steps (DB credentials, base settings, tables import).
5. Remove or restrict /install/ after successful setup.

The engine redirects to /install/ when installation is not completed.

Project Structure

• main/ - homepage entry and main page components
• modules/ - feature modules (forum, blogs, media, communities, etc.)
• users/ - user account, settings, and personal sections
• panel/ - administration and moderation interface
• system/ - core bootstrap, config loading, functions, classes, language
• install/ - web installer and SQL schema files
• files/ - uploaded/static file handling and receivers
• style/ - frontend themes and layout variants

Core Flow (High Level)

1. Global config is loaded from system/connections/global/config.php.
2. Core connections initialize session, constants, DB settings, and globals.
3. Function libraries and classes are loaded from system/functions and system/PHP-classes.
4. Page handlers render through header/footer wrappers (acms_header, acms_footer).
5. Modules are included conditionally based on configuration and routing parameters.

Security Notes for Production

• Disable verbose interpreter error output in production (INTERPRETATOR=0).
• Protect system/config/* from public access.
• Restrict executable permissions in upload directories.
• Enforce HTTPS and secure cookie/session settings at server level.
• Keep backups of DB and uploaded files.

Maintenance Tips

• Keep changes modular: prefer editing module/plugin files over core bootstrap files.
• Document customizations to simplify future merges and updates.
• Validate permissions after deployment and after hosting migrations.

License and Support

This repository contains the AlphaCMS engine source used by the project.
For project-specific legal terms, support contacts, and distribution policy, use your internal or official project documentation.