Dropplets v2.2

Get Going:

1. Clone this repo
2. Open a shell and navigate to the cloned repo
3. Run the following command git submodule update --init --recursive
4. Upload folder to hosting server or run locally with XAMPP
5. Navigate to the URL of your host https://(your url)/settings
6. Configure settings and click Create Your Blog

Manage Your Blog:

Go to https://(your url)/dashboard and all of the site options will be available.

Project Goals:

• 30 second install and setup
• Simple post publishing form
• Quick password-only access
• Database not required

Building Templates

Dropplets has two required files for templates:

• home.php is the page that lists the posts
• post.php is the page that displays a single post

There are a number of variables available for templates:

• $siteConfig is an array containing all of the site information
• $allPosts is an array containing all of the posts for page
• $page is the current page for pagination
• $limit is the number of posts to display per page
• $post is an array containing the data for one post