Skeleton: flat file CMS

Greg - Skeleton looks like a great alternative CMS for simple sites. Thanks for sharing it!

I have a stupid coding question. I have a WOS Portable server on a USB stick for testing, and have used it to try out many CMS systems. I put Skeleton on it, and have a root/base/url problem that I don’t understand. When I pull up the Skeleton page, all the internal urls (css, links, etc.) are wrong, in form like this:

Templating 101

My USB stick is F. Obviously, I need to change the root directory code somehow. I’m guessing I need to modify this code at the top of /skeleton/index.php:

// THIS is the root directory
define(’ROOT’, getcwd());

// make some URL’s
$url = new stdClass();
$url->root = ROOT;
$url->base = ‘http://’ . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . str_replace($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], ”, ROOT);
$url->theme = $url->base . ‘/theme’;

But I don’t know how to do it. Any suggestions?

That link form is like this:
http://localhostF:\wosportableSE\www\skeleton/docs/templating

Is it possible that link is faulty? It right-click downloaded as a zip file (path_auto.zip), but both 7zip and TugZip say it is corrupt. Left-clicking on the link brings me to a page on your website. Sorry for the trouble.

Perhaps this will tell you something about my install:
I browse to (I removed the http prefix): localhost/skeleton/

All the internal links come up like this:
(I removed the http-colon so your site doesn’t autocode this line)

localhostF:\wosportableSE\www\skeleton/theme/reset.css

Thanks.

Hello,

I must say this looks really promising. I’ve downloaded it and attempted to use it, but I am yet to completely understand the way it works, and right now I think it’s above my league. I think one way to make it easier to understand would be to pose some practical uses.

I really like the way CushyCMS works (I’ve checked it out after your blog post), but it lacks some things to me… First being able to install it on my own server as back-end site administration tool, that’d be really useful (this is where their business is though, with webdesigners having custom styling and paying for it). Second it misses the option for repeating patterns of blocks of code, which would be useful in for example a news page (bringing along obvious problems though).

So skeleton as a CMS system sounds great, but I don’t understand how it works so far.

Hello Greg,

I don’t really have any specific questions. What I was wondering was why would you use skeleton over a normal file configuration, in other words, I simply don’t understand the purpose. By reading through the documentation already in it, I feel like it’s a really powerful tool though and thus want to understand how it works, which will be a lot easier with some usage examples.

Anyway, I really like your blog, and will be checking here frequently!

I’m looking forward to your example site!