About smartsites-editor-platform

The Smartsites Editor Platform (SEP) is an open-source full-stack platform for creating, publishing, and managing dynamic website content with zero code.

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Smartsites Editor Platform

Warning: This project is currently under active development. Certain features may not be functional or may be added/removed without warning. Documentation is ongoing.

Introduction

The Smartsites Editor Platform (SEP) is an open-source full-stack platform for creating, publishing, and managing dynamic website content with zero code. Demo

Features

Self-Hosted and Open-Source

The project is fully open-source and self-hostable.

Content Management System (CMS)

Provides a complete Content Management System solution that allows you to easily create, edit, and publish pages to your site.

Easily upload static media and files to be served on your site.

Drag-and-Drop Page Editor (WYSIWYG)

The page editor allows you to easily edit and add content to your site with live preview. Just drag-and-drop components onto the page. What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG).

Powerful Dashboard Analytics

The dashboard provides powerful analytics for your website.

Track the number of visitors to your site.

Getting Started

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Install Docker

To get started, you will need to have Docker installed.

If you are running Windows, you can install with WinGet:

winget install Docker.DockerDesktop

Running the project

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/MartinMarwad/smartsites-editor-platform

Build the docker image:
```
make build
```
Run the docker image:

To run the image in development mode:
```
make up
```
To run the image in production mode:
```
make up.prod
```

Open the browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/admin/. The default username is admin and the default password is password.

To stop the container:

make down

Community

Join the community:

For live chat/support: Discord Server
For general discussions: GitHub Discussions
For bug reports or issues: GitHub Issue Tracker

Technologies Used

General:
- Docker: Provides core the development/deployment environment.
React Frontend:
- MUI: Frontend Material Design themed UI framework.
- React Admin: Provides the frontend admin.
- React Router: Provides client side URL routing.
- Craft.js: Provides the core drag-and-drop functionality of Smartsites.
Django Backend:
- Whitenoise: Provides static/media file serving within Python.
- Django CRA Helper: Provides useful integration between Django and React.
- Django Rest Framework: Provides a RESTful API for the React frontend to consume.
  - SimpleJWT: Provides JSON Web Token authentication for the Django Rest Framework.
- Django DB Logger: Allows saving logging messages into the database.
- Django Dynamic Preferences: Allows us to save and store global site settings.

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