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Flat file cms HamsterCMS is the world's smallest and very simple multi-template flatfile PHP content management system
https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS

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Flat file cms HamsterCMS is the world's smallest and very simple multi-template flatfile PHP content management system

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[HamsterCMS is the world's smallest and very simple multi-template flatfile content management system.](http://old.net.eu.org/)



    No database required!

    You only need one file to work!

    Works on PHP 8 without preinstalled frameworks

    Just copy the files to the server (or hosting). No settings needed.

    Perfect for a simple home page.

    Multi-page or blog function

    The hamster works very quickly.

    The hamster code is simple and clear!

    Open source and free!

    Multi-template

    Easy to adapt templates.

      

  



### appearance of the main page

![this is what cms looks like](https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS/blob/master/image.png)



### appearance of the admin panel

![this is what cms looks like](https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS/blob/master/adminpanel.png)



admin panel (**login password**)



**The new script works under PHP 8. 

the visual editor has been redesigned, now there are 5 additional functions, and 17 fonts are available

There is a button to log out of the session.

The buttons have become more beautiful and more convenient to use

multi-templates and working with templates from the admin panel.

You can assign your own template to each page. 

adapting templates has now become even easier

but for convenience, dozens of templates are already available for download**



What is all this for?



The script is intended for people who are not knowledgeable in programming 

and who want to quickly create a home page on the Internet



this script is an example of how websites should be made, as I see it, 

how it should be. all these thick frameworks, a bunch of 

additional languages, various hundred-megabyte hipster crafts 

just to deploy an editable home page? - this is not about this script.



This script is also useful for training, the simple code allows for this.

The script is suitable for adherents of old technologies, for ascetic users, 

downgraders, lovers of retro computers and computer equipment,

who want to create a quick, simple, and beautiful home page, or multi-page.



tests showed that the site on this template launched on a 386 computer 

with 16 MHz and 8 RAM under Windows 95 (it will also launch under 3.11 

if Internet Explorer 5 is installed), and specifically on this engine 

it is easily opened by browsers under DOS, and the content is edited 

through the admin panel. On the hamster website there are many templates 

for downloading that will work correctly in the **Links browser under DOS**



some tests: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=22015



in general, for minimalists this is what you need



    Now a little description of this particular template.

as you can see, it is a little similar to the Windows 95 interface, 

made in HTML4 without frameworks and add-ons that could work 

with very old browsers from the 90s 

(will work in IE5 since it has support for UTF8).



For the script to work, you only need free hosting with support for PHP 8.*

copy the files as is to the hosting, open, check - it works.



go to the admin panel **admin.php**, enter your 

login and password (login password), select open the file at the top, edit, save.

Don’t forget to also change your login and password by 

editing the admin.php file, the name of which can also be changed, 

this will not affect performance.



The admin panel (**login password** by default) can be renamed, this does not affect the functionality.

an admin panel is not necessarily needed on hosting; you can use any text editor, or if you don’t plan to edit pages anymore, remove this file from the folder.



The templates inside the archive (there are several of them) make it clear how exactly you can layout for HamsterCMS. the simplest example is the **Plain** template in which we can see two important lines, namely [[NAVIGATION]] which is responsible for the navigation, and [[CONTENTS]] which is responsible for the content of your page. you can also create a footer.txt and write [[footer.txt]] in the template below, which will pull the contents of your footer from your text file, so another block will appear on the site. You can create a great variety of blocks. if you have a two-column template, you can create several submenus with news or widgets. this way you can easily make up any template downloaded from the Internet, or adapt one drawn by hand.



in this update there is an option to expand the blog so that the blog is displayed - on the desired page in any place you need, 

insert the structure [[BLOG_CONTENT]]



blog pages are saved in the blog folder, and you can also assign each its own template



### Pay attention to the new templates for CMS:



### MS DOS template for HamsterCMS

![this is what theme looks like](https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_author-s_DOS_template/blob/main/dos_screenshot.png)



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_author-s_DOS_template



HamsterCMS is not only for old templates, the following examples are proof of this. 

adapted templates for bootstrap, with which you can deploy a landing page



### HamsterCMS_Echoes_Bootstrap_theme

![this is what theme looks like](https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Echoes_Bootstrap_theme/blob/main/example.png)



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Echoes_Bootstrap_theme



### HamsterCMS simple landing theme

![this is what theme looks like](https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_simple_landing_theme/blob/main/screenshot.png)



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_simple_landing_theme



# quark theme for HamsterCMS 

![this is what theme looks like](https://github.com/turboblack/quark_theme_for_HamsterCMS/blob/main/quark.png)



https://github.com/turboblack/quark_theme_for_HamsterCMS



Quark theme for HamsterCMS adapted for DOS LINKS browser



# HamsterCMS 0832 theme



Walking in my shoes



![this is what theme looks like](https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_0832_theme/blob/main/0832.png)



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_0832_theme



0832 theme for HamsterCMS adapted for old browsers    



# also other available templates

https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_ascii_yellow_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Eraseme_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Simple_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Somewhere_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Morpheus_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_nes_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Mars_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_creative_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Fallout_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_horror_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS-theme-pst-HTML4



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS-theme-night_city_light-HTML4



https://github.com/turboblack/parallax_HamsterCMS_TUF_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/texto_white_HamsterCMS_HTML4_theme



http://github.com/turboblack/DOS3_template_for_HamsterCMS



https://github.com/turboblack/DOS2_template_for_HamsterCMS



http://github.com/turboblack/DOS8_template_for_HamsterCMS



https://github.com/turboblack/Canvas_HamsterCMS_HTML5_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_Kitty_HTML4_theme



https://github.com/turboblack/DOS11_template_for_HamsterCMS



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS-HTML4-theme



https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS-MyPage-HTML4-theme



https://github.com/turboblack/extortionist-template-html4-for-HamsterCMS



                                                                         ***    P.S.   ***

                                                                

**if you have any ideas, or criticism, or want to help with the implementation - I will be very grateful.**



***I also suggest you familiarize yourself with my creative projects***



http://elpis.ws - zine about small web



https://drunkbook.oldcities.org - drunk book, indecent stories from the life of a fake person



**I invite you to visit the hosting that runs on this CMS**



http://w10.host



works with both old and new technologies, and backward compatible



Enjoy your use.



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**transfer to card https://send.monobank.ua/6hDcCqG3tc**



thank you for your attention