Statalike

A Static content plugin for CakePHP using Markdown-formatted text files. Very similar to the content implementation of the Statamic CMS.

Installation

Copy plugin folder into the app/Plugin directory

Configuration

Database Setup

You may need to run this command in the Cake console to create the table for cached Statalike content

cake schema create --plugin Statalike

Configuration

Set up Statalike's content folder location in app/Config/bootstrap.php:

/* Statalike Configuration */
Configure::write('Statalike.content_folder', APP.'/View/Content/_content/');

Route Setup

Set up your routes for content. There are a few different ways to configure Statalike:

Statalike as a Fallback

To use for all content that isn't a controller set it as the last entry, before the CakePHP default routes. Statalike will return a NotFoundException if the content doesn't exist in your content folder.

/* Content Routing using Statalike Plugin */
Router::connect('/**', array('plugin' => 'Statalike', 'controller' => 'content', 'action' => 'display'));

Statalike for Specific Content

You can also route to to only specific pages

Router::connect('/', array('plugin' => 'Statalike', 'controller' => 'content', 'action' => 'display', 'page'));

The final 'page' variable above is the slug of the content you want to display.

View Files

Create custom views for your content by creating the folders below inside your Cake project:

• app/View/Plugin/
  • Statalike
    • Content
      • view.ctp
      • view2.ctp
    • Layouts
      • layout.ctp
      • layout2.ctp

You can then set custom variables in your page's YAML frontmatter to choose the layout or view using:

_cake_layout: layout
_cake_view: view

Use Project Layouts

To use your site's layouts, create a layout file containing a PHP require() method call for the layout you want to use. This is created in the app/View/Plugin/Statalike/Layouts/ folder:

<?php 

// Use the default layout
require(ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.'/View/Layouts/default.ctp');

?>