FLATCMS – The most simple cms there is
Turn any existing static website into a CMS content management system in a few minutes. Edit, upload, resize and manage images and files.
Features
FLATCMS can be used on a desktop, tablet or smartphone. Works with language files ( currently available English, Spanish, Italian, German and Dutch ). Create in minutes a cms for a client with static html files.
Technical
Uses Bootstrap, Optimal security (with brute force protection), xHTML valid sourcecode and the latest TinyMCE 5
Explanation
FLATCMS is one of the most simple Content Management System (CMS) there is. With FLATCMS the owner of a website can easily edit the content. This doesn’t require any knowlegde about websites or HTML.
You can install FLATCMS in any existing website or just use a html template. You provide the HTML-files with some editable region tags. FLATCMS will then know which parts it’s allowed to edit. It doesn’t matter if you made the HTML-files yourself or if they’re made by software like Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Studio Webdesign, WebCreator etc.
As an Administrator you have your own login code. This allows you to easily change the configuration, like hiding certain folders, switch on/off buttons for various properties settings in the (WYSIWYG) Editor or changing the language and set the login code for a user.
Demo
Go to https://www.flatcms.nl to look at the demo (admin and explanations)
I also made a small demo with a one page bootstrap template and flatcms.
Go to https://bootstrap.flatcms.nl/ and look into the source how I added the editable regions.
Go to https://bootstrap.flatcms.nl/admin/ to log in and see how it looks like in the admin ( login admin – 1 ). I made this example in 10 minutes !
Installation
It’s really easy to install FLATCMS.
- Just put some tags
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="one" --> and <!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
around the text areas in your website, so a user can edit these text parts.
- Upload the html files and the admin dir to your server.
- Go to http://www.yoursite.com/admin/ and an installation wizzard will be shown.
- Fill in the required fields like username and pass and you are ready to go.
FLATCMS will directly scan you website for files with these tags and allow a user to edit these regions.
Take a look at the install manual (included in the installation wizzard)
Demo
You can login here to see a demo of FLATCMS. Because this is a demo none of the changes will be saved. For the admin login you can use (name) admin – (pass) 1 or as user (name) user – (pass) 1
Addons
You can easily add some of my other plugins to the TinyMCE wysiwyg like my TinyMCE 4/5 plugin Youtube search and insert , TinyMCE 4/5 plugin Flickr image search and place or TinyMCE 4 plugin Picasa/Google plus images
Some comments
“Everything. The whole thing is absolutely brilliant. Thank you for producing such a good quality product. I hope you stick around to provide support for this product for many years to come. It’s really good quality and we’ll be planning on purchasing more licenses for more clients with static sites in the months to come. Thank you again.” – AtreyuOhmsford
“awesome script… simple, straight foward, tiny learning curve. loved it !!!!!!” – fakokay
“Great product and fantastic support.” – LcParrini
“Beautiful work, one of the best purchases I have ever made here, I strongly recommend
.” – vsdesigner
“Eight months after the purchase of this script. Every day I like. HTML and PHP to work, static and dynamic pages. It is much more flexible than any cms. With a little imagination it becomes a design position. You can adapt any modern responsive themes within minutes. For those who doubt, which can clearly be in munti-language, multi-themes, and what you want. Let your work directly on the server, upload images and change sizes. It is intuitive and easy. Clean and fast results, no database required for the script itself. It installs in 1 minute. The support is very good, support and improvement suggestions. A great script. A grateful purchaser. Five stars Excuse me for my bad english.” – cesar52
Rating and updates
Support
I will NOT give support to free hosting services or a local host setup since I cannot solve then any path problems if they occur.
Changelog
Version 2.0 - Updated TinyMCE 5.3.1 , filemanager and secured the cookies (jun 6 2020)
Version 2.0 - Updated TinyMCE 5.2.1 and the language files (mar 26 2020)
Version 2.0 - Updated the package for php 7.4 (dec 07 2019)
Version 2.0 - Small bugfix and updated the installation guide (oct 24 2019)
Version 2.0 - Added the brand new TinyMCE 5 (WYSIWYG) version, and an Responsive filemanager with included TOAST TUI image editor ( DEMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYwQaUGRvk ) (to update overwrite all files) (oct 23 2019)
Version 1.0.7 - Small notice fix for php 7.2 and correct path for the css style (to update just overwrite admin/index.php) (oct 17 2019)
Version 1.0.7 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.9.4 and added a full page editing for the administrator so you can add editable regions or adjust some source code online. To update replace all files and set define('INSTALL','1'); in config.php to install the new version (mar 28 2019)
Version 1.0.6 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.9.3 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (mar 03 2019)
Version 1.0.6 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.9.2 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (jan 09 2019)
Version 1.0.6 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.8.4 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (oct 29 2018)
Version 1.0.6 - Small fix selecting long filename in the filemanager (to update upload /admin/index.php ) (oct 10 2018)
Version 1.0.6 - Updated TinyMCE with preview button, updated the filemanager for images and files (image button shows only images with resize options, link button show all files and removed resize option) (to update upload all files except admin/config.php ) (sep 09 2018)
Version 1.0.5 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.8.2 incl lang files (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (aug 08 2018)
Version 1.0.5 - Fixed problem with specialchars (dec 18 2017)
Version 1.0.5 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.7.4 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (dec 07 2017)
Version 1.0.5 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.7.3 and added a media button (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce), also updated the admin/index.php (fixed bug with link list) (dec 04 2017)
Version 1.0.4 - Added wordcount to TinyMCE (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (oct 10 2017)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.5.2 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (jan 5 2017)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.4.0. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (jul 07 2016)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.3.11. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (apr 27 2016)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.3.8. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (mrt 16 2016)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.3.7. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (mrt 3 2016)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.3.3. including lang files. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (jan 27 2016)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.2.7. including lang files. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (0ct 27 2015)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.2.5. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (aug 31 2015)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.2.4. (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (aug 17 2015)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.2.3. Bug fix TinyMCE for Edge (windows 10) (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (aug 8 2015)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.2.2 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (jul 22 2015)
Version 1.0.4 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.2.1 (with a new flat UI) (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (jun 29 2015)
Version 1.0.4 - added prefix tx_ Only a plain textarea will appear (no WYSIWYG or JS buttons) (apr 21 2015)
Version 1.0.3 - Added blockquote to the WYSIWYG. Updated the installation pdf how to use custom css with the WYSIWYG editor (apr 19 2015)
Version 1.0.3 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.1.10 There are now three prefixes which you can set before the region name ts_ With this one only a few buttons will appear in the WYSIWYG (bold,italic and colors) nm_ Setting this will overrule the metatags and they will not appear js_ With this one the textarea will not be using the WYSIWYG editor but a plain textarea. Great for editing advanced menu’s or js parts The user won't see these prefixes only the admin Examples <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=”ts_test” --> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=”nm_js_test” --> (apr 19 2015)
Version 1.0.2 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.1.9 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (mar 10 2015)
Version 1.0.2 - Updated TinyMCE to version 4.1.8 (to update just overwrite the dir admin/tinymce) (mar 6 2015)
Version 1.0.2 - Added italian lang (thanks to Luca Parrini) (feb 2 2015)
Version 1.0.2 - Single and double quotes will be removed from the metatags when saving (jan 21 2015)
Version 1.0.2 - Added jQuery tags metakeywords (jan 19 2015)
Version 1.0.1 - Added Spanish lang, added _ prefix for non WYSIWYG, added js buttons for the normal textarea, updated installation guide and added check if a lang in TinyMCE exist (jan 10 2015)
Small fixes and UI update (jan 8 2015)
First 1.0 release (jan 6 2015)
Update
To update just replace all files in the admin dir except /admin/config.php and /admin/editor.css
Kindly Note: We update new contents like WordPress Themes, Plugins, PHP Scripts everyday. But remember that you should never use this items in a commercial website. All the contents posted here for development & testing purpose only. We’re not responsible for any damage, use at your own RISK! We highly recommend to buy FLATCMS for static websites from the The Developer ( ceasar ) website. Thank you.
Download = FLATCMS for static websites-[Updated].zip
