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Useful resources for Silverstripe Framework and CMS

Silverstripe CMS is an open source PHP framework for building web applications. It is a rapid development MVC framework that serves as a classic fully fledged CMS or as a headless CMS, which can be queried either via GraphQL or a custom API.
Following the “Active Record” design pattern, you can easily extend the built-in functionality with a project specific data model.

Contents

• Resources
  • Official Websites
  • Documentation & Tutorials
  • Blogs
  • Video Channels
  • Community
  • Conferences & Meetups
• Very Useful Modules
  • Module Listings
  • General Modules
  • I18N (Internationalisation)
  • Site Search
  • Development Helpers
  • Fancy Form Fields
• Tools
  • Management
  • IDE Plugins
  • Virtualisation

Resources

Official Websites

• www.silverstripe.org – Framework and CMS.
• www.silverstripe.com – Silverstripe Ltd., the company behind the CMS.

Documentation & Tutorials

• API Docs – Autogenerated API documentation.
• Technical Documentation – For developers. Explains all core concepts.
• Using the CMS – Documentation for end users how to use the core features.
• Silverstripe Lessons – Learn how to build a Silverstripe site step by step with a real-world project.
• Font reference – Built in icon font for backend usage.
• TinyMCE Configuration Examples For SS3 – Configuration examples for the HTMLEditorField.

Blogs

• Official Silverstripe Blog – News around Silverstripe CMS.
• SilverStrip.es – Useful findings of Silverstripe developers.

Video Channels

• Official StripeCon YouTube Channel – Talks of various StripeCon conferences.
• Official Silverstripe Vimeo Channel – Various videos from meetups and conferences.

Community

• Stack Overflow – Silverstripe related questions on Stack Overflow.
• Silverstripe User Slack – Community slack channel for instant help or hanging around with other developers.
  • Invitation to Silverstripe User Slack
• Forum – Official forum for asking questions or discussing.

Conferences & Meetups

• European Silverstripe Conference – Every year in another country.
• Meetups – A list of Silverstripe related Meetups.

Very Useful Modules

Module Listings

• SS Addons: Themes and Modules – The official module registry.
• SSMods: Detailed Module Search – Alternative module search.
• Most Used Modules – Shows which modules are downloaded most.
• Silverstripe Recipes on Packagist – Preconfigured sets of modules for different kind of projects.

General Modules

• Multiuser editing alert – Alerts users in the Silverstripe CMS when multiple people are editing the same page.

I18N (Internationalisation)

• Fluent – Multi-language translate module for Silverstripe, without having to manage separate site trees.
• Autotranslate – Creates automatic translations of fields using Google Translate API.

Site Search

• Silverstripe Searchable – Adds more complex site searching using the Silverstripe ORM. With dedicated templates for search results across multiple search objects.
• Searchable DataObjects – Fast and simple MySQL based search. Useful for single language sites.
• Fulltext Search – Full fledged search interface for Solr4.
• Fulltext Search Local Solr – Easy to install Solr4 instance for local development.
• Solr search – Interface for Solr search, supporting up to the latest Solr version. With submodules for e.g. transitioning from the “Fulltext Search” module, as well as subsite, fluent and others.

Development Helpers

• Debugbar – Shows debugging statistics in your browser.
• IdeAnnotator – Auto-generates class annotations on dev/build.
• Populate – Populate your database through YAML files.
• Mock DataObjects – Allows DataObjects to self-populate intelligently with fake data.
• Version Truncator – Automatically delete old SiteTree page versions.
• UserSwitcher – Adds a small form both in the frontend and backend to quickly login as any user.
• Masquerade – Allows an Administrator to “login” as another “Member”. This can be useful for debugging and remote support.

Fancy Form Fields

• Markdown Field – Can replace your HTMLEditorFields (using TinyMCE) so you can utilise Markdown syntax.
• Code Editor Field – Gives you a syntax-highlighted text area field – great for CMS-based YAML or HTML.

Tools

Management

• SSPak – Tool for managing bundles of db/assets from Silverstripe environments.
• SSPy – Python version of SSPak, that can handle assets more than 2GB.

IDE Plugins

• VSCode Silverstripe – Syntax highlighting for Silverstripe template files in VSCode.
• Jetbrains / PHPStorm Silverstripe Template Language Support – Syntax highlighting for Silverstripe template files.
• PHPStorm / Webstorm Live Templates – Shortcuts for adding various Silverstripe specific code snippets.

Virtualisation

Vagrant

There is no official box like Laravel has its homestead box. However, there are a few good boxes out there for Vagrant you could use:

• Twisted Bytes – Useful vagrant box with multiple PHP versions, MariaDB or PostgreSQL, mail catcher and much more.
• Twisted Bytes Box Templates – Useful templates for different development scenarios using the Twisted Bytes vagrant box.
• Laravel Homestead – Prepackaged box for local development.
• Scotchbox – Popular LAMP/LEMP stack for local development.
• Zauberfisch Vagrant Boxes – Preconfigured Vagrant boxes for SS3 and SS4.

Docker

• brettt89/silverstripe-web – Apache + PHP Docker image with pre-installed PHP modules for SilverStripe support.
• brettt89/sspak – SSPak Docker image.
• brettt89/silverstripe-solr-cwp – CWP Solr Docker image.