Websilk is a headless Content Management System (CMS), which consists of a dashboard interface and a secure, RESTful web API. This allows developers to design websites & mobile applications naturally, using their platform & programming languages of choice, while allowing non-technical writers & editors to manage content for the website via the dashboard interface.
- Fork or clone from Github, then open
Websilk.slnin Visual Studio - In Visual Studio's Package Manager Console, do the following:
- install submodules:
git submodule update --init --recursive - install node.js dependencies:
npm install - run initial gulp task:
gulp default
- install submodules:
- Install the database by publishing the
Sqlproject in Visual Studio toSql Server 2016or greater. The default database name isWebsilk - Press the play button in Visual Studio!
- Manage websites from a centralized dashboard
- Create a hierarchy of web pages
- Build custom forms and then fill them with content to use on individual web pages
- Reuse custom forms across multiple web pages to create similar types of content with
- Upload photos & various web-safe files to use on your web pages
- Manage user accounts (coming soon!)
- Develop & use custom form fields (such as a custom music player for an mp3 upload field)
Websilk uses a custom-built C# MVC framework called Datasilk Core along with the Javascript framework Datasilk Core JS. A modern CSS framework called Tapestry is used for the responsive dashboard UI, and selector.js is used as an ultra light-weight alternative to jQuery. These technologies allow Websilk to run very efficiently.
If you're interested in starting a project using these technologies, you can begin by cloning Datasilk Core Template.