BIG CMS for Yii 2

Big Cms is a ready to use Yii 2 web application with frontend and backend. It provides a solid foundation for building complex Yii2 sites because it's easy to extend and doesn't impose any rules. Big Cms is as much a toolset as a Cms and it's created to make better products faster.

Big Cms is based on Yii 2 modules and a concept of Blocks. It's easy to create your own blocks and integrate them with Big Cms. Big Cms is designed to compatible with any Yii2 module/extension mainly because no specific classes needs to be extended.

Big Cms is built with a flexibility that makes it suitable as a starting-kit but also prepared for shared hosts.

• Installing Big Cms
• Read the guide
• API docs

Demo

Frontend: http://demo.bigbrush-agency.com

Backend: http://demo.bigbrush-agency.com/admin/

Login

Username: bigadmin
Password: bigadmin

Features

• Can be customized and extended to suit your needs
• Dynamic Yii2 themes
• SEO optimized
• Automatically activated url rules
• Covers basic needs for modern applications (backend, nested menus, nested categories, galleries, dynamic themes)
• Backend based on AdminLTE theme
• File manager
• WYSIWYG editor
• SEO optimized pages with galleries
• And alot more

Dynamic themes

Yii2 themes are used to style pages individually by assigning blocks to positions. This is done by adding include statements to layout files. An include statement specifies a position in a theme where one or more blocks will be inserted by Big Cms. In the backend of Big Cms blocks are added to position by drag 'n drop.

Read the guide on dynamic themes for more information.

Pages module

The Pages module provides SEO optimized content which is fully integrated with Big Cms. Links and media can be inserted into a page and up to 6 images can be selected and displayed as a gallery.

It provides the following features:

• SEO optimized pages
• Edit pages with a WYSIWYG (TinyMCE 4) editor
• Upload and handle files while editing a page
• Blocks can be added with placeholders
• Assign a dynamic theme to each page

Built with

BIG CMS appreciates the ability to integrate the following libraries:

• Font awesome
• HTML5 Sortable
• AdminLTE
• Pixabay TinyMCE skin