This is the simple PHP template system which integrates Pretty URLs and Smarty Templates. The release is only two months later than I said, but I’ve made the release fairly decent. Here’s a rundown on the system:

Features

• Uses the Smarty template engine to place content and render templates. Smarty is easy to learn and well known.
• No actual PHP programming required, just HTML and a few Smarty tags
• Low overhead – no database calls and Smarty compiles templates
• Employs ‘pretty URLs’ by default – with automatic redirects for malformed  URLs and 404s for bad requests
• Content  inheritance from default or parent pages
• Support for dynamic content
• User friendly, automatic installer with optional sample templates and content

License

Pretty Smarties is licensed under the GNU General Public License, and includes code from WordPress, another GPL project.

Still to Come

• Pretty variables (Pass variables through a pretty URL)
• Support for GET variables (Currently unsupported – very easy to fix)
• Object orientated design
• Warnings for missing 404s, favicons
• Consistency improvements

Download Now

Pretty Smarties 0.5

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