README

SaladStack is an open-source PHP framework designed to streamline the process of building dynamic and robust websites. With its user-friendly architecture and modular components, SaladStack provides developers with a flexible toolkit for creating scalable web applications. Its intuitive structure allows for easy customization and rapid development, making it an ideal choice for both beginners and experienced programmers looking to build modern, high-performance websites. Embrace the power of SaladStack to simplify your development workflow and bring your web projects to life with ease.

Prerequisite

The easiest way to install SaladStack is to use a composer that will resolve and install the PHP dependencies required by the Flarum. Hence, just download the composer to set it up.

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php

php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

To confirm Composer on our system use:

composer -V

Install SaladStack on Local Machine

Create a directory in your webroot folder: Here it is ‘salad‘.

mkdir salad

Now switch to the created directory.

cd salad

install SaladStack Framework

composer create-project salad-stack/framework .

Run SaladStack Locally

cd public && php -S localhost:8000

Install SaladStack on Linux

Create a directory in your webroot folder: Here it is ‘salad‘.

mkdir /var/www/html/salad

Now switch to the created directory.

cd /var/www/html/salad

install SaladStack Framework

composer create-project salad-stack/framework .

Once the installation is completed, give the directory permission to the Apache user:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/salad/

sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/salad/

Create a Virtual host configuration file.

Most of the time we either use Forums on sub-domain or Sub-folder, hence for that create a virtual host configuration file.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/salad.conf

Add the following lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin admin@example.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/salad/public
  ServerName salad.example.com

  DirectoryIndex index.php

  <Directory /var/www/html/salad/public/>
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
  </Directory>

  ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/salad-error_log
  CustomLog /var/log/apache2/salad-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Replace the domain name example.com as per your domain, if you have, otherwise you still be able to access the forum using the IP address.

Save the file by pressing Ctlr+O, hit the Enter key, and then exit- Ctrl+X.

Enable the site

sudo a2ensite flarum

Now enable the rewrite module for Apache:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart apache2