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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.

Contributions welcome, please send a pull request or open an issue to start a discussion.

Outdated items can be found in the archive.

Resources

Official Websites

www.silverstripe.org

Framework and CMS.

www.silverstripe.com

Silverstripe Ltd., the company behind the CMS.

www.s2-hub.com

S2Hub - European Silverstripe Association.

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.

Forum

Official forum for asking questions or discussing.

  • Invitation to Silverstripe User Slack

Conferences & Meetups

European Silverstripe Conference

Every year in another country.

Meetups

A list of Silverstripe related Meetups.

Very Useful Modules

Module Listings

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 (EOL).

Fulltext Search Local Solr

Easy to install Solr4 (EOL) instance for local development.

Solr search

Interface for Solr search, supporting up to the latest Solr (9) 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

ddev setup

Howto setup ddev for use with Silverstripe CMS.

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.

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

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: