MBFramework

The idea is simple and it is not new: allow multiple websites, multiple pages per website, multiple CSS designs, multiple types of content, multiple positioning on the page, multiple... you get the point.

 The framework follows some basic patterns:

• a website has multiple pages
• a website may be have a default layout
• a page may may override the default website layout
• a page may be public or private
• a page may have different placeholders like header, main content area, sidebar and footer
• a page may need to adjust the number and position of placeholders
• a placeholder may have different sections
• a section displays content represented by a module
• a module may be displayed in any section in any placeholder in any page
• a module is a self-contained unit-of-work responsible for analysing its requirements and producing a result
• a module must have an assigned layout (Smrty template) which will be incorporated in the final HTML response to the browser. To improve flexibility and multi-language, it is recommended to link the module to a text file.