Novel CMS
Novel is a content management system (CMS) built on top of Vapor Swift web framework.
Try our demo project running on Heroku:
- Admin panel: https://novel-demo.herokuapp.com/admin (admin/password)
- Front page: https://novel-demo.herokuapp.com
- API: https://novel-demo.herokuapp.com/api/entries/post
Features
- 5 minutes setup.
- Intuitive admin panel.
- Developer friendly.
- Powerful data model structure based on entry types and custom fields.
- All the functionality provided by Vapor foundation.
- More features are coming...
Please note that this is a work in progress, Novel is under continuous development and is not ready for production usage.
Requirements
- Swift 3.0.1 or later.
- PostgreSQL >= 9.4.5.
Usage
Setting up a new project based on Novel requires a few additional steps, such as copying assets, database configuration, etc. The simplest way to create a new project is to use our Novel CLI tool, which does all the necessary tasks under the hood.
Development
Setup database:
createdb test
cd path/to/novel/Config
cp postgresql-sample.json ./secrets/postgresql.json
Compile assets
cd path/to/novel/Resources/Web
npm install
bower install
gulp
Generate XCode project:
cd path/to/novel
swift package generate-xcodeproj
open Novel.xcodeproj
Run demo:
./.build/debug/Demo
Author
Hyper Interaktiv AS, ios@hyper.no
Credits
Novel is built with Vapor, the most used web framework for Swift.
Contributing
We would love you to contribute to Novel, check the CONTRIBUTING file for more info.
License
Novel is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.