SeedProject base

A cloneable foundation for building websites — a static Astro frontend with a PHP backend. Clone it, set one config file, and build out a new site (a lawyer's office, a roofing company, a niche publication) the way you'd spin up a new WordPress install — but faster to host and safer to run.

What's inside

Path	Role	"WordPress equivalent"
app/	Astro theme — layouts, components, content collections, sample post	theme + posts
api/	SeedProject PHP framework — the dynamic backend (DB, forms, metrics)	PHP core
site.config.json	Single source of site identity — the one file you edit per site	wp-config + Site Settings

Quick start — spin up a new site

git clone https://repo.carlosarias.com/carlos/seedproject-web.git my-site
cd my-site
./scripts/new-site.sh          # prompts for name/URL/author → writes site.config.json,
                               # stamps every engine, (optionally) resets git + installs deps
cd app && npm run build        # builds the static site into ./public

Then point a web server's document root at ./public and alias /api to ./api (see Backend).

The one file you edit: site.config.json

All site identity lives here:

{
  "name": "Acme Roofing",
  "url": "https://acmeroofing.com",
  "description": "Denver's trusted roofing contractor since 1998.",
  "tagline": "Roofs done right",
  "language": "en",
  "timezone": "America/Denver",
  "topic": "residential and commercial roofing",
  "audience": "Denver-area homeowners and property managers",
  "author": { "slug": "acme", "name": "Acme Roofing", "jobTitle": "...", "avatar": "/avatar-placeholder.png", "bio": "...", "longBio": "...", "knowsAbout": [], "sameAs": [] },
  "social": { "twitter": "" }
}

After editing it, run:

node scripts/configure.mjs

This stamps the values into the Astro theme (app/src/config/site.json). new-site.sh runs it for you.

Backend (api/)

The api/ directory is the SeedProject PHP framework, meant to be served at /api on the same domain (the static frontend calls it same-origin). It needs:

• Composer deps: cd api && composer install
• Config: api/config.php with your database credentials (git-ignored). Until the CLI installer ships (see below), create it by hand or use the framework's web installer under api/install/.
• A PHP-FPM handler in your web server for /api, with a front-controller rewrite to api/index.php. Example Apache/nginx snippets are in api/.memory/foundation.md.

Planned — the Foundation: a php console app:install (DB + config + schema) and php console db:migrate, plus a two-tier auth layer and a /api/health round-trip. Design + implementation plan: api/.memory/foundation.md and api/.memory/foundation-plan.md.

Authoring content

Add a post by creating app/src/content/blog/<slug>/index.mdx following the schema in app/src/content.config.js (copy the sample welcome post as a template).

Directory layout

my-site/
├── site.config.json          ← edit this
├── scripts/
│   ├── new-site.sh           ← one-time setup for a fresh clone
│   └── configure.mjs         ← stamp site.config.json into every engine
├── app/                      ← Astro frontend (build → ../public)
├── api/                      ← SeedProject PHP backend (served at /api)
└── public/                   ← build output (git-ignored)

What's git-ignored

Secrets (**/.env, api/config.php), dependencies (node_modules/, api/vendor/), build output (public/, app/dist/), and per-site runtime state. A fresh clone installs deps and generates the rest.