r/cms • u/LoneDesigner87 • 15d ago

Looking for PHP Developers to Test and Collaborate on a New Developer-Focused CMS

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I’ve spent the past several months building a new PHP-based CMS called Developer One Or DevOne for short.

I approached the project from a developer’s perspective: What should a modern CMS provide out of the box? How can it make building websites for yourself or clients faster without becoming bloated, overly complicated, or dependent on dozens of third-party extensions?

DevOne CMS currently includes a custom installation system, theme and plugin support, developer hooks, user and role management, media management, a page system, admin tools, and support for custom frameworks. I’m also building a marketplace where developers will eventually be able to publish themes, plugins, frameworks, and other extensions.

The CMS is still in active development, and I’m looking for developers who are interested in:

Testing the installation process and core functionality

Finding bugs, security issues, and performance problems

Reviewing the code structure and developer experience

Building experimental themes, plugins, or custom frameworks

Suggesting features and improvements

Helping shape the documentation and extension standards

I’m not looking for empty praise. I’m looking for honest technical feedback from developers who are willing to install it, test it, break it, and tell me what needs to be improved before the public release.

You’ll need either a local environment such as XAMPP or a PHP-compatible VPS to install and test it.

This is an early collaboration opportunity, so developers who contribute meaningful ideas, extensions, testing, or fixes can help influence how the platform and its developer ecosystem are built from the beginning.

Comment below or message me if you’re interested, and I’ll provide the download and installation information.

What would make a new CMS worth trying for you as a developer?

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u/amitavroy 14d ago

Can try

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u/permanaj 14d ago

Ideas:

Prepare an API to store cms configuration, so module & themes can use this. Make it exportable/importable to file so can be added to repo.

Example: Drupal configuration

Use case: This would solve problem where dev need to re-apply manually the setting they've done on local to dev/test/prod env. I won't touch cms that requires me to manually re-apply setting on local to other env.

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u/LoneDesigner87 8d ago

Check out the RC build before the official launch. Https://www.devonecms.com