Quick Start

Get Siteman CMS up and running in 5 minutes.

Prerequisites

• PHP 8.3 or higher
• Laravel 11 or 12
• Composer

Installation

Install Siteman via Composer:

composer require siteman/cms

Setup

Run the installation command to set up database tables, create an admin user, and publish assets:

php artisan siteman:install

Follow the prompts to create your admin user account.

Register the Plugin

Add the Siteman plugin to your Filament panel in app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php:

use Siteman\Cms\SitemanPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->id('admin')
        ->path('admin')
        ->plugin(SitemanPlugin::make())
        // ... other configuration
}

Create Your First Page

1. Start your development server:

php artisan serve

2. Visit the admin panel at http://localhost:8000/admin

3. Log in with your admin credentials

4. Navigate to Content > Pages

5. Click New Page and create your first page:

   • Title: "Welcome"
   • Slug: "/welcome"
   • Type: Page
   • Published At: Select current date/time

6. Add content using blocks (try the Markdown block)

7. Click Create to save your page

8. Visit http://localhost:8000/welcome to see your page!

Create a Custom Theme

Generate a new theme to customize how your pages look:

php artisan make:siteman-theme MyTheme

This creates a theme class in app/Siteman/Themes/MyTheme.php and corresponding view files in resources/views/siteman/themes/my-theme/.

Register your theme in config/siteman.php:

'themes' => [
    \App\Siteman\Themes\MyTheme::class,
],

Next Steps

• Explore page types to create blogs and tag indexes
• Customize themes to match your design
• Add custom blocks for rich content
• Configure menus for site navigation
• Set up layouts for different page templates