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📚 Documentation Index

Welcome to the documentation hub for Core CMS.

🏗️ Architecture & Planning

• Project Plan: The master roadmap, technical architecture, and phase breakdown.
• Database Architecture: Detailed schema explanation and relationships.
• Database Schema: The raw SQL structure (reference).
• Branding Guidelines: Visual identity, logo concepts, and design philosophy.
• User Roles: Definitions of permissions and access levels.
• Plugin Architecture: How to build and structure extensions.

📘 User Guides

• Admin Manual: Instructions for managing content and events via the dashboard.

🔌 Plugin Documentation

Detailed design and planning documents for specific modules.

• Event Planner: Architecture and features for the event system.
• Engagement Pack: Community features (Comments, Auth, Newsletter).

👩‍💻 Developer Resources

• Contributing Guide: How to collaborate, branch, and submit PRs.
• Style Guide: Coding standards and naming conventions.
• Roadmap: Active task tracking.
• Routing Guide: How Pretty URLs and .htaccess work.
• Menu System: Database-driven navigation architecture.
• Breadcrumbs System: Configuration and helper functions.
• Media System: File uploads, storage, and security.
• Editor Strategy: Block-based editing with Editor.js.
• Taxonomy System: Categories and Tags architecture.
• User Profile System: User settings and avatar management.
• Deployment Guide: FTP exclusion lists and server setup.
• Gemini Prompt Guide: How to use AI assistance for this project.
• Phase 3 Tests: Verification steps for Routing & Experience.

🔮 Future Documentation Plan

As the project grows, we will add:

• Plugin Developer Guide: Instructions for using hooks and creating plugins (Phase 5).
• Theme Developer Guide: Details on the templating engine and variable scope (Phase 3).
• API Reference: Documentation for internal helper functions (Phase 4).