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Yii Frontend/Backend File structure

with HTML5 Boilerplate,Responsive Bootstrap And Semantic Grid System.

Copyright 2012 Spiros Kabasakalis Licensed under the Apache License v2.0
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Designed and built by Spiros Kabasakalis

A starter project template for Yii implementing frontend/backend file structure built with Html5 Boilerplate,Bootstrap and Semantic Grid.

Quick start

Clone the git repo - git clone git://github.com/drumaddict/Yii_Frontend_Backend.git - or download it
To install,just hook up your Yii framework path in back/index.php and front/index.php.Tested with version 1.1.10.
frontend,backend are the equivalent to protected folder of default Yii project file structure.
front,back are the frontent and backend public web folders respectively.
commonend is a folder for components,models,extensions etc that both backend and frontend share.
common is a public web folder for js,css,less and other web accessible files that both backend and frontend share.
Frontend Application Base URL: [root Folder]/front BackEnd Application Base URL: [root Folder]/back

Features/Information

LESS is used.See http://lesscss.org/ for info.
If you use the default bootstrap non-semantic layout,there is no need for less,just use the default css files.
WinLess is recommended to compile less into css.See http://winless.org/ for info.
All less files are compiled into the css folder.Just include the less folder in WinLess
and then define for each less file you compile "/css" as your output folder.
css/styles.css (with HTML5 Boilerplate code) is always used ,regardless of the grid layout.
One main layout is used, /views/layouts/main.php

You have the choice of three grid layouts,defined in SiteController.php

1.Non-Semantic,responsive layout with Bootstrap (default).

Uncomment public $layout='//layouts/grid_bs'; in SiteController.php You must compile these less files into css:

less/bs/bootstrap.less
less/bs/responsive.less
less/responsive_custom.less

2.Semantic,responsive layout with Semantic Grid ( http://semantic.gs/)

Uncomment public $layout='//layouts/grid_sg'; in SiteController.php You must compile these less files into css:

less/sg/layout.less
less/sg/responsive_sg
We still use bootstrap for non-layout design so you must also compile less/bs/bootstrap.less,with layout related code optionally excluded.

3.Semantic layout with Boostrap.(Must code a responsive.less file if needed.)

Uncomment public $layout='//layouts/grid_bs_sem'; in SiteController.php You must compile these less files into css:

less/sem_layout.less
less/bs/bootstrap.less
We still use bootstrap for non-layout design so you must also compile less/bs/bootstrap.less,with layout related code optionally excluded. The downside is that you have to code a custom responsive less or css file (if responsive layout is desired).The default bootstrap responsive.less file will not work,since it produces the non-semantic classes .span* which are not used in this semantic layout.

Basic Menu instead of Bootstrap navbar.

You can use a basic menu instead of Bootstrap navbar.In that case you have to replace the bootstrap navbar markup with

<pre> <?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.CMenu', array( 'items' => array( array('label' => 'Home', 'url' => array('/site/index')), array('label' => 'About', 'url' => array('/site/page', 'view' => 'about')), array('label' => 'Contact', 'url' => array('/site/contact')), array('label' => 'Login', 'url' => array('/site/login'), 'visible' => Yii::app()->user->isGuest), array('label' => 'Logout (' . Yii::app()->user->name . ')', 'url' => array('/site/logout'), 'visible' => !Yii::app()->user->isGuest) ), 'htmlOptions' => array('class' => 'main-menu') )); ?> </pre>

Uncomment the Main Navigation code in styles.css to style the above markup. Include js/libs/jquery.mobilemenu.js plugin in main layout file to make the basic menu responsive.(https://github.com/mattkersley/Responsive-Menu) You also have to uncomment the javascript code that targets .main-menu in js/script.js. The plugin will hide the unordered list and insert a select element instead, for mobile/tablet widths(configurable).

The popular Yii-Bootstrap extension is included in the extensions folder but is not registered as a component. (It is commented out in the configuration file config/main.php).By default,the original boostrap files are used (in less/bs ,js/bs folders). You can always switch the extension on,according to your needs.