TYPEMILL is an open-source, fast, responsive, flat content management system (CMS) and template engine written in PHP. All its content is stored in text files instead of a database. TYPEMILL is great for publishing text works like prose, lyrics, manuals, documentation, studies, and more than other popular CMS platforms like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal may not offer. For one, it doesn’t need a database server, call it database-less CMS. Its browser-based dashboard offers an intuitive way of managing your sites. Configure system settings, upload images or write a blog post by using a clean and responsive user interface. For more about TYPEMILL, please check its homepage. When you’re ready to get TYPEMILL working, continue with the steps below.

Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Nginx HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use. so install it, since TYPEMILL needs it. To install Nginx HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below. After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots. To test the Nginx setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Nginx default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.

PHP 7.2-FPM may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories for some systems. if you need it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories. Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2-FPM and related modules. After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Nginx. Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is a great setting to apply in your environment. After making the change above, save the file and close it. After installing PHP and related modules, you must restart Nginx to reload PHP configurations. To restart Nginx, run the commands below

Download TYPEMILL Latest Release

Next, visit the TYPEMILL site and download the latest package. or run the commands below to download Automad packages from GitHub. After downloading, run the commands below to extract the downloaded file and move it into a new TYPEMILL root directory. After that, change into TYPEMILL root directory to install PHP required packages. Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for TYPEMILL to function properly.

Configure the Nginx TYPEMILL Site

Finally, configure the Nginx configuration file for TYPEMILL. This file will control how users access TYPEMILL content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called typemill Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location. Save the file and exit. After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below

Enable the TYPEMILL Site

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Nginx server. Next, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the TYPEMILL page. Click Setup to begin the setup. TYPEMILL is a database-less flat file content management system. Its structure allowed you to have just the amount of functionality you needed in a flat file CMS solution, adding extensions (blade packs) for further functionality, whilst allowing setup on simple servers with no database. Create the admin account username and password. After that, the platform should be ready to use. Log in and start configuring your site. That’s it! You may also like the post below: