October CMS
Self-hosted CMS platform based on Laravel.
Overview
What I built & why
Self-hosted CMS based on Laravel. Backend interface with a Twig-based templating system and a plugin marketplace.
Commercial license model with a one-time fee per project, alongside open source community edition.
Highlights
Key deliverables
- ✓ Laravel under the hood
- ✓ Twig templating
- ✓ Plugin marketplace
- ✓ CMS + form builder
- ✓ Git-deployable
Process
Challenge & solution
The challenge
A patchwork of spreadsheets and three different inboxes meant nobody knew the real status of a job until the customer complained.
The solution
Modeled the entire pipeline as a single source of truth, then layered real-time UI on top so every team saw the same status.
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