Today9News - PHP News Portal CMS

Today9News is a modern, fully responsive News Portal CMS built with pure PHP, MySQL, Tailwind CSS and Bootstrap 5. Manage your news website with zero coding — install in under 5 minutes using the built-in 4-step wizard.

🔴 Live Demo: https://today9news.w-co.in Admin Login: admin@gmail.com / admin12345

───────────────────────────────────── 🚀 KEY HIGHLIGHTS ───────────────────────────────────── ✅ 1-Click Installer — 4-step wizard, no manual SQL import needed ✅ Fully Responsive — Mobile-first design (phones, tablets, desktops) ✅ SEO Optimized — Clean URLs, meta tags, Open Graph, XML sitemap, RSS feed ✅ Google OAuth Login — One-click login/register with Google account ✅ AdSense Ready — Paste your ad code and go live instantly ✅ Breaking News Ticker — Real-time scrolling headlines ✅ Trending Topics Bar — Manage hot keywords from admin ✅ Live Updates — Post real-time event updates instantly ✅ Video Gallery — Embed YouTube videos with categories ✅ Poll System — Create polls, collect votes, view results ✅ Newsletter — AJAX email subscription with subscriber management ✅ Comment System — User comments with admin moderation ✅ Role-Based Access — Admin, Editor, Author, Subscriber ✅ Secure — CSRF, XSS, SQL injection prevention, bcrypt passwords ✅ No CDN Dependency — All libraries bundled locally (works offline)

───────────────────────────────────── 📰 FEATURES ─────────────────────────────────────

FRONTEND / WEBSITE • Homepage with featured news slider, breaking ticker, trending bar • News detail page with social sharing (Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram) • Category pages with pagination • Full-text keyword search • Video gallery page with YouTube embeds • User registration, login, Google OAuth, profile with avatar upload • Secure forgot password with email token • Static CMS pages (About, Contact, Privacy Policy, Terms, Advertise) • Working contact form • Custom 404 error page • XML Sitemap + RSS Feed (auto-generated)

ADMIN PANEL — 17 MODULES • Dashboard — Stats: articles, views, users, subscribers, comments + charts • News Manager — Add/edit/delete, featured image, tags, video URL, publish/draft/pending, featured/breaking/trending flags • Categories — CRUD with custom Font Awesome icons and hex colors • Breaking News — Manage scrolling ticker, toggle on/off • Trending Topics — Add/remove hot keywords • Live Updates — Post real-time updates • Comments — Approve, reject, delete user comments • Users — Manage all accounts and roles • Pages — Create/edit CMS pages with rich text editor • Videos — Add YouTube videos with description and category • Media Library — Multi-file upload with organized folders • Polls — Create polls, multiple options, view results, reset votes • Subscribers — View and export newsletter email list • Contact Messages — Read form submissions from admin • Ads Manager — Banner, AdSense, custom HTML ads; position/device targeting; scheduling; impression and click stats • Settings — Site info, logo, favicon, social links, Google Analytics, SEO, Google OAuth, maintenance mode • Live Activity — Real-time visitor session tracking

SEO • Clean URLs (/news/123/article-slug) • Dynamic meta title, description, keywords per page • Open Graph + Twitter Card meta tags • Auto XML Sitemap (/sitemap.xml) • Auto RSS Feed (/feed.xml) • Canonical URLs • Google / Bing / Yandex verification support • Google Analytics integration • Structured HTML sitemap page

SECURITY • CSRF token protection on all forms • PDO prepared statements (SQL injection prevention) • XSS prevention (htmlspecialchars output encoding) • Bcrypt password hashing • Secure session management • File upload validation (type, size, extension) • .htaccess protection for .env, .sql, .log files • HTTP security headers (X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, X-Content-Type-Options) • Role-based admin access control

MONETIZATION • Custom image banner ads with click tracking • Google AdSense integration (paste slot code) • Custom HTML ads (any ad network) • Ad positions: header, sidebar, in-article, below article, footer • Device targeting: desktop / mobile / all • Ad scheduling (start & end date) • Daily impression and click statistics per ad

───────────────────────────────────── 📋 REQUIREMENTS ───────────────────────────────────── • PHP 7.4 or higher (PHP 8.x recommended) • MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+ • Apache with mod_rewrite enabled • PHP Extensions: PDO MySQL, mbstring, JSON, session, GD, cURL, fileinfo • Minimum Disk Space: 50 MB

───────────────────────────────────── 📁 FILES INCLUDED ───────────────────────────────────── • Complete PHP source code (90+ files) • Admin panel (17 modules) • Frontend (24 public pages) • 4-step installation wizard • SQL database schema • Standalone HTML documentation • .env.example configuration sample

───────────────────────────────────── ⏱ INSTALLATION — UNDER 5 MINUTES ───────────────────────────────────── 1. Upload all files to public_html/ 2. Open https://yourdomain.com/install... in browser 3. Follow the 4-step wizard (requirements check → database → site setup → install) 4. Delete the /install/ folder after setup 5. Done! Visit your site or admin panel

───────────────────────────────────── 📚 THIRD-PARTY LIBRARIES (All MIT) ───────────────────────────────────── Tailwind CSS 2.2.19 | Bootstrap 5.3.2 | Font Awesome 6.5.1 | jQuery 3.7.1 | Swiper.js 11.0.5 | AOS 2.3.4 | Axios 1.6.2 | SweetAlert2 11.10.0 | Lightbox2 2.11.4 | Animate.css 4.x

All libraries included locally — no CDN required.

Features

One-click 4-step installation wizard Fully responsive mobile-first design Breaking news scrolling ticker Trending topics bar Live real-time updates Featured / Breaking / Trending article flags 14 default categories with custom icons and colors Unlimited categories Full-text search Video gallery with YouTube embeds Google OAuth social login User registration with avatar upload Forgot password with secure email token Comment system with admin moderation Newsletter subscription with subscriber management Poll system with vote tracking 17 admin panel modules 4 user roles: Admin, Editor, Author, Subscriber Media library with organized folders Ads manager: banner, AdSense, custom HTML Ad position and device targeting Ad impression and click tracking SEO-friendly clean URLs Dynamic meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter Cards Auto XML sitemap and RSS feed Google Analytics integration CSRF, XSS, SQL injection protection Bcrypt password hashing HTTP security headers Role-based access control Maintenance mode toggle No external CDN dependency

Requirements

PHP 7.4 or higher (PHP 8.x recommended) MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+ Apache web server with mod_rewrite enabled PHP extensions: PDO MySQL, mbstring, JSON, session, GD, cURL, fileinfo Minimum 50 MB disk space

Instructions

1. Download and unzip the package 2. Upload all files to your web server's public directory (public_html/) 3. Open https://yourdomain.com/install... in your browser 4. Step 1 — System requirements are checked automatically 5. Step 2 — Enter your database host, name, username and password 6. Step 3 — Set your site name, admin email and admin password 7. Step 4 — Click "Install Now" and wait for completion 8. IMPORTANT: Delete the /install/ folder after successful installation 9. Visit https://yourdomain.com/ for your site 10. Visit https://yourdomain.com/admin/ for the admin panel

For detailed documentation open /documentations/index.html after installation.