Launching a Laravel CMS
Why we chose Laravel and Filament, and what TNCMS sets out to do differently from traditional CMSes.
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Notes on building a modern CMS
Essays on theme architecture, the plugin system, multilingual content, performance, and SEO — from the team building TNCMS.
TNCMS is an open-source CMS built on Laravel with a Filament admin. This blog follows the work in progress: the architecture decisions, the trade-offs, and the lessons learned while building a production-ready content platform.
If you care about themes, plugins, or multilingual content, you're in the right place.
What you'll find here
The topics written about most often.
Theme system
Presets, sections, and one canonical layout format.
Plugin architecture
Extending the front and back end without core edits.
Multilingual
Per-locale content and language-aware URLs.
Latest posts
Recent writing from the journal.
Inside the theme system
One theme, many presets, and a single JSON format that powers presets, demos, and the page builder.
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Multilingual content done right
Per-locale storage, language-aware URLs, and how the front end resolves translations with safe fallbacks.
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