Online Magazine Management System in PHP with Free Source Code

This is a PHP project entitled Online Magazine Management System. This is a web-based application developed using PHP Language and MySQL Database. This application provides an online platform for Magazines Publishers to share their published magazines online so their readers can browse online. This is a sort of Content Management System (CMS) application. The main purpose of this project is to give an idea to the IT/CS students or self-learners in PHP Language on how to develop a web application like this. It has user-friendly functionalities and a pleasant user interface using AdminLTE Template and Bootstrap (CSS Framework).

I developed the project using the following:

• XAMPP v3.3.0 as my local webserver that has a PHP Version 8.0.7
• PHP Language
• MySQL Database
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• jQuery
• Ajax
• Bootstrap
• AdminLTE Template
• and more...

About the Online Magazine Management System

The Online Magazine Management System has 2 user roles aside from the public/visitors. The 2 user roles are the Administrator and the Author/Registered User. These user roles are sharing the same Front-End Panel to manage the data in the system. The Admin Users have access to all features and functionalities of the system while the Author/Registered Users can only manage the data of the magazine they created. When the author submits an article about a certain magazine, the article will be saved but not published to the public at first. The admin is in charge of verifying the articles if whether the article should be published or not. This application has a comment section that allows the visitors and users to leave a message or feedback on each magazine's article. The comment section also works like the magazines whereas the submitted comments of non-registered users require an admin verification. Talking about the magazine details, the author can upload magazine cover images, add content/description, and upload a pdf file of the magazine. Magazines' articles are organized by category.

Project Features

Admin Side

• Secure Login/Logout
• Dashboard(displays the application summary)
• Manage Magazines
  • Create New
  • List all Magazines
  • View Details
  • Update Details
  • Publish Magazine's Article
  • Delete Data
• Manage Comment
  • List Comments
  • View Comment Details
  • Verify Comment
  • Delete Data
• Manage Categories
  • Create New
  • List All Categories
  • View Details
  • Update Details
  • Delete Data
• Manage User List (Admin/Registered Users)
• Manage System Information
• Update Account Information/Credentials

Author/Registered User-Side

• Secure Login and Registration
• Dashboard(displays the application summary)
• Manage Magazines
  • Create New
  • List all Magazines
  • View Details
  • Update Details
  • Publish Magazine's Article
  • Delete Data
• Manage Comment
  • List Comments
  • View Comment Details
  • Delete Data
• Update Account Information/Credentials
• Logout

Public-Side

• Home Page
• List All Published Magazines
• List All Published Magazines Per Categorie
• View Magazine's Details
• Read Comments
• Post a Comment
• Search Magazine

Some of the System Snapshots

Public Home Page

Public Magazine Details Page

Users Login Page

Users Registration Page

Dashboard (Admin Panel)

Magazine Details Page (Admin Panel)

Comment Details Modal

The project source code is available on this site and is free to download. The source code is being shared for educational purposes only. To download the source code, follow the instruction provided below.

How to Run

Requirements

• Download and Install any local web server such as XAMPP/WAMP.
• Download the provided source code zip file. (download button is located below)

Installation/Setup

1. Open your XAMPP/WAMP's Control Panel and start Apache and MySQL.
2. Extract the downloaded source code zip file.
3. If you are using XAMPP, copy the extracted source code folder and paste it into the XAMPP's "htdocs" directory. And If you are using WAMP, paste it into the "www" directory.
4. Open your XAMPP/WAMP PHPMyAdmin in a browser and create a new database naming magazines_db.
5. Import the provided SQL file into your newly created database. The file is located inside the database folder and is known as magazines_db.sql.
6. Browse the Online Magazine Management System in a browser. i.e. http://localhost/magzines.

Default Admin Access

Username: admin
Password: admin123

DEMO VIDEO

That's it! You can now explore the features and functionalities of this Online Magazine Management System project in PHP and MySQL Database. I hope this will help you with what you are looking for and you'll find something useful for your future PHP Projects.

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Enjoy :)