Story Spot – Rewards System For Authors

Overview

Storyspot is a cms based story (article) system which can be used to make money. The system is a “win win situation” for authors (site users) and owner (admin) of the system. Admin can place ads on the quality content produced by authors and thus sharing the revenue from ads with authors in form of rewards. There is an integrated point system which will generate points for the authors of stories and making them eligible for rewards. Rewards can be created as anything like a gadget, coupon or even money. There is also a feature for paid stories integrated with payment gateways (paypal and stripe) with which both admin as well as authors can earn money directly.

The system is built on codeigniter with a complete and easy to use admin panel for reviewing, controlling the content and features on the site. With the minimum set of installation requirements, it can be set up on any apache or nginx hosting (shared or vps). The front end is built on a nice and responsive template with features to customize menus, sidebars, logos, colors and much more.

Front End
https://storyspot.code-wand.co…

Admin Area (Demo)
https://storyspot.code-wand.co…
Username : admin
Password : 60703310

User Account Area (Demo)
https://storyspot.code-wand.co…
Username : liam
Password : 60703310

Features

  • Extensive content management system (cms).
  • Easy navigation (multilevel menus).
  • Paypal and Stripe integrated for premium stories.
  • Complete user account system with gmail and facebook login.
  • Built in contact form and map for contact page.
  • Customizable home page with carousel and custom content.
  • Customizable sidebars and footer.
  • Easy to use admin panel with ajax data-tables.
  • Ratings and Favorites system.
  • Integrated SPAM protection system with controls.
  • Easy to use settings and configuration.
  • Messaging system between admin and site users.
  • Nestable comments with emojis.
  • Sendgrid integrated for emails.

Requirements

The set of requirements are very simple and are available/enabled on most of the hosting providers.

  • Apache or nginx
  • Database support (e.g. mysql or mssql)
  • PHP 5.6 or greater
  • PDO extension support
  • PHP GD library support
  • OpenSSL support
  • CURL support
  • Uploads folder needs to be writeable

Instructions

Installation

Setting it up is very easy with the built in three step “Installation Wizard”. Simply put the content from the zip on your hosting folder e.g. (https://storyspot.example.com or https://www.example.com/storyspot) and open the corresponding url from the browser. The wizard will then guide you through the process.
Note : You need to have database credentials while running the installation wizard. You can take help from the video below for creating database credentials. If you are facing any difficulties in installation, we’ll help you out with this.


Documentation

Complete documentation will be sipped with product and can be viewed at https://storyspot.code-wand.com/documentation/index.html


Codebase

The system is built on codeigniter with the maximum possible “loose coupling”. Means there is a separate controller and model (for every module) in the system. The backend and front end can be easily separated. The approach to built this is in accordance with the guidelines provided by https://codeigniter.com/ and customisations to extend it further can be done easily.

Bugs & Fixes

The system is built with the best code practices and quality standards. It has been completely quality assured, still if you are facing any difficulty and/or found any errors, let us know, we’ll fix them out in the minimum possible time.

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