Shared core, two sites, tiered permissions

Problem

Two sites needed distinct looks but almost identical admin logic, plus multi-level editorial approval, a people directory, document sections, and backups and monitoring that survive years.

Approach

A shared core (routing, templates, permissions, attachments) with per-site themes and section config. Approval is role-tiered and publishes leave a trail; attachments and thumbnails are compressed on write.

Details

Nightly online SQLite backups (VACUUM INTO) with eight rotating copies; PHP pages send no-store so phones do not cache stale versions; static assets are version-named.

• plain PHP
• SQLite
• Nginx
• backups
• monitoring

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