Disable wintercms frontend (to use only backend)

[YannPl]

I'm openning this discussion following the chat I had withn @LukeTowers in the discord.

I use wintercms for it's backend webapp possibilities and want to disable the frontend and redirect automatically to the backend interface.

The solution is quite simple, in the config:

- cms.backendUri = ''
- cms.loadModules = ['System', 'Backend'] // remove 'Cms'

You can then drop the cms requirement from composer.json

[bennothommo]

@YannPl would you be interested in submitting a PR to the docs repo detailing this setup? I think it would be great to make it available in the main docs and show that Winter CMS can build more than just websites.

[bennothommo]

To clarify on @YannPl's answer - if you wish to run Winter CMS with only the Backend (ie. as a self-contained application), you can make the following changes to config/cms.php:

'backendUri' => '', // Set to an empty string to use the root domain or subdomain.

'loadModules' => ['System', 'Backend'], // Remove 'Cms' to not use the CMS module.

In addition, you can remove the following line from the require block in composer.json to not download the CMS module or any updates to it:

"winter/wn-cms-module": "<version>",

Accessing your root domain or subdomain will result in the Backend login screen, or Dashboard if you are logged in, showing on load.