Panel/docs/modules/website.md

Website

Workspace reference: GSP-WORKSPACE.md

Purpose

Public Gameservers.World sales, documentation, and customer-entry website.

Runtime Location

• Canonical public site: Panel/modules/website/
• Billing catalog and order flow: Panel/modules/billing/
• Legacy compatibility site: Website/

Design Rules

• Public pages must load without fatal errors when billing config is missing
• Path and URL handling must be centralized
• Panel and login URLs must be configuration-driven
• Documentation must be readable without depending on billing database access
• Catalog pages may degrade gracefully when billing data is unavailable

Helpers

The website module centralizes these helpers in includes/bootstrap.php:

• website_url()
• website_asset()
• panel_url()
• login_url()
• billing_url()
• documentation_url()

Billing Interaction

The website does not include the billing config loader directly. It reads panel or billing DB values safely, uses them only when needed, and avoids public fatal errors tied to missing config files.

Shared Accounts

The website uses the Panel users table as the account source of truth. A customer has the same user_id on Gameservers.World, the GSP Panel, support, billing, and server orders.

Website login verifies credentials against the existing Panel password hash format. This preserves current Panel login behavior and avoids a second website password database.

gameservers.world and panel.iaregamer.com cannot share a normal PHP session cookie because they are unrelated parent domains. SSO is deferred for this phase. The website and Panel keep separate sessions, and users may log in separately on both sites with the same credentials. Passwords, password hashes, PHP session IDs, and authentication tokens are never passed in URLs.

Panel/modules/website/sso.php and Panel/sso.php are retained only as compatibility redirects for old links. Active navigation must not depend on them.

Ordering

The current public catalog route is serverlist.php. Customer-facing Order buttons must use:

• order.php?service_id=...

The old billing/order.php route is obsolete in this repository layout and must not be used for active Gameservers.World links.

order.php validates the requested service_id server-side against enabled catalog records before allowing the customer to continue. Anonymous visitors can configure slots and location, add the server package to the session cart, and review the cart before login.

Login or registration is required only at checkout. The cart is stored in the website session and remains available through website login session regeneration. Panel registration is currently linked directly until a website-native registration form is restored.

The website owns catalog display, cart storage, order intent, login-return behavior, checkout entry, and customer confirmation. The Panel owns final provisioning, server assignment to the shared user_id, game-home creation, agent handoff, and provisioning state. Public browser requests must not call private provisioning methods directly.

Checkout/payment handlers are not present in this repository checkout. Until the active payment runtime is connected, cart.php preserves the validated cart and shows a friendly checkout-unavailable message instead of pretending payment or provisioning is available.

Navigation

Website footer account links are state-aware:

• logged out: Account Login, Order a Server, Control Panel
• logged in: My Account, Order a Server, Control Panel, My Servers, Log Out
• staff-only links appear only for Panel admin users and still rely on Panel authorization server-side

The website main navigation also includes visible Login, Create Account, and Cart entries when appropriate. Control Panel, My Servers, and staff administration links point directly to the configured Panel domain. The Panel dashboard Order Another Server link points directly to the website catalog.

Deployment

Recommended:

1. DocumentRoot -> Panel/modules/website
2. Apache Alias /billing -> Panel/modules/billing
3. Configure:
   • public_base_url
   • billing_base_url
   • panel_url
   • login_url

Key Public Pages

• index.php
• serverlist.php
• docs.php
• pricing.php
• locations.php
• support.php
• login.php
• account.php
• order.php
• cart.php
• sso.php

Pricing and Platform Reference

• Internal workbook: pricing/gameservers_world_pricing_catalog.xlsx
• Public summary config: Panel/modules/website/config/pricing.php
• Optional overrides: Panel/modules/website/config/config.php and config.local.php

The website uses a compact public pricing summary instead of parsing the workbook at runtime. Pricing and platform wording should stay centralized so homepage, server catalog, and pricing pages remain consistent.

Public pricing rules:

• standard hosting starts at $0.50 per slot
• selected legacy servers can start around $4 per month
• most standard plans use a 16-slot minimum
• fixed-cap games may differ
• custom development is quoted separately

Platform rules:

• hardware details are secondary website information
• customization, legacy-game support, backups, monitored capacity, and developer-backed help remain the main sales points
• example host specifications should be updated in the central config rather than scattered across templates

Runlevel Systems Project Request Integration

• Services config: Panel/modules/website/config/services.php
• Shared footer branding: Panel/modules/website/includes/footer.php
• Homepage CTA: Panel/modules/website/pages/home.php

Current project request URL:

• https://runlevelsystems.com/start-project.php

Branding rules:

• official company name: Runlevel Systems
• official company URL: https://runlevelsystems.com/
• website pages should distinguish ordinary support from separately scoped project work