Status: Stable.
Linux distro: Debian
Dependencies: Apache with mod rewrite, PHP 7+, cURL, JSON, 2 MYSQL Databases, SMTP Server, Laravel.

About

Built in Core PHP & Laravel, Mahal CMS started as a simple way to publish my photos & is now a full featured CMS with extensive privacy options.

Authors have full control over what they share on a page, where they share to & exactly how much of it they share.

Recent updates

Thursday 8th Oct 2026 Fixed VPN detector & cached known bad IP's to minimize API calls

Friday 30th August 2024 Removed CC feature from contact form. Increased spam protection threshold to 2 messages.

Friday 15th December 2023 Fixed Facebook Oauth login/sign up

Thursday 19th May 2022 Adjust/fix "Sort Order" positioning glitch. Fix incorrect naming convention of images (image vs images) using $total_photos. Fix misaligned styles. Increase content font size. Fix invisible text in dark theme.

10th April 2022 Made shortcut to save pages (CTRL+S)

9th April 2022 Fixed minor security issue in tags. Made /tag/ 404 if it doesn't exist.

8th April 2022 Shortened the private access request, auto generated URL.

8th April 2022 Fixed broken contact form, upgraded security & added CC feature.

8th April 2022 Used ENT_QUOTES to fix bug on edit page in admin.

5th December 2021 Fixed bug where private pages are previewing on tags.

4th Sept 2021 Fixed long words overflow causing mobile theme to break.

1st Sept 2021 Fixed bug where related author suggestions were not displaying when "show padlock" setting is selected.

23rd Aug 2021 Started work on automated root page categories.

20th Aug 2021 Admin update: Redirection system no longer requires page ID (supports raw URLs). Included current redirects on page edit for convenience.

11th Aug 2021 Re-wrote Private Link Share feature from old harcoded system.

11th Aug 2021 Fixed map Zoom bug in Admin.

10th Aug 2021 Made a check for numeric page ID's (not allowed)

10th Aug 2021 Re-wrote maps function from old hardcoded system.

2nd Jul 2021 Created URL redirection system. Old URL now redirects to new URL automatically.

2nd Aug 2021 Upgraded page views readabililty. E.g 1000 views reads as 1k views, 1000000 views reads as 1m views.

1st Aug 2021 Added ability for visitors to change sort order of photos. Authors can also select default sort order for their page.

21st July 2021 - Fixed VPN detector

20th July 2021 - Added honeypot to Contact form & made security challenge easier.

19th July 2021 - created secure contact form that can be added to any page with a simple checkbox.

10th July 2021 (Fix) Relaxed MYSQL table length rules.

Added MP3 file upload support & ability to stream/download MP3's from pages.

Created automated tag system, e.g londrigan.com/tag/Delica/

Modified routing behavior for certain 404 errors

2019

Saturday 2nd March

• Fixed modal display issue when trying to log in on dark theme.
• Started designing logo's for my other website.

February

• Began converting flat file database to MYSQL.
• Began developing front-end Admin.
• Display count of images in all galleries.

January

• Added private galleries for users with permission (i.e family/friends).
• Abandoned the Blog due to starting other projects.

2018

Tuesday 18th December

• Fixed incorrect mathematical caclulation which caused focal length to display incorrectly.
• Rounded focal length (up) to nearest whole number.
• Fixed bug in horizontal navigation which caused display issues when 3 folders deep.

Wednesday 15th Aug (night)

• Upgraded old photo galleries to new theme.

Wednesday 15th Aug

• Added a check for duplicate time entries before inserting Location data.
• Added a convenience link to Locations for users with permission.
• Changed back to getCurrentPosition() as watchPosition() seems to create duplicate entries.
• Locked down /members while under development.

Tuesday 14th Aug

• Changed from getCurrentPosition() to watchPosition() which seems to greatly improve GPS location accuracy. Note: Doesn't apply to Wi>
• Changed photo gallery rows & sizes to be calculated by PHP.
• Added the ability to set gallery row count manually per page.

Friday 10th - Saturday 11th Aug

• Added ability to see time spent at a Location.
• Added reliable way to get country of a user in Locations.
• Changed the way time updates are ordered to stop conflicts.
• Updated Map views (Today, Yesterday & All) to show time spent at location & corrections to address when you click the marker.
• IP address is now visible on Dbase page. Note: Only for Desktop users.
• Updated styles.
• Made Send button instead of detecting location automatically & added delay before refresh.

Monday 6th Aug

• Fixed duplicate entries bug in Locations.
• Changed from UNIX Time as an ID to AI ID for Locations.
• Added the ability to manually enter address/location if detection is inaccurate.

Sunday 5th Aug

• Re-wrote Javascript calls for Locations:
• Improved API calls for Country where data is sometimes stored in weird feilds.
• Added a fall back so if country is not detected, it won't crash.
• Made Locations wait for the Google response before sending blanks to the database.
• Updated "Database (All)" page in Locations to show a ID number to assist with troubleshooting specific false detections.
• Added street view link to "Database (All)" page.

Saturday 4th Aug

• Upgraded Locations from PHP5 to PHP7. Changed to MYSQLi.
• Made PHP7 the default for the Server.
• Updated old private pages to be compatible with PHP7.

Friday 3rd Aug

• Simplified the way Locations make API calls to Google to increase reliability.
• Updated styling.
• Adjusted Zoom preset for [Map] & [Satellite].
• Changed from password protected directories to Laravel authentication on all private pages.
• Added Phone/Mobile detection to Locations.

Thursday 2nd Aug

• Signed up for Google Premium Developer Account to continue using Google Maps API.