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vertical-button-bs4 — HTML Starter Template

By emrickj

A responsive standalone website theme based on Bootstrap that uses PHP to read XML data and generate pages, with buttons arranged vertically and optional Font Awesome icons.

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Responsive standalone website theme based on Bootstrap, with buttons arranged vertically

Uses PHP to read website.xml and website2.xml from the data directory to generate pages

website2.xml is specifically used for the dropdown menu content of the last button

Optional use of Font Awesome icons

Includes a sample website.xml and provides an entry point for generating website files online

The Contact Us page provides sample code for writing to a MySQL table

Template Details

This template is a standalone website theme written in PHP. The page structure relies on Bootstrap for responsive layout, buttons are styled in a vertical arrangement, and Font Awesome icons can optionally be used.

For the data layer, the theme generates content by reading website.xml and website2.xml from the data directory: website.xml stores the main site data, and website2.xml stores the dropdown menu content triggered by the last button. The repository includes a sample website.xml that can be modified, or new website files can be created through the author's online generation page.

For contact information, sample code is provided to write Contact Us page data into a MySQL table; see the PHP files for the specific implementation. The template has an HTML/PHP structure and does not include a build toolchain, making it suitable for direct deployment to a PHP-enabled server.

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Use Cases

Building a personal or small showcase website centered on button navigation
Maintaining site content with XML and avoiding direct changes to the page structure
A simple site that needs to store contact form data in MySQL
As a sample project for learning how PHP reads XML combined with Bootstrap layout

Suitable For

Developers familiar with PHP and basic HTML
A server environment that can deploy PHP and optionally provide MySQL
Personal sites that want to manage site content with XML files

Getting started & customization

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Deploy the theme files to a PHP-enabled server and ensure the data directory is readable and writable
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Modify website.xml and website2.xml as needed, or use the author's online generation page to create new files
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If contact information needs to be saved, refer to the sample code in the PHP files to configure the MySQL connection and table structure
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses

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Free to use · keep license notice

This entry covers the free version under the MIT license in the public repository; the free scope is the code of this version and does not mean that external services or third-party assets are free.

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Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code are permitted.
When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the complete MIT license notice.
The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.

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Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked under their respective licenses and cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional charges.
To save the contact information from the Contact Us page, you need to prepare and configure a MySQL database table yourself, which is an additional external service dependency.
The template depends on a PHP runtime environment and requires website.xml and website2.xml data files in the data directory to generate pages normally.
Creating new website data files requires visiting the author's external online generation page, which is an external service dependency.

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You can also store Contact Information on the Contact Us Page to a MySQL table.
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It is a PHP file which accesses `website.xml` and `website2.xml` which is stored in the data directory.
Original README

you can [click here](http://emrickj.github.io/gwc) to create a new one
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https://github.com/emrickj/vertical-button-bs4/blob/master/LICENSE.md https://github.com/emrickj/vertical-button-bs4/blob/master/README.md

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Template Information

Source platforms: GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score: Partly documented · 65 / 100
Technologies: HTML
Website type: Starter

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Repository update recorded: 2021-12-29
Screenshot last checked: 2026-10-11

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# Vertical Button Theme

This is a responsive standalone website theme using Bootstrap.  It can also use Font Awesome icons.  It is a PHP file which accesses `website.xml` and `website2.xml` which is stored in the data directory.  The file `website.xml` stores data from the main website.  The file `website2.xml` stores contents for the dropdown menu that is accessed on the last button of the website.  You can also store Contact Information on the Contact Us Page to a MySQL table.  Please see PHP file for sample code.   Included here is a sample website file `website.xml`.  To create a website file for a website, you can modify the website file included here, or you can [click here](http://emrickj.github.io/gwc) to create a new one.  To see a collection of other themes, [click here](http://emrickj.github.io/themes).

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