Gold Portfolio - PHP Site with Admin Dashboard

Gold Portfolio is an elegant, responsive portfolio template with a matching PHP admin dashboard. Its dark-and-gold design, textured details and jewel-inspired patterns suit designers, photographers, filmmakers and other creative professionals. Includes editable HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP source files, original SVG demo artwork, English and Arabic PDF installation guides, and a source-code guide. Hosting and a domain name are not included.

Features

- Animated welcome screen and smooth transitions.

- Responsive layouts for desktop, tablet and mobile. - Project previews for images, MP4/WebM videos and YouTube links. - Additional text, images and videos within each project. - Dashboard for adding, editing, deleting and reordering projects. - Customizable categories, website name and welcome text. - Media Library with multiple selection and bulk deletion. - Private recovery storage for deleted media. - Contact window with copyable email and phone details. - Administrator login, first-use account setup and password recovery. - No database, Node.js, SSH or email configuration required.

Requirements

PHP 8.2 or newer, the Fileinfo extension, PHP sessions, and Apache or LiteSpeed hosting with .htaccess support. HTTPS is required for remote dashboard access. PHP needs write access to the content and upload storage.

Google Fonts and YouTube playback require an internet connection. YouTube videos must allow embedding. Upload limits depend on your hosting configuration.

Instructions

1. Extract the downloaded ZIP file.

2. Read the included English or Arabic installation guide. 3. Upload only the contents of public_html to your website's document root, including all hidden .htaccess and .user.ini files. 4. Enable PHP 8.2 or newer, Fileinfo and HTTPS on your hosting. 5. Open https://YOUR-DOMAIN/dashboard/. 6. Open dashboard/data/install-key.txt through your hosting file manager and copy the installation key. 7. Enter that key on the setup screen and create your administrator username and password. 8. Save the recovery key shown after setup in a private location outside the website. 9. Use Website settings to update your name, welcome text, categories and contact details. 10. Replace the demonstration projects with your own work. 11. Test project previews, uploads and responsive layouts on your actual hosting. Keep all protection files in place. Detailed installation, recovery and troubleshooting instructions are included in the PDF guides.