Joinery Platform Documentation

Welcome to the Joinery platform documentation. Select a topic from the sidebar, or browse the categories below.

Getting Started

Installation -- Deploy Joinery on Docker or bare-metal, configure SSL, manage domains

Routing -- How pages are created and served, URL patterns, and the theme override chain
Logic Architecture -- Business logic layer, LogicResult pattern, and page flow
Admin Pages -- Building admin interface pages with AdminPage, tables, and forms
FormWriter -- Form generation, validation integration, and field types
Validation -- Three-layer validation system (client, server, model)
Settings -- System settings management and auto-creating settings
Email System -- Composing and sending email with templates, service fallback, and batch operations
Email Forwarding -- Self-hosted email forwarding with virtual mailboxes
Photo System -- Multi-photo management, uploads, and image sizing
Cloud Storage -- S3-compatible cloud bucket for public uploaded files
Deletion System -- Soft delete, permanent delete, cascading, and foreign key actions
SEO Metadata -- SEO, Open Graph, and Twitter Card conventions for public views

Analytics -- Visitor events, conversion tracking, and attribution reporting
A/B Testing -- Experiments, variant assignment, and conversion measurement
Recurring Events -- Virtual/materialized instance pattern for recurring events
Subscription Tiers -- Subscription management and feature-based access control
Product Purchase Hooks -- Plugin hooks triggered on product purchase
Product Requirements -- Collecting data from buyers at checkout
Questions & Surveys -- Built-in questionnaire system: question types, surveys, answer storage
Social Features -- Like/favorite, block, report, and messaging systems
Scheduled Tasks -- Cron-based task runner and task development
REST API -- API authentication, endpoints, and usage
Joinery AI Plugin -- LLM-driven recipes and the generic query_model read surface
ScrollDaddy Plugin -- DNS filtering: unified block model, tier gating, editor UI, resolver flow

Plugin and Theme Developer Guide -- Plugin architecture, routing, and theme overrides
Component System -- Reusable page components with admin configuration
Creating Components from Themes -- Extracting theme sections into components
Theme Integration Instructions -- Step-by-step theme setup and integration

Deploy and Upgrade -- Deployment, upgrades, and installation
Publish/Upgrade System Analysis -- How upgrade packages are built and distributed
Server Manager -- Remote server management and the Go agent