Technical demonstration

The product in pictures, and the files behind it.

Everything on this page comes from native Aries blocks. The screenshots show RC20 running.

See the screens

JSON content goes through PHP to produce a page.

A ten-second tour

Big Buck Bunny — Blender Foundation · free video example, unrelated to Aries.

A deliberate and visible exception

This external player stays blocked until you choose to open it. No request is sent to YouTube when the page loads.

4 pagesThe entire project presentation

2 languagesFrench and English in the same files

17 local mediaIllustrations and screenshots hosted here

A few RC20 screens

Content remains readable outside Aries.

A page keeps its metadata, blocks and translation in an ordinary JSON file. Media stays in uploads. It is less spectacular than an online service, but much easier to take over.

Understand backups

A page, in plain sight

{
  "title": "My page",
  "status": "published",
  "builder": [
    { "type": "hero" },
    { "type": "text" },
    { "type": "gallery" }
  ]
}

Aries

Storage: JSON files · Extensions: built-in scope · Updates: controlled ZIP archive · Intended use: independent showcase site.

Extensible CMS

Storage: often an SQL database · Extensions: module ecosystem · Updates: depends on the platform · Intended use: projects of every size.

This table does not try to declare a winner. It simply explains why Aries exists: some websites benefit from a smaller tool rather than a more extensible one.

See how to install Aries

This page is the best test.

Resize it, switch language and browse the blocks: the showcase is its own demonstration.

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