Rebuilding a retro portal

The Polish Knights and Merchants community needed a modern technical backbone while keeping the retro character of the portal.

webdev retro PHP CMS

Challenge

Every subpage had been hand-coded in a different style, making consistent management and migration to modern solutions extremely difficult.

Solution

I built a full CMS preserving the retro style with globally applied functions. I created tools for new subpages and a migration editor that auto-detects metadata and formats the target page. I also integrated the panel with phpBB forum accounts.

Result

The delivered features are things the community had been waiting a long time for. A Mission Centre for uploading and downloading user missions is coming soon.

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My role

Webdev

Client

Społeczność Knights And Merchants

Year

2026

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Name	Validity	Purpose
`sr_lang`	1 year	Selected interface language
`sr_currency`	1 year	Selected currency
`sr_form_sent`	10 min	Spam protection for the contact form
`sr_font_scale` (local)	indefinite	Font size (accessibility)
`sr_brightness` (local)	indefinite	Page brightness (accessibility)
`sr_pinch` (local)	indefinite	Touch gesture preference
`sr_visited` (local)	indefinite	Preloader animation — one-time
`sr_typed` (session)	until tab is closed	Title animation — one-time
`sr_consent`	1 year	Your choice saved in this banner

Service	Provider	What may be stored
Google Fonts	Google LLC, USA	IP address in server logs on every page visit

Service	Provider	What may be stored
YouTube embed	Google LLC, USA	YT cookies after clicking play; IP in Google logs

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