Simple Site - Tools

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Optional integrations and compatible files.

Premium Leaderboard Optional

About Simple Site

Simple Site 2.0

A dark, responsive website for your Rust community. One config file controls the name, homepage, FAQ, rules, and server list. Live player counts, maps, and wipe times come from BattleMetrics. Your Discord member count updates on the site.

What you get

Homepage with a hero, stat cards, about section, FAQ, and a join band
Servers page with player counts, online or offline status, map, next wipe, and a Steam connect button
Rules page built from sections you edit in the config
Optional leaderboard for player and team stats
Live Discord member count, plus social icons for the links you fill in
Clean addresses such as /servers and /rules
Colors changed from CSS variables
An addon system for other developers to build their own pages and systems without editing the core site

Empty social links stay hidden.

Pages

Page	What it shows
Home	Hero, live player total, your own stats, about cards, FAQ
Servers	Every BattleMetrics server you add
Rules	Your rule sections and punishments
Leaderboard	Players and teams, when the database is connected

Live server data

BattleMetrics now requires an API token on every request. Add the token once, then list each server ID.

Real-time player counts
Online and offline status
Current map
Next wipe time
Connect button that opens Steam

Tip

Create a token at BattleMetrics Developers. The server ID is the number at the end of the server URL, for example battlemetrics.com/servers/rust/12345678.

Warning

Keep your BattleMetrics token in min.config.php on the server. Do not post it in Discord, reviews, or a public config paste.

Leaderboard

Note

The leaderboard reads leaderboard_players and leaderboard_teams. It is built for Premium Leaderboard. Point the site and the plugin at the same MySQL database. Leaderboard help for that plugin goes through Tryhard.

The rest of the site does not need a database. Leave the database values as placeholders and the other pages still run.

Addons

Other developers can add their own pages and systems on top of Simple Site. A new folder in addons/ is picked up automatically. The site wraps it with the header, menu, and footer. Core pages stay untouched.

Copy addons/_example and rename the folder with lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.
The folder name is the address. A folder named store is served at /store.
addon.php sets the name, description, and menu label. page.php is only the page body.
Set nav to show a menu link. Leave nav empty to keep the page off the menu.

Folders that start with _ or . stay hidden, so the example is not published.

Setup

Upload the files to any host with PHP and Apache mod_rewrite.
Open min.config.php.
Set the site name, description, Discord invite, and social links.
Paste your BattleMetrics token and server IDs.
Edit the hero, stats, about cards, FAQ, and rules in $ContentSections.
For the leaderboard only, set $Database to the same database as Premium Leaderboard.
Change colors in the :root block at the top of assets/css/style.css.

$BattlemetricsToken = 'your-token-here';

Requirements

Need	Detail
PHP	8.3.36 or newer. PHP 8.2.35, 8.4.27, and 8.5.12 or newer are also fine
Web server	Apache with `mod_rewrite` for clean URLs
Database	MySQL only if you use the leaderboard
BattleMetrics	A personal API token and your server IDs