WHAT YOU'LL NEED 

A Sitemason account & a domain: For the time being, PHP Templates will 
only run in our hosting environment.  When we roll this out to the 
masses, we will be supporting outside hosting environments & even 
other languages like Ruby or ASP will have access to the XML. We also 
require a domain to enable PHP templates to work. Sub-domains are fine 
like sitemason.yourdomain.com. If you want to use a sub-domain, in 
your DNS settings you will have to point your hostname to the CNAME 
web.sitemasonhost.com 

Contact us: We have to enable PHP templates at the Sitemason account 
level.  We will then assign the provided domain to your account, and 
you should be on your way. Email bi...@sitemason.com when you are 
ready to go. 

Read the Documentation: For two reasons, the first is obvious... so 
you can learn. But also so you can see where it's lacking and help us 
document what developers are actually using and what needs to be 
better explained. http://developer.sitemason.com has all of the 
resources you'll need to get started. 

Some Patience: This is a really early beta, and your help will vastly 
shape the development and rollout of this new program.

NEXT STEPS 

Ok, you have your Sitemason account and you're ready to start 
developing.  Now what? 

We've put up a "Getting Started for Developers" tutorial on our dev 
site. 

http://developer.sitemason.com/getting_started_devs 

It's a quick step by step walk through similar to a new customer's 
initial interaction with the CMS and creating a website. If you need 
some clarification on a step or get stuck, please let us know and 
we'll further document the process. 

Originally posted in the Sitemason Developers Google Group on Fri, 18 Sep 2009