This framework is designed to make web developers/designers job of building small to medium php websites a little easier. The framework generates smart urls without the use of apache mod_rewrite , eg. www.mysite.com/index.php/node/products/page/3 Business logic is separated from the design logic without the need for a template system ,however Smarty is integrated for those who require more clean views. Their is a small mysql database abstraction layer to process database queries , there is also built in classes to handle models,sessions ,users ,html helper etc.... There is css support for A grade browsers via YUI and blueprint , and javascript/ajax support via 3 popular open source libraries. All in all this framework is perfect for small to medium projects ,it comes with all the database ,css ,JavaScript and HTML tools you would ever need.