CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook. Over 70 simple but incredibly effective recipes for extending CMS Made Simple with detailed explanations &

CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook. Over 70 simple but incredibly effective recipes for extending CMS Made Simple with detailed explanations & - Opis

CMS Made Simple has great capabilities “out of the box,” but one of its great strengths is the ease of extending those capabilities. You can add a surprising amount of functionality just by customizing the core modules, but once you learn to write your own tags and modules, your ability to add features is virtually limitless.CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook will show you how to use custom PHP code to extend the power and features of CMS Made Simple, and make it do exactly what you want. This easy to use guide contains clear recipes that introduce the key concepts behind each approach to extending the CMS, while also providing examples of solutions to real-world problems.You will learn the differences between the various kinds of tags and modules in the CMS Made Simple environment, and to which purposes each is best fit. Each technology is then explored in detail with a series of practical recipes and examples.You will not only learn the basics of creating tags and modules, but you will explore the underlying APIs that you will use to solve real-world website problems. You will become proficient with the database and form APIs, so that the code you write is portable and maintainable. You'll learn to localize your code and use templates to add its flexibility. You'll master the safe handling of parameters and the creation of secure code. You’ll be familiar with the CMS Made Simple Developer's Forge, and how you can use it in conjunction with revision control as a community-focused code management system, complete with web-based bug tracking and feature requests. You (...) więcej will learn to code complex interactions between modules, both directly and via the creation and handling of events. You will gain exposure to an array of advanced tips and tricks, along with commentary from the distilled experience of someone who has written dozens of modules. The CMS Made Simple Developer's Cookbook offers an amazing wealth of knowledge in approachable, bite-sized recipes. Whether you're new to the CMS or an old hand, you're sure to find valuable tips and information that will have you creating a richer CMS. Spis treści:
CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook
Table of Contents
CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Understanding CMS Extensions
Introduction
Will a User-Defined Tag solve my problem?
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Will a Tag Solve My Problem?
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Will a Module solve my problem?
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Create a "Hello World" User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Theres more...
Caching
See also
Create a "Hello World" Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Caching
Tag Names and Namespaces
See also
Create a "Hello World" Module
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using CMS in Debug Mode
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
2. Programming with Smarty and Core Modules
Introduction
Using Smarty to create a color set in your stylesheet
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using Smarty to do the math in your stylesheet
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Renaming the "Extra Page Attributes" in the CMS Admin
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
What else can I rename?
See also
Creating a personnel directory using Menu Manage
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Using other page attributes
Why use a naming convention for images?
See also
Creating a basic Google Sitemap with Menu Manager and mod_rewrite
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
The changefreq and priority attributes
What if my site is not UTF-8?
See also
Embedding JavaScript in your template without causing Smarty to throw a fit
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
An alternative approach
Using Smarty Variables in your JavaScript
Using Smarty loops to generate similar stylesheet constructs
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Displaying a block only for the Home page
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
More complex comparisons
See also
Using Smarty "Capture" and conditionals to hide empty content blocks
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Seeing what Smarty variables are available to your template
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Risky recursion
See also
3. Getting the Most out of Tags and User-Defined Tags
Introduction
Displaying the User's IP address from a User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Using the CmsObject and the current content object in a User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Getting attributes using page_attr
Old code and the use of globals
Making a variable available to Smarty
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Displaying the number of pages in the CMS using a User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using URL parameters safely in a User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Using Smarty values as inputs in a User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Displaying stock prices from Yahoo with a User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Understanding Yahoo's stock quote URL format
See also
Displaying a translation of the current page using Babelfish with a User-Defined Tag
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Posting an article to the News Module when the Admin adds a new Group
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Reversing a string in two ways using a Smarty Modifier
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Adding registered trademark symbols to a name automatically
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Handling more than just content blocks
Pre-compile filters
See also
4. Getting Started with Modules
Introduction
Creating the file structure for a module
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Other files in your module directory
Directly accessed scripts
See also
Creating a new module stub using the Skeleton module
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating a new module stub using the ModuleMaker module
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Breaking a module into multiple files
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Making a module localizable
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Localization of modules without Subversion
See also
Using Smarty variables and templates with a module
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
$this-smarty versus $smarty
See also
Calling methods on other modules and specifying module dependencies
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Dependencies and ModuleManager
Error checking
See also
5. Using the Database API
Introduction
Creating a database table when a module gets installed
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
ADOdb or ADOdb-lite?
See also
Creating a database index when creating a table
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Making a database query from a module
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating and using a database sequence
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Deciding between Sequences and Auto-increment
See also
Altering a database table when a module gets upgraded
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Cleaning up when a module is uninstalled
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
6. Using the Module Form API
Introduction
Creating a basic form in a module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Restricting and sanitizing parameters to a module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
CLEAN_STRING and entity encoding
See also
Using debug_display or error_log to see what parameters your module is receiving
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Making your module display its output without disrupting the rest of the page
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Embedding your module output in a different page after a form submission
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Modules and multi-page forms
See also
Creating checkboxes that always submit a value
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
7. Your Module and the Community
Introduction
Creating an account on the CMS Made Simple Developer's Forge
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Adding your module to the Forge
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating your Subversion Repository
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Subversion Documentation
See also
Using Subversion while developing your module
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
More useful Subversion commands
Viewing and reverting to earlier revisions
See also
Publishing a module release
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating your Git repository
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using Git while developing your module
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Handling conflicts in Git
See also
Deciding on Git versus Subversion
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
8. Creating Useful Admin Panels
Introduction
Creating an admin panel for your module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating multiple tabs for your admin module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating and enforcing new permissions for your module's administration
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Displaying a page in the CMS Admin without the surrounding theme
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Using the "showtemplate" parameter
See also
Writing a line to the CMS Admin Log
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Displaying a message after installation
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating an admin-side input element from your module using a ContentModule block
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Hiding your module from Administrators who don't have permission to use it
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating a module-specific preference and admin panel to set it
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Displaying an alert in the CMS Admin from a module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
9. Using Events
Introduction
Attaching a User-Defined Tag to an event
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Finding what parameters an event passes using a User Defined Tag
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Generating an Event from a module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Event help-text conventions
See also
Handling an Event with a module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Use an event to send an e-mail when an Administrator Account is added or deleted
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
PreSave versus PostSave events
See also
10. Advanced Module Tricks and SEO
Introduction
Overriding Module strings or layout
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Why not change modules directly?
See also
Making your module's data available to CMS Site Search
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Outputting a downloadable CSV file from your module
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Setting special diagnostic messages for debug mode
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using Pretty URLs in your module
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Custom URLs for module records in CMS Made Simple version 1.9+
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
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