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    concrete5 Cookbook
    concrete5 Cookbook
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    concrete5 Cookbook

    By David Strack

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    The Cookbook-style recipes allow you to go both directly to your topic of interest or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge. This practical Cookbook will cater to the needs of both intermediate and advanced concrete5 developers.This book is geared towards intermediate to advanced PHP developers who would like to learn more about the concrete5 content management system. Developers already familiar with concrete5 will learn new time-saving tricks and will find the book to be a great reference tool.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJul 26, 2013
    ISBN9781782164555
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      concrete5 Cookbook - David Strack

      Table of Contents

      concrete5 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. Pages and Page Types

      Introduction

      A note about the code in this chapter

      Create a custom debugging function

      Getting the current Page object

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting a Page object by its ID

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a Page object by its path

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting a page type by its ID

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a page type by its handle

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting a page type's ID

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a page type's name

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a page type's handle

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting the icon for a page type

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting a list of pages that belong to a page type

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating a page type

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Updating a page type

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Deleting a page type

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating a page type

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Updating an existing page

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Setting page attributes

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting a page attribute

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a page's ID

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting a page's path

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting a page's handle

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting a page's name

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting a page's description

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting a page's page type ID

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting a page's page type handle

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting a page's theme object

      How to do it...

      See also

      Getting the children below a page

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Moving a page

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Deleting a page (and its children)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting a list of pages

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Adding a page selector field to a form

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      2. Working with Blocks

      Introduction

      Creating a custom block type

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Using block controller callback functions

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Sending variables from the controller to the view

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      See also

      Adding items to the page header and footer from the block controller

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating custom block templates

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      There's more...

      See also

      Including JavaScript in block forms

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Including JavaScript in the block view

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Including CSS in the block view

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Loading a block type by its handle

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Adding a block to a page

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting the blocks from an area

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      3. Files and File Sets

      Introduction

      A note about the code in this chapter

      Loading a file by its ID

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Getting a file's path

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting a list of files

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Uploading a file to the file manager

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Loading a file set by its ID

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Adding a file to a file set

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Removing a file from a file set

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Checking if a file is part of a file set

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting all of the files in a file set

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Duplicating a file

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Deleting a file

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Reindexing a file's search attributes

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Setting passwords on file objects

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Setting permissions on files

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting the download URL for a file

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting the download statistics for a file

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Adding a file picker to a form

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      4. Using the Core Helpers

      Introduction

      A note about the code in this chapter

      Loading a helper class

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Using the Date helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Using the Encryption helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Loading an RSS feed with the Feed helper

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Managing files and directories with the File helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Creating custom forms with the Form helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Including a WYSIWYG editor on a form

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Generating HTML code with the HTML helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Generating and caching thumbnails with the Image helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Encoding and decoding JSON with the JSON helper

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Sending e-mails with the Mail helper

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Determining the MIME type of a file extension using the MIME helper

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Getting page URLs and breadcrumbs with the Navigation helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Working with strings using the Text helper

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Generating URLs with the URL helper

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Validating input data using the Validation helpers

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Preventing spam using the Captcha helper

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a list of countries

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a list of states and provinces

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Showing a color picker on a form

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Showing a date/time selector on a form

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Showing a rating widget on a form

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Using the banned words list

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Reading and writing to the system cache

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Writing to the debug log

      How to do it...

      Reading and writing to the configuration registry

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      5. Working with Databases and Models

      Introduction

      Configuring database credentials

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Loading the database object

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Retrieving data from the database

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Writing data to the database

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Guarding against SQL injections using prepared statements

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Creating a custom model class

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Reading from the database with active record

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Writing to the database with active record

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Updating a database record with active record

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Searching the database using active record

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Deleting objects using active record and model classes

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Defining relationships with active record

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      6. Creating CRUD Interfaces

      Introduction

      A note about the data in this chapter

      Creating controller files for single pages on the dashboard

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating view files for single pages on the dashboard

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Adding single pages to the dashboard

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating a form to create items

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Saving data to the database from a controller

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Creating a view to display a list of database items

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Adding editing capabilities to create a form

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Creating a delete action

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      7. Working with Users and Permissions

      Introduction

      Checking if the current user is logged in

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Getting the currently logged-in user

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Loading a user by its ID

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Loading a user by its username

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting a user's info

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Setting a user's attributes

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Retrieving a user's attributes

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Loading a group by its ID

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Loading a group by its name

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Adding a user to a group

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting all of the users from a group

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Checking if a user is a member of a group

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Removing a user from a group

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also...

      Logging out a user

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Deleting a user

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting the permission object

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Checking if a user can read a page

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Checking if a user can edit a page

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Checking a user's file permissions

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      8. Working with Themes and Add-ons

      Introduction

      Creating a custom theme

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Including the concrete5 required scripts and styles

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Defining editable content areas

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Creating page type templates

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Using elements for repeated portions of HTML

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Customizing system pages

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating a custom add-on package

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Using the package controller to execute custom code

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      9. System Events and Advanced Configuration

      Introduction

      About the code in this chapter

      Declaring advanced configuration variables

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Enabling events in concrete5

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Listening to system events

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Passing parameters to event handlers

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Defining a page type event

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Sending an e-mail when a user creates an account

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Sending an e-mail when a file has been uploaded

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating a custom scheduled job

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Making your add-on translation ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Rebranding concrete5 as a white label CMS

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      Changing the dashboard background image

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      See also

      A. Blueprint – Creating an Image Gallery Add-on

      Before we begin...

      Creating the package controller

      Creating the block type

      The block's controller

      The database XML file

      The block type's view files

      Installing the block type with the package

      Installing the package in concrete5

      Creating a page for the gallery

      Giving life to the block

      Filling out the add and edit view files

      Creating the gallery view file

      Trying out the block

      Wrap-up

      B. Blueprint – Creating an Events Calendar Add-on

      Before we begin...

      Creating the package

      The package controller

      The package database XML file

      The model

      Single page controllers

      Single page views

      The event list block type

      The block's database XML file

      The block view files

      Installing the package

      Installing the package to the dashboard

      Creating the list single page

      Creating the list view

      Creating the add form single page

      The form view file

      Adding events to the database

      Adding a delete confirmation

      Creating the custom block type

      Adding the block to a page

      Wrapping up

      C. Submitting an Add-on Package to the concrete5 Marketplace

      The rules

      The process

      The Peer Review Board

      Selling your add-on

      Once the add-on is approved...

      Official resources

      Index

      concrete5 Cookbook

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      About the Author

      David Strack has been a software engineer for over 10 years. With a strong background in HTML, PHP, and JavaScript, he has developed websites for dozens of companies, large and small. David currently works for a small startup in California creating energy analytics software. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife, Sarah, and their crazy dog, Brewski. David can

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