Email, Languages, and JFile with Joomla!
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| December 2008 | Joomla! MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP
Before you begin with coding, there are a few files and folders that have to be created, as well as a query that has to be run. This will not only allow you to build Joomla! components, but will also help you try different features without extensive configuration. The component in this article will be called restaurants.
After installing your basic Joomla! component and making the website ready, there are a few additional features that you can include. One of them came up with the idea of allowing visitors to send reviews to their friends through email. Another could be adding audio reviews in addition to text. We can also begin to look into ways of expanding the market for the software. Internationalizing the component now will make it easy to translate the user interface later.
In the following article by Joseph L. LeBlanc, we will be taking a look at including the following additional features :
- Sending emails
- Managing languages
- Creating translations
- Handling file uploads
Multiple Templates in Django
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Scott Newman | December 2008 | Web Development
There are times when we will need to serve the same content in multiple ways whether it's displaying a printable version of a page, creating festive themes for holidays or promotions, or using a different set of templates for mobile devices.
There are a number of approaches to these tasks, and no one is "right". As we will see, the best choice depends on the circumstances specific to your site and users.
In this article by Scott Newman we will:
- Consider the different approaches to tailoring output
- Explore the challenges of serving content to mobile devices
- Create printer-friendly output via URL parameters
ASP.NET Social Networks—Blogs in Fisharoo
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Andrew Siemer | December 2008 | .NET Microsoft MySQL PHP
In this article by Andrew Siemer, we will talk about the concept of Blogging and how it could be applied to our community site Fisharoo. With search engines, users, and security in mind, Andrew invests a part of this article to address an issue that plagues many dynamic websites—query string data being used to determine page output.
The article starts with the discussion of Problem, that is, what we need to do to achieve success for the article's topic-Blogs so to speak. Then it moves on to Design where we decide on and write down the physical requirements for our feature. And finally comes the Solution part where we discuss how to implement all the requirements for each feature.
Read ASP.NET Social Networks—Blogs in Fisharoo in fullCreating the Student Blog in Drupal using Cloning
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Bill Fitzgerald | December 2008 | Drupal Open Source
Blogging in Drupal encompasses a range of learning activities. When incorporated into a course as a regular part of the coursework, blogs provide an incredibly powerful means of tracking student growth. For students who are disorganized (that is, students whose backpacks resemble tumbleweed), the blog can also be an organizational tool. Most importantly, though, blogs create a record of student work that can be accessed at any time. As such, blogs provide a convenient window into both process (how students work) and product (the end results of student work). In this article by Bill Fitzgerald, we will see how to create a student blog.
Read Creating the Student Blog in Drupal using Cloning in fullPython Data Persistence using MySQL Part II: Moving Data Processing to the Data
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Yuli Vasiliev | December 2008 | Open Source
Continuing with the sample discussed in the Python Data Persistence using MySQL article, this Part II: Moving Data Processing to the Data by Yuli Vasiliev explains how you can implement some data processing inside your database, resulting in better application design and better performance in the long run. In this article, you will look at triggers in action. Stored procedures and functions can be used similarly.
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