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Real Content in PHP5 CMS: Part 1

by Martin Brampton | September 2009 | MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP

In this article by Martin Brampton, he aims to describe a number of specific application areas, discussing the particular issues that arise with implementations. Looking at our framework solution, he will concentrate on one sample extension. It is a very simple text handling mechanism that can be explained in detail. Also, the ways in which the simple text system could be extended will be described.

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Real Content in PHP5 CMS: Part 2

by Martin Brampton | September 2009 | MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP

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Creating a Shopping Cart using Zend Framework: Part 1

by Keith Pope | September 2009 | MySQL Open Source PHP Web Development

In this two-part article series by Keith Pope, we will learn about:

  • Creating Models that do not use a database as a data source
  • Using Zend_Session_Namespace
  • Implementing the Cart Views and Controllers
  • More Forms, View Helpers, and so on
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Adding Pages, Image Gallery, and Plugins to a WordPress Blog

by April Hodge Silver Hasin Hayder | June 2009 | MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP WordPress

WordPress offers you a lot more than simply posts, comments, and categories. In this article by Hasin Hayder and April Hodge Silver, we will explore and control all of the other content types that WordPress already has. You'll be able to create static pages that aren't a part of your ongoing blog, bookmark links that will drive visitors to your friends, and add and manage built-in image galleries to display photos and other images. You'll also learn how to add plugins, which will enhance the capabilities of your entire website.

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ASP.NET Social Networks—Blogs in Fisharoo

by 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.

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Managing orders in Joomla! and VirtueMart

by Suhreed Sarkar | April 2009 | Joomla! MySQL Content Management e-Commerce Open Source PHP

In the previous article by Suhreed Sarkar, you have seen how to create and manage user groups and assign permissions to user groups. We also saw how to create permission modules and functions that are used for implementing a permission system for special groups. In this article, the last in the series, we will learn about managing orders, viewing an order's details, updating an order's status, creating and managing order status types, and also managing and updating product inventory.

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In-place Editing using PHP and Script.aculo.us

by Sridhar Rao | April 2009 | AJAX MySQL PHP Web Development

In this article by Sridhar Rao, we will learn about editing the content in the page without moving, dragging, or dropping it. This feature is called in-place editing. The key topics that we are going to explore in this article are:

  • Introduction to in-place editing
  • In-place editing: Definition and attributes
  • Code usage in examples
  • Tips and tricks involving in-place editing
  • Hands-on example: Handling at the server-side
  • Hands-on with InPlaceCollectionEditor
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Creating and Managing User Groups in Joomla! and VirtueMart

by Suhreed Sarkar | April 2009 | Joomla! MySQL Content Management e-Commerce Open Source PHP

In the previous article you have seen how to allow customer registrations to your VirtueMart shop, how to manage the registered users, how to define extra fields for customer registration and account maintenance forms. In this article by Suhreed Sarkar, we learn how to create and manage user groups and assign permissions to user groups. You will also see how to create permission modules and functions that are used for implementing a permission system for special groups.

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