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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

concrete5 Beginner's Guide

By : Remo Laubacher
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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

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By: Remo Laubacher
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Overview of this book

Concrete5 is a content management system for PHP developers. It can be used to build a range of sites and is particularly optimized for creating marketing websites. The Concrete5 Beginner's Guide will show you how to get up and running with Concrete5 as quickly and painlessly as possible. Taking you from installation to deployment, this is the only reference that you will need for creating your new Concrete5 site. By using a number of real-world examples, as well as taking you through the set up of a sample site, this book will enable you to become familiar with all of Concrete5's features. Use add-ons, themes, and blocks to give your site the look-and-feel that you desire. Simple PHP will enable you to customize the layout and navigation options of your site, as well extend the dashboard giving you a fully functional, professional site in no time.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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Installation
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Installation
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Preparing for installation
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XAMPP installation
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Time for action – installing XAMPP
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Downloading concrete5
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Time for action – downloading the latest version
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Creating an empty SQL database
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Time for action – creating an empty SQL database
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Installing concrete5
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Time for action – installing concrete5
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Time for action – enabling pretty URLs
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Summary
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Working with concrete5
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Working with concrete5
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Getting familiar with concrete5
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Time for action – logging in to concrete5
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Adding new blocks
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Time for action – adding new blocks
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Time for action – editing existing blocks
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Time for action – exiting edit mode
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The dashboard
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Adding more pages
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Time for action – adding pages to create a news section
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Time for action – adding blocks to new page
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Page defaults
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Time for action – adding default blocks to a page type
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Page commands
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Time for action – moving and sorting your pages
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Splitting content into columns
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Time for action – creating a multi-column layout
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Scrapbook
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Time for action – putting your addresses in a scrapbook
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Design and CSS
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Time for action – styling your blocks
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Summary
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Permissions
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Permissions
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Basic permissions
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Time for action – adding groups
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Time for action – adding users
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Time for action – assigning sitemap permissions
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Time for action – granting file manager permissions
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Time for action – creating a protected website
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Time for action – setting task permissions
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Time for action – granting partial dashboard access
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Advanced permission mode
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Time for action – activating the advanced permission mode
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Time for action – setting time based page visibility
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Time for action – setting sub-page permissions
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Time for action – using block permissions
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Time for action – restricting allowed blocks for an area
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Summary
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Add-ons
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Add-ons
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What's an add-on?
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Time for action – installing an add-on
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Time for action – removing an add-on
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Time for action – manually installing an add-on
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Theme
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Blocks
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Packages
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Creating Your Own Theme
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Creating Your Own Theme
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The new layout
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Converting HTML and CSS to a concrete5 theme
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Time for action – creating the concrete5 theme header
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Time for action – creating the concrete5 theme footer
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Time for action – creating a page template
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Time for action – creating more page templates
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Installing your theme
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Time for action – installing theme
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PHP constants and functions
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Time for action – getting a list of available constants
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Time for action – list all available functions
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Time for action – checking for edit mode
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Time for action – hiding content from anonymous visitors
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Time for action – restricting numbers of blocks per area
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Time for action – inserting block wrapper in area
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Working with page attributes
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Time for action – using attributes to set background picture
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Time for action – accessing attribute data from a template
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Block in templates
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Time for action – replacing header area with template block
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Time for action – finding autonav block properties
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Time for action – specifying block template in area
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Applying theme to single page
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Time for action – creating single page layout
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Time for action – adding variables to handle login errors
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Creating a customizable theme
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Time for action – a creating customizable theme
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Customizing Block Layout
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Customizing Block Layout
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Custom templates to modify block layout
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Thumbnails in a page list
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Time for action – adding thumbnails to a page list
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Time for action – restricting thumbnail dimension
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Time for action – restricting thumbnails to a custom dimension
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Template folder
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Time for action – creating a template folder
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Picture pop-ups in content block
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Time for action – building a lightbox gallery
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Gravatar picture in guestbook
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Time for action – adding a Gravatar picture to the guestbook
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Avoiding duplicate code in a custom template
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Time for action – including an existing template
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Auto-hide news page list
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Time for action – creating an auto-hide page list
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Transforming a slideshow into a gallery
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Time for action – creating a gallery template for a slideshow
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Time for action – adding a slideshow gallery
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Slideshow using file attributes
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Time for action – adding file attributes to our slideshow
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Time for action – using file attributes in the gallery
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Advanced tooltip in content block
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Time for action – creating advanced tooltips
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Summary
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Advanced Navigation
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Advanced Navigation
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Autonav introduction
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Time for action – undoing autonav block integration
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Images in the navigation
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Time for action – creating page attributes for navigation pictures
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Time for action – creating block picture navigation template
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CSS3 hover effect
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Time for action – creating a CSS3 transition autonav template
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Drop-down navigation
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Time for action – creating SooperFish template
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Hierarchical tree navigation
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Time for action – building a file explorer-like navigation
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Dynamically loading content
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Time for action – dynamically loading concret5 content using jQuery
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Time for action – direct link with dynamic content
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Summary
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Creating Your Own Add-on Block
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Creating Your Own Add-on Block
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Product information block
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Time for action – creating the database structure
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Time for action – creating the block controller
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Time for action – creating the editing interface
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Time for action – printing block output
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Time for action – adding check for mandatory fields
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Time for action – adding product categories
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Product list
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Time for action – handling multiple block versions
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Time for action – creating the product list block
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Picture magnifier
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Time for action – creating the picture magnifier block
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PDF generation block
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Time for action – creating the PDF generation block
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FTP gallery
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Time for action – creating the FTP based picture gallery
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Summary
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Everything in a Package
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Everything in a Package
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What's a package?
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Time for action – creating the package controller
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Moving templates into package
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Moving themes and blocks into the package
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Time for action – moving jQZoom block into the package
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Time for action – moving the PDF block into the package
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Hooking into core events
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Maintenance tasks and jobs
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Time for action – execute concrete5 jobs periodically
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Time for action – creating a job to check for broken links
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Injecting header items
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Time for action – creating global tooltips
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Time for action – integrating CSS fix in the package
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Summary
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Dashboard Extensions
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Dashboard Extensions
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MVC—model view controller
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Broken link interface
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Time for action – creating the broken links dashboard extension
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Time for action – creating package model
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Time for action – adding a second controller method
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File editor embedded in the dashboard
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Time for action – creating the file editor add-on
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Summary
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Deployment and Configuration
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Deployment and Configuration
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Deployment
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Time for action – disabling pretty URL and cache
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Time for action – transferring a MySQL database
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Time for action – transferring files to the server
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Time for action – updating the configuration file
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Time for action – setting file permissions
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Configuration
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Time for action – installing a translation file
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Time for action – getting PHP information
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Pop Quiz Answers
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Pop Quiz Answers
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Chapter 1: Installation
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Chapter 2: Working with concrete5
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Chapter 3: Permissions
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Chapter 4: Add-ons
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Chapter 5: Creating Your Own Theme
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Chapter 6: Creating Your Own Add-on Block
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Chapter 9: Everything in a Package
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Index
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Index

Blocks

We've already seen a few blocks in the previous chapters. In case you forgot: A block is basically an element you can place in an area. Thanks to the really extensible architecture of concrete5, it's quite easy to create a new block and add new functionality to your website.

Blocks are just like anything in concrete5 built using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. This makes sure that every element in concrete5 follows the same structure. A developer who builds extensions for concrete5 should have experience with object oriented programming and the MVC pattern.

Understanding the MVC pattern isn't very difficult but helps pretty much any developer. It basically makes sure that the layout (view) is in a file, split apart from the logic (controller) and the data (model). You can find more information about the pattern on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_View_Controller.

Block structure

What files does a block need?

This goes a bit deeper but might still be handy for a non...

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