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Building Websites with e107

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Building Websites with e107

Overview of this book

e107 is a PHP-based content management system that uses the popular open source MySQL database system for content storage. e107 is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is completely free, totally customizable and in constant development. It is an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more. It has a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users.If you want to create a powerful, fully-featured website in no time, this book is for you. This book will help you explore e107, putting you in the picture of what it offers, and how to go about building a site with the system. The book covers all the core features of e107, and it is thorough and incremental tutorial approach it gives you the understanding to experiment with advanced features and customization.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Building Websites with e107
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
Preface

Creating Menu Items Using the Custom Page/Menu Tool


We are now going to add a small photo of the pet of the month. Use a photo of your pet or any pet. I just happened to have a photo that I took of a frisky little pup, down in Key West. You may use an image of any pet your wish and perform the following steps.

  1. 1. Locate the image called pom.png from the images files in the code download for this book. If you want to substitute your own pet photo, resize your photo to a width of 90 pixels wide and no more than 90 pixels in height. Save the file as pom.png.

  2. 2. Upload your graphic file to the server using one of the following two methods:

    • Select Create Menu by navigating to Custom Menus / Pages and then use the Upload Images feature located at the bottom of the page.

    • Open your FTP client and upload the pom.png file to the directory /public_html/e107_images/custom/.

  3. 3. Return to the main administrative interface and select the Custom Menus / Pages (second row on the left).

  4. 4. On the right side...