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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

The Coppermine Plugin


They say a picture is worth a thousand words and that is definitely true when it comes to animals. Our website will include ample of pictures of animals, and to accommodate them we require a powerful gallery plugin. A quick trip to http://www.e107coders.org and you can see there are several plugins from which to choose. If you are going to have a large number of photographs, I definitely recommend the Coppermine Image-Gallery plugin, which is a non-core plugin adapted from another open-source program called Coppermine Photo Gallery http://coppermine-gallery.net/.

Installing the Coppermine Plugin

If you have not done so yet, download the most recent Coppermine plugin from the http://www.e107coders.org site and unzip the plugin. Locate the folder called docs and you will see a README.html and a PDF file called manual. The readme document contains a brief overview on installation, setup, and known security issues. The manual is in Portable Document Format so you will need...