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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

RSS Plugin


RSS is an abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication. Its basic function is to distribute frequently updated digital content. This information is disseminated via a feed, which can then be subscribed and viewed by means of a program called an aggregator. Over the years since RSS was first introduced, it has become increasingly popular. So much so that many of the newer web browsers have the aggregator built into them. You can find additional information about RSS at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS(file_format).

Now some of you may have remembered when we first installed e107 and viewed our front page that the RSS menu was active and we deactivated it. We are going to go back and reactivate that menu item in a minute but first we want to install the RSS plugin from our core plugins.

Installation

Select Plugins | Plugin Manager from the administrator toolbar or the Plugin Manager icon from the administrative interface. Now install the RSS plugin. Select configure and you will...