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concrete5: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition - Second Edition

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concrete5: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition - Second Edition

Overview of this book

concrete5 is an open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. concrete5 is designed for ease of use, and for users with limited technical skills. It enables users to edit site content directly from the page. It provides version management for every page and allows users to edit images through an embedded editor on the page. concrete5 Beginner's Guide shows you everything you need to get your own site up and running in no time. You will then learn how to change the look of it before you find out all you need to add custom functionality to concrete5. concrete5 Beginner's Guide starts with installation, then you customize the look and feel and continue to add your own functionality. After you've installed and configured your own concrete5 site, we'll have a closer look at themes and integrate a simple layout into concrete5. Afterwards, we're going to build a block from scratch which you can use to manage a news section. We're also going to add a button to our site which can be used to create a PDF document on the fly. This book also covers some examples that show you how to integrate an existing jQuery plugin. concrete5 Beginner's Guide is a book for developers looking to get started with concrete5 in order to create great websites and applications.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Deploying a concrete5 site


So far we've done all the work on your local computer, but you'll probably want to publish your website on a web server accessible by the public some day. It's a bit difficult to assume all the possible configurations out there. Every web server is a bit different; there are different operating systems, different web server software, and a lot of parameters your hosting company can change.

In this section, you'll find information that should make the process of deploying your website easier, no matter what hosting company you work with. However, keep in mind that it can vary depending on your situation and you might have to adapt to that.

Preparations for deployment

The following steps aren't necessary in every case but they make the deployment process a bit more solid.