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concrete5: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

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concrete5: Beginner's Guide - 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

Time for action – installing an add-on


Carry out the following steps for installing an add-on:

  1. Go to your dashboard and click on Extend concrete5 in the bottom-left corner.

  2. Before you can access the marketplace, you have to connect your site to the concrete5.org community. Click on Connect to Community. You're redirected to a screen where you can log in using your concrete5.org account.

  3. In case you don't have an account on concrete5.org yet, click on the Register button shown here:

    Note

    This has nothing to do with the user accounts you've already created within your site. This is an account for concrete5.org. You can use one account to connect all your sites to the marketplace; you can also use it to access the support forums on concrete5.org.

  4. Enter your username, e-mail, and a password which you have to confirm, and select the checkbox to confirm that you've read the terms of use and then click on Sign In. Here's an example:

  5. You should get a confirmation that your site is connected to the concrete5...