Extending CMS Made Simple™

Creating modules and plugins for CMSMS™ 1.8 and beyond

Summary:
Presented by members of the CMSMS™ core team, this workshop will show users with PHP development experience how to extend the system to meet their custom needs. Includes information on modifying modules to be prepared for the release of CMSMS™ 2.0 later this year.

Details:

• Hour 1:

• Introduction

• Presenters & Credentials

• Understanding CMS Extensions

• How should I do it? Smarty? Tag? UDT? or Module?

• Programming with Smarty and Core Modules

• Example of Google Site Map with Menu Manager & mod_rewrite

• Tags and User Defined Tags

• "Filter" Tag to add © symbol after Company Name

• UDT to set Smarty variables

• Exercise:

• Smarty, UDT, or Module?

• Create a UDT that sets variables based on time of year to allow season-based changes to site.

• Hour 2:

• Getting Started with Modules

• Using the Skeleton Module to get started on a 1.x module

• Layout of a 1.x Module

• Basic methods needed to create a Module

• Using the Database API

• ADODB and Basic queries

• Using the CMSMS 1.x Module Form API

• Example of a 1.x module that creates a simple form and stores the results in the database

• Hour 3:

• Using the CMSMS 2.x Module Form API

• Example of a 2.x module that creates a simple form and stores the results in the database

• Your module and the Community

• Module Admin Panel

• Hour 4:

• Using Events

• CMS 2.0 Features

• Q & A