I need to build a basic CRUD joomla extension for a customer.
On the user's side, it must display a product list when the user choose a category, and the product details when an item is selected in the list. On the product details page, the user can send a message to the site's owner regarding the chosen product.
On the admin side, user must be able to add/modify/delete products and categories. That's about it.
Does anybody knows (a) good tutorial(s) that could help me get started with this project?
I've worked with php 4 years ago and have 5+ years experience in web development (.net), but i'm new to joomla.
Thanks in advance!
Sounds like to me you are looking for an e-commerce extension with a catalog mode (no purchases/no cart enabled) and an Ask a Question form on product pages. I know that at least Virtuemart has this ability exactly. I am sure there are other simpler carts that will also accommodate your need. http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/e-commerce/shopping-cart
Spend a couple of hours trying out carts, no code writing required.
A great place to start is the Joomla docs site.
Checkout Component Development section.
Also, here is MVC Component Tutorial (there are 6 section to it, look for links at the bottom for "Next"), it will definitely put you on the right track. You will have to add a lot of your project specific things and do out of the box things, but it should be pretty easy.
Just keep things separate to make it easier
View/Template - your presentation
Controller - logic
Model - Data Access Layer (DAL)
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I am new to my company now, my company site has been created based on 1.3.8a, and there are lot of zencart core files changed , and a lot of new secondary developed files added . now my boss want to update the company site to zencart 1.5.1, and want to construct the site starting from scratch, the new verson of company site should be clear in structure and easy to update.
can any good people give some suggestions ? and any good theads telling about that ?
some thoughts of mine:
1.if new classes files added ,should be placed in includes/classes/jy_class.xxx.php (jy is my company name);
2.if new includes/modules/pages/xxx/header_php.php ,should be placed in includes/modules/jy/pages/xxx/header_php.php
3.if new functions ,should be placed in includes/functions/extra_functions/jy_functions_xxx.php
I know that this question is a opened question , but it is very important for me. I want some zencart developing experts give me some good advices.
Suggestions 1 and 3 are fine. Suggestion 2 won't work; the page cannot be in the subdirectory jy - it must be in includes/modules/pages/xxx/header_php.php. You also want to initiate this activity as soon as possible; Zen Cart 1.3.8a has been compromised for a long time and is not secure.
I have a Joomla site I am developing that centers around designer handbags of a particular label
(not my site, it's a client's). It is not an ecommerce site, more of a social site.
What I am looking to do is present the user with a list of handbag styles and patterns so that
they can mark which items they have and which items they need.
Then two sections of content would be generated - one listing what they have and one listing what
they need.
I would also need to be able to include a direct menu link to that page.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Probably the best way to do that would be to extend either community builder or JomSocial. Both have the ability to have custom user profiles which would go a long way to creating what you are looking for. You may even be able to do everything you want within the basic structure of one of those extensions.
I recently started learning about drupal integration and because I wanted to learn how to create sites that I give to people with no html experience who want to be able to update their site. Through my research I learned that Drupal is the best supported CMS. It really does have a lot of nice features and accomplishes the job, but it almost has too many features for what I want.
I'm assuming there is some kind of open-source software for
I am an aspiring web developer trying to build my portfolio/gain experience. What I've been trying to do is build sites for clients that I can lose complete contact with--so when their store hours change and they have no HTML experience, I get emails about updating their site.
I figure there are three approaches: (tell me if there are more)
I write a php app that allows them to edit their site
I use a CMS (Drupal) to let them edit their site
I write scripts that embed text files formatted with {white-space: pre;}
I've so far implemented each method on 3 different sites, and they all work with drawbacks. I would prefer an open-source alternative to writing my own app for stability/security. Drupal seems more oriented towards allowing multiple users to add content, whereas I only want one user update existing content. The third option works well for computer-literate clients, but anyone who can navigate onto their server to change the file could probably figure out how to update the site without any of these approaches.
To sum up my problem, can anyone tell me the term I am looking for? Content Management System refers to the site framework for sites with a growing number of content posts (correct me if I'm wrong). What is the term for the site framework for editing sites with predefined but editable pages? If you could please tell me that, then I can at least research this question on my own. Otherwise, if you have any advice or solutions, they are much appreciated!
Thanks
user1470887, you've asked a great question. The answer, unfortunately, is that too many of the existing CMS products overlook this use case. It doesn't have an exact name as far as I know.
The term "in-place editing" describes one version of this (user clicks text on web page, block of text becomes a form, user edits contents and presses submit button, new text is sent to webserver and saved, and the form becomes normal text again). But I gather you would be happy with anything that lets them edit-existing but not create-new.
I'm also guessing you don't want to build your own Drupal module or commission one.
I do not know Drupal well enough to know whether there's a Drupal module that meets your needs. I'd recommend a careful search, though, especially if you are already somewhat familiar with Drupal. (Yes, Drupal can seem like too much CMS at times.)
However ... if you can't find a Drupal solution or want an alternative to Drupal, MODX Revolution does have an answer: set it up and then install Bob Ray's NewsPublisher add-on. It will put an "edit" button on pages which a user has the right to edit, but not on pages where they don't have edit rights. (And of course users will only be able to edit the title, body content etc - not the entire page.)
Bob Ray has literally written the book on MODX (MODX: The Official Guide). I was able to successfully adapt NewsPublisher to a project last year similar to what you have described, with predefined pages that the user would only need to edit over time. The latest NewsPublisher version, untested by me, is said to be further improved and can now be styled much more easily using CSS. That should allow you to give your users a customised and consistent interface.
As andmag also notes, MODX is a very flexible system for web developers focused on the presentation layer. It has the best templating system going.
I'll recomend you to try MODX. It gives you big flexibility to run your php or html code.
I have a very simple application, and i want to add into it a database. For all of you, to understand what i mean, it should look similar like default application "Contacts" in iPhone. It should contain list of elements (like people names in contact list), and when the user click name, the next view appear, which contain information about contact (and other buttons as well). All of data must be inside of application (not downloading from web pages).
Please help me! I am novice, and i have no clue what i should looking for, not just an array i guess... i will gratefully accept any of advice and links to examples, related to my problem.
PS. My app is not about contacts, its about diet. For example, it should look like: user click element "cheese" in list, and then next view provide information about product (calories, protein, fat etc.)
Take a look at the following free lessons from iTunes U. Paul Hegarty is an excellent teacher. These are dense so I had to watch a couple times, but everything you need is here:
Basic Persistence:
http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/node/285
Core Data (Lecture):
http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/node/287
Core Data Demo:
http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/node/289
These pages have the pdfs, but go to iTunes and download the full lectures for an excellent overview. Also don't miss the CoreDataTableViewController available on the last linked page - handy.
Without this course I would not be an iOS developer, so I can't recommend it highly enough.
Enjoy,
Damien
I am building a fairly simple website based on typo3. I'm new to the CMS but I've read almost everything I could find about it - tutorials, wikis, documentation. I'm stuck with designing a functionality for the administrator to be able to create records with predefined attributes (category, date, info, image, ...) and those records to be listed in a table on the front end with a "View detailed" link on each row. Will I need to develop a complete extension for this? From where the administrator will enter these records? How can I iterate them on the front end?
I apologize in advance if my question is too broad.
The Kickstarter extension provides a full stop solution for your needs. There is a good set of, if slightly outdated, screencasts explaining how to use this extension to create your custom record types and associated front-end views.