SEBLOD CCK Presentation By Simon Dowdles - Joomla! Day South Africa 2011

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01 201 WHAT IS SEBLOD CCK FOR JOOMLA?

• SEBLODCCKisacontentconstructionkitforJoomla1.7aswellasaSoftwareDevelopmentKit(SDK)

• Allowsdevelopers,designers&admin’stobuildanytypeofcontent:blog,classifieds,downloadsetc

• ExtendArticles,Categories &Users

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01 3OKAY, SO IT’S A CCK, BUT WHAT IS THAT?02

• ACCK(ContentConstructionKit)allowsyoutocreatedifferent‘types’ofcontentbyassigningfieldsofvarioustypestoacontentitem.

• The‘content’partofaCCKisnomorethanacollectionofdatafieldsdisplayedinacertainformat.

• Let’stakea‘recipe’contenttypeforexample:

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01 4THERE ARE OTHER CCK’s, WHY CHOOSE SEBLOD?03

• VerywellintegratedintotheJoomlacore.

• StreamlinedAJAX interface,increasedproductivity.

• Lotsof field typestochosefrom.

• Unmatchedfield storage capabilities.

• ContenttypesareintegratedintotheJoomla!articlemanager.

• Powerful template engine.TemplatesarecreatedsimilarlytoJoomla!templates.

• Efficientfront-endcontentsubmission.

• ExtendSEBLODthroughnative Joomla! plug-ins.

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01 5USAGE SCENARIO’S FOR SEBLOD CCK04

• Classifieds Web Site-Usercontributedlistings.

• Download / Document Manager-ACL,fileuploadfields,documentdescriptionsetc.

• Comment Systems-Easilyaddcommentfunctionalitytoanycontenttype.

• Real Estate Listings-Powerfulsearch&listfeaturesmakefilteringcontentonanyfieldabreeze.

• Restaurant Guide-Search/listtypes&a3rdpartyGoogleMapsplug-in.

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Theamountoffields(andtheabilitytoaddmore),powerfulsearchfeaturesandasolidtemplatesystemmeanthatthesky’sthelimitwhenitcome’stocreatingcustomcontenttype’swithSEBLOD2.0CCK.


01 6THE HEART OF SEBLOD: FIELDS & CONTENT TYPES05

• Allcontenttypes,forexampleanimagegallery,consistofacollectionoffields.

• TherearemanyfieldsincludedwithSEBLOD,examplesinclude:

Text-StandardinputfieldCheckbox-StandardHTMLcheckboxSubmit Button-Tosubmitforms&searchesFile upload(chooselocation,1itemperuser,resizeupto6sizes...)Image uploadwithupto5auto-generatedthumbnails,theirsizedefinedbyyouFieldX-RepeatafieldXtimesGroupX-RepeatagroupoffieldsXtimes

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01 7CCK FIELDS06

• CreateyourownfieldsforAdminForm,SiteForm&Contentviewtypes

• Apply‘Typo’plug-instofieldcontent- Typomeanstypography,butnotlimitedtothat

H1,H2,H3...Italic,Bold,UnderlineLinktoContent-FieldvaluelinkstofullarticleOpenImagesinLightboxWindow-Applicabletoimageuploadfields

• Writeyourown‘Typo’plug-inanddowhatyouwantwiththefieldvalues.

• Use‘Live’values-GrabthevalueofaURLvariable,userprofilefield,articleIDetc.

• Showfieldvaluesas ‘form’,‘hidden’, ‘read only’ or ‘value’informs.

• SelecttheStorage Typeofyourfield.

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• Fieldscanbestoredinanumberofways:

• CUSTOM:introtextcolumnofthejoomla content tableas::field_name::value::/field_name::

• STANDARD:Withinanalreadypresentcolumnofanytable,eg:titleinJoomla content table

• Byaddinga new column to any tablepresentinyourdatabase

• Storedinatablerelativeonly tothecontenttypeinwhichthefieldiscreated

• JSON:Suitableifyou’restoringsmalleramountsoflessusedfields.

CCK FIELDS - STORAGE TYPES07 8

Whenaddingfieldstoanalreadypresentcolumn,creatinganewcolumninanexistingtableorcreatinganewtableforyourcontenttypeyouwillalwayshavethechoiceofsettingthetablecolumnproperties:char(25),varchar(25),text,int(11),datetimeetc


01 9CCK FIELDS - STORAGE TYPES07 9

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Thevalueoff ield“sd_alias” isthenstoredintheintrotextcolumnofourcontenttable



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Thevalueoff ield“recipe_notes” isstoredinit ’sowncolumninthe#__cck_type_recipe table



• Thereareadvantagesanddisadvantagesforeachfieldstoragemethod

• Youneedtoconsiderafewthingswhenchoosingafieldstoragetype:

Exclusivity -Doyouneedthisfieldtobeavailabletoothercontenttypes?Storage Properties-Doyourequireaspecifictypelikechar,varchar,intetc?Third party access-Havingyourit’sowntablecolumnmakesthiseasier.Efficiency-Willtherebetoomanyotherfieldsintheintrotextcolumn?Considerstoringitinit’sowncolumnthen.Data Role-Ifthefielddataappearsmainlyinarticleintro’s,itmakesmoresensetostoreitintheintrotextcolumn.

Investthetimeplanninghowyourfieldswillmaptoyourcontenttype.Thiswillsaveyoualotofheadachesinthelongrunandwillensurethatyourcontenttypeisasefficientasitcanbe.Avoidnamingconflictswiththirdpartycckfieldsbyprefixingyourfieldswithaletterortwo.Iusemyinitials,sothefield‘tags’becomes‘sd_tags‘.


01 12CONTENT TYPES08 12

• Thereare4typesof ‘clients’ toassigncontenttypefieldsto:

Admin Form-ThecontentcreationformintheadministrationareaofSEBLOD,i.e.TheArticleManagerscreen.Site Form-Thecontentcreation/submissionformintheJoomla!frontend,usersubmittedcontent.Content-Fieldsassignedherewillappearinthefullarticleview.Intro -Fieldsassignedherewillappearonlyinthearticleintroview.

• Eachclientcanhaveit’sown templateassignedtoit,grantingyoutotalcontroloverthedisplayofyourcontenttype’sdata/content.

• Eachclientcanhaveit’svery own set of ACLrules.FieldsofeachclientcanalsohaveACLrulesassignedtothem.

• Fieldsareaddedtoa‘position’ofyourchoice,thisconceptissimilartomodulepositions.


01 13CONTENT TYPES - FIELD POSITIONS09 13

• Functionmuchthesameasmodulepositions.Acollectionoffieldsareassignedtoacertainposition,andthatpositionisthenrenderedinyourtemplate.

• Thedefaulttemplateseb_oneshipswith42fieldpositions.

• Eachpositioncanbeoverriddeninyourtemplate.

• Stylevariationscanbeappliedtoanyandallpositions.


01 14CONTENT TYPES - FIELD POSITIONS09 14

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01 16ACL & CONTENT TYPES10 16

• ACLrulescanbeappliedtoall clientsofacontenttype.

• ACLrulescanbeappliedto all fieldswithinaclient.

• ACLforpublication, edition & accessofcontent.

• Totalcontroloverwhocandowhat,whereandwhen.

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01 17TEMPLATES11 17

• Extremelyflexible & powerfultemplatingsystem

• ResideinthenativeJoomla!templatesdirectory

• Templatesforform,content&searchtypes

• Overrides onitempositionsbasedontheirtype & client:

Youwanttospecificallystylea‘recipe’contenttype’spositionbutonlyinINTROviewYouwanttospecificallystyleacontenttypespositionsbutonlyina LISTview

•Createyourownvariationsandapplythemtoyourpositions:

YouwantsomecontenttodisplaybeforeandafteracertainpositionYouwanttomanuallyrenderthecontentofyourfieldsusingSEBLOD’SrenderingAPI


01 18SEARCH TYPES12 18

• Createtailored‘search rules’foranycontenttype

• Definewhichfieldsuserscan&cannotsearchagainst.

• Choosetoshoworhidefieldsinthefrontend,orcreateyourowncustomform.

• Bind‘live’valuestothefield(s)you’researchingagainst.

• ACLrulesarefullyavailabletoallfieldsinyoursearchtype.

• Displaytheresultsofasearchinalist module.

• Styleyoursearchresultsthroughatemplateoroverride.


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• Uselivevalues

• Choosesearchablefields

• Choosematchtypes

• Controlresultstemplate

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SEBLOD CCK Presentation By Simon Dowdles - Joomla! Day South Africa 2011