I am working on a freelancer site that will use Joomla as the base. I would like to create a custom component for the freelancer functionality and was wondering if there is a way to convert an existing freelancer PHP program (specifically Ilance) into a Joomla component. I have a license for Ilance and thought about using the wrapper in Joomla for it. But this option will not work for me. Instead, I would like to add all the functionality of Ilance into Joomla without creating it from scratch.
OFC you can do that. Joomla components should be MVC but they don't need to. They can actually be any (crappy) code you want. That's why everyone calls himself a pro joomla developer ;)
You only need to work your way into creating the basic joomla bootstrapper file and some installation xml and off you go.
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I'm putting together a dashboard for a backend to a CMS project made with Codeigniter. There is some navigation in a sidebar and I"m trying to figure out what I need to know making "modules". I have two types of users. Administrators and basic users. They share the same sidebar navigation. Admins can see all links in the navigation and basic users can only see some. I was trying to look at a few different CMS's to see how they do it and really like how PyroCMS does it with putting together their navigation. However, I"m trying to find out what really tells me what I should makes a module. I know it has its own controllers, models, views and etc. I'm trying to find out with research what I need to know to really know what should I make into a module. Are their questions I should I should be asking myself that will be able to tell me what has the possibility of being a module and what isn't.
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Module development with PyroCMS is the way to go if you're used to working in CodeIgniter.
Becoming acclimated will be intuitive as a CI programmer, create a new module (drop it in your *addons/shared_addons/modules* folder):
https://github.com/pyrocms/sample
And notice how the routing works:
http://docs.pyrocms.com/2.2/manual/developers/basics/modular-routing
Then take a looksee at MY_Model (system/cms/core) that PyroCMS includes. I wrote a few modules before realizing PyroCMS includes a basic model that will save you from writing a lot of extraneous code. Don't worry, you can still always choose extend CI_Model instead if you don't want to use MY_Model for a module.
The more you learn about the mechanics of PyroCMS, the more you realize it has no limits. Unless you're writing trivial apps or just like re-writing code, I wouldn't start any new project in CI because PyroCMS is the more sensible starting point.
If there is something more advanced that the documentation doesn't answer for you. Then SNOOP AROUND! All the core features are built as modules. Check out how they did it in one of the core modules (system/cms/modules/). And if you want to change something in the core, you can avoid make any changes to the core by overloading views.
Once you're confident with your ported CI App, I would check out Streams. Streams will dramatically increase the time it takes to write trivial CRUD modules. If you're as happy as I've been with Pyro, you won't mind shelling out the lettuce to buy PyroCMS Pro or Streams.
i have a doubt about Drupal, i've recently developed a website using php and mysql, this site has a cms that was created by the previous developer, so... i have some new contents in the DB and i need to create the modules in the cms to manage them, but i've heard that it would be better if i install drupal. ¿Can i install this drupal cms and manage my already created DB?, i'm not using a drupal theme. I mean i only need to manage the DB not create the entire site. ¿is it possible? or it would be better just create the new modules into the already created cms (it isn't joomla, wordpress...) ¡thanks in advance!
You will not be able to install Drupal and use it to manage the existing site. They are going to have different data structures.
If you came to understand the data structures of the two CMSes you might find that you could export out of the old one and into Drupal. This would require a good bit of comfort with MySQL.
You can use the existing db and can build custom module to use the data in other table, created for your custom CMS. However, there is no direct or automatic way which will allow you to access those data! You have to write your own code!
I have been develope one site in joomla framework. Now my trouble is that client want one custom page in this site. so, please guide me how to i setup theme interface in this custom page?
Although this is not my favorite solution, instead of including Joomla in your script, you can put your script inside an article with an extension that can read your code, like DirectPHP and others.
You can make something like error.php which is really a mini application that renders a single page. You can see in the core how elements of the emplae are used and you can evn pull in modules and so on.
I am familiar with WordPress environment and wp developement.
Now I want to extend my knowledge with YII framework of PHP and I am learning things over YII.
I want to know if any technique or trick exist to use YII within WordPress for theme and plugin development.
Looking for your answers :)
Yes, it's quite doable. Read my article about it here: http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/322/integrating-wordpress-and-yii-still-another-approach-using-yii-as-the-router-controller/
Note: it isn't that straightforward, so if you are new to Yii it may get complicated fast. But feel free to ask on the forums and we'll see if we can get you going.
I'm also going to put up a base Yii/Wordpress setup on Github at some point. If you subscribe to that article, you should get a notice when I do.
Edit: GitHub repo here: https://github.com/acorncom/yii-wordpress-integration
Not easily. WordPress is not written using the Yii framework, and most of the tasks that Yii would implement (database abstraction, request routing, caching, etc.) are already handled by WordPress in totally incompatible ways.
As others have noted, it's possible to integrate the two, but it's an awkward fit. You may want to consider first whether it would make more sense to use either Yii or WordPress alone.
Yes. You can read Using Yii in 3rd-Party Systems section from the Definite guide to Yii for more information:
Yii can also be used as a self-contained library to support developing and enhancing existing 3rd-party systems, such as WordPress, Joomla, etc. To do so, include the following code in the bootstrap code of the 3rd-party system:
require_once('path/to/yii.php');
Yii::createWebApplication('path/to/config.php');
The above code is very similar to the bootstrap code used by a typical Yii application except one thing: it does not call the run() method after creating the Web application instance.
I have recently started working on an eCommerce site for a company and they have selected Magento 1.4.0 to run their store. I have spent most of my PHP "career" working with various MVC frameworks (even Zend with Magento is supposed to be based on) but the complexity of Magento seems to be on another level with no seemingly good resources to look to for help.
Looking around the site I have seen suggestions for certain books to use as reference, but they all refer to Magento 1.2 or 1.3.
My goal is to develop for Magento in a way that I do not alter any of the base code so that the client can easily upgrade the version of Magento and just "drop in" my code and have it work. The current issue is how to properly use the layout/template breakdown correctly and how to add custom model/controller functionality to the application without hacking away at Magento's core code base.
how to properly use the layout/template breakdown correctly
What you need to know is the folder structure of the Magento & the use of its own MVC structure. This is a very very important part to get you started from the basic roots. Whatever version you use, the folder structure & the MVC structure followed by Magento will almost never change. Try to follow the Magento's own Knowledge Base & Wiki tutorials. If you want you can also follow some other sites as well.
how to add custom model/controller functionality to the application
without hacking away at Magento's core code base
You will need to use the custom module functionality to override the core code base of model / controller. It's a simple process of writing the main logic in a XML file, of what core class you want to override of Magento, in your module's "etc" folder. Try to understand the process first, from the Knowledge Base & Wiki tutorials, to get a firm grip on overriding core classes.
I hope this helps.