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Developers Table of Contents
Installation & Introduction
Background
System Requirements
Supported Browsers
Installing Concrete CMS
Version History
Versioning Numbering Guide
Glossary of Terms
Basic Concepts
Front-End Content – Pages, Areas, Blocks, Themes & Stacks
Files
Users, Groups & Authentication
Permissions & Workflow
Attributes
Conversations
Jobs
Packages
Localization
Advanced
Directory Structure
Building a Concrete CMS website
Introduction
Create A Technical Outline Of Work
Install Concrete CMS
Create Your Package And Theme
Add Basic Editability To Your Site
Use Sass To Create Our Theme's Stylesheets
Create Our First Page Type
Create The Projects Top Level Page
Making Our Header Work
Footer Improvements
Pages & Themes
Working with Pages
Overview
Getting Data about a Page
Single Pages
Controllers for Page Types
Setting a Page's Title from a Controller
Working with Pages Programmatically
Searching and Sorting with the PageList object
Creating a Custom Page Type Validator
Adding Page Types Programmatically
Deprecated: Swapping out the Base Controller
Working with Themes
Building a Concrete5 Theme
Enabling Style Customization
Packaging Your Theme
Adding Grid Support to Your Theme
Advanced CSS & JavaScript Usage
Theme Caching & Configuration
Supporting Responsive Images in your Concrete CMS Theme
SimpleSite Theming Guidelines
Applying Your Theme to Single Pages with "Theme Paths"
Advanced Area Operations
Adding Complex Custom Layout Presets in Your Theme
Blocks
Directory Structure & Concepts
Working with Existing Block Types
Creating a New Block Type
Express
Overview
Creating Express Objects
Using the Express Entry Block to Output Entry Data
Programmatically Creating Express Objects
Creating, Reading, Searching, Updating and Deleting Express Entries
Express Forms and Controllers
Javascript & CSS
Overview
Registering an Asset
Grouping Assets
Requiring an Asset
Built-in Asset List
Packages
Overview
Directory, Icon and Controller
Installation
Modifying the Concrete CMS Startup Routine from a Package
Handling Package Upgrades
Handling Uninstallation
Adding Custom Code to Packages
Advanced: Custom Database Tables
Implementing a Centralized Help Registry for a Package
Advanced: Using Composer to Install Your Package and Third Party Libraries
Programmatically Creating Composer Forms and Controls
Install content using the Content Interchange Format (CIF)
Publishing Packages to the Marketplace
File Management
Overview
Working with Existing Files
Importing New Files
Accessing the Physical File from a File Object
Using the Imagine Image Library to Work with Images
Working with Image Thumbnails
Automatically Set Attributes and More With Custom File Type Inspectors
Creating Custom File Type Views and Edit Interfaces
Grouping Files with File Sets
Searching and Sorting with the FileList Object
Useful Core Services for Working with Files
File Storage Locations
Creating Control Sets and Filters for the Image Editor
Localization & Translation
Custom attributes, Tags & Taxonomy
Attributes
Overview
Creating Custom Attribute Types
Working with Attribute Keys
Attribute Value Objects and Output Formatting
Validating Attribute Keys and Values
Making Attribute Types Searchable
Advanced: Creating a Custom Attribute Category
Interface Customization
Rich Text Editor
Help System & Guides
Translation files
Users, Groups & Permissions
Users & Groups
Overview
User vs. UserInfo
Reading Data from Existing Users
Adding and Updating Users
Searching and Sorting Users with the UserList Object
Groups
Working with User Avatars
Advanced: Creating a Custom Authentication Type
Permissions
Overview
Checking Permissions: Basic Examples
Checking Task Permissions
Permissions Check Request Details
Permissions Terminology and Glossary
Checking Permissions Against Complex Permission Keys
Checking Permissions Against Other Users or Groups
Creating Custom Permissions
Full Permission List
Advanced: Creating a Custom Access Entity
Advanced: Creating a Custom Permission Category
Advanced: Workflow
Advanced: Programmatically Setting Permissions on an Object
Security & XSS Protection
Overview
Protecting Against Cross-Site Request Forgery with the Token Validation Library
Protecting Against Cross-Site-Scripting with Output Filtering and Sanitization
Guarding against SQL Injection
Validating File Uploads
Sanitizing User Input
Encryption Service
Anti-Spam and Captcha
Working with the IP Blacklist Programmatically
REST API
Overview
Connecting to the Concrete CMS REST API
Adding Functionality to the Concrete CMS Core REST API