Background

• System Requirements
• Supported Browsers
• Installing Concrete CMS
• Version History
• Versioning Numbering Guide
• Glossary of Terms
• Configuration Best Practices

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
• Multiple Site Type Controllers

Working with Themes

• Building a Concrete5 Theme
• Enabling Style Customization
• Packaging Your Theme
• Adding Grid Support to Your Theme
• Advanced CSS & JavaScript Usage
• Containers
• 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

• Translation files

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

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

Framework

• Working with Topics
• Extending concrete5 with Custom Code
• Mail Templates and Sending Mail
• Console Commands and Jobs
• Caching
• Configuration Management
• Application Events
• Commands and Command Handlers
• Logging
• Database Management
• Routing, Controllers & Views
• Dependency Injection
• Request Lifecycle
• PHP API

Boards & Summary Templates

• Introduction
• Separate Content from Block Types with Summary Templates
• Board Templates
• Board Slot Templates
• Control Board Design with Slot Filtration and Board Planner Objects

Appendix

• Recently Added Documentation
• Asset List
• Form Widget Reference
• PHP vendor libraries and framework components
• Deprecated Code Reference (ongoing)
• Update existing code and get rid of deprecated methods
• Community Projects
• Autoloading (5.7.5.10 and earlier)
• Adding Custom Code Libraries in a Package (5.7)
• HTTP Client
• Concrete CMS CIF Example: Attribute Keys
• Coding Style Guidelines
• A Guide to 5.7 for Existing Concrete CMS Developers
• Contributing to Concrete CMS
• Style Guide
• Concrete CMS Bedrock: A Foundation for Concrete and Concrete Themes.