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Setup Site Module (CMS)
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GroupOffice Site Module BETA Getting Started Guide
This guide describes how to create and publish a website using Group-Office's Site module and its components. We will use the group-office.com website as an example to show you how a website is build.
Creating a new (site)module
A website has the same structure like any regular Group-Office module and uses the same folder structure.
Create a new folder named groupofficecom inside the groupoffice/modules folder
The name of the folder should only contain lowercase letters (a-z) and/or numbers (0-9) no spaces or special character may be used
Inside this folder create the following structure: * groupofficecom ** controller ** model ** install *** install.sql [file] *** uninstall.sql [file] ** views *** site ** GroupofficecomModule.php [file] ** siteconfig.php [file]
The install.sql and uninstall.sql SQL query files are executed when the module is installed or uninstalled in the GroupOffice modules tab You can add SQL code the create or drop tables here but will not be used in this guide.
We'll start by creating the GroupofficecomModule.php file and the siteconfig.php file. (the module file should be named the same is the module folder but starting with a capital.
Creating the startup scripts
The following 2 files are required for your site module. The contents will be explained with comments inside the file.
GroupofficeModule.php
<?php
/**
* This module will create the Group-Office website in the CMS site module */
class GO_Groupofficecom_GroupofficecomModule extends GO_Base_Module{
// If your website is using code from other modules // you can add the folder name of these modules to this depends array // The groupofficecom website used both the 'tickets' // module and the 'billing' module. It will have a page for customers // where then can create tickets and a webshop so there order will // be places inside te billing module. public function depends() { return array('site', 'tickets', 'billing'); }
// This name will be displayed inside the modules tab in GroupOffice public function name() { return "Group-Office.com website"; }
// And this description will be showing underneath it. public function description() { return "The new 2013 Group-Office website"; }
// This code will be executed when the module is installed. // It will create a new record in the site_site table // When this record is inserted the website will show up in // the Site module tab. the data below can later be modified // in this tab public function install() {
if (parent::install()){ $config = array( 'name'=>'Group-Office.com', 'domain'=>'www.group-office.com', 'module'=>'groupofficecom', 'ssl'=>false, 'mod_rewrite'=>true, 'base_path'=>'/' );
$site = new GO_Site_Model_Site(); $site->setAttributes($config);
return $site->save(); } else return false; } }
siteconfig.php
<?php
// This as an array of content templates 'filename'=>'Label'
$siteconfig['templates']=array(
'content'=>'Content',
);
// This are routes to a controller action for shorter and remember-able URLs
// 'support'=>'groupofficecom/ticket/index' mains:
// www.group-office.com/support will execute 'acionIndex()'
// of the 'TicketController' inside the 'groupofficecom' module
//
// value of <this> will be passed to the action inside $_GET['this']
// after the semi column a regular expression will be used.
// the rule'shop/<action:\w+>' if value of action contains letters only
$siteconfig['urls']=array(
=> 'groupofficecom/site/home',
'support'=>'groupofficecom/ticket/index',
'support/<action:\w+>'=>'groupofficecom/ticket/<action>',
'shop'=>'groupofficecom/shop/index',
'shop/<action:\w+>'=>'groupofficecom/shop/<action>',
'payment/<action:\w+>'=>'groupofficecom/payment/<action>',
'<action:(trial|account)>' => 'groupofficecom/site/<action>',
'<action:(login|logout|register|profile|resetpassword|recoverpassword)>' => 'site/account/<action>',
'<module:\w+>/<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>'=>'<module>/<controller>/<action>',
'<slug:[\w\/.-]+>.html'=>'site/front/content',
);
Now that the module structure is created we can create the first page.
Creating the first controller
Every page is rendered by a controller action. Inside the controller folder of the groupofficecom module add a PHP file named SiteController.php
SiteController.php
<?php
class GO_Groupofficecom_Controller_Site extends GO_Site_Components_Controller {
// actionHome() is accessible by everyone // actionAccount() is not. If visitor is not logged in he will be redirected to site/site/login protected function allowGuests() { return array('home'); }
protected function ignoreAclPermissions(){ return array('home'); }
/** * Renders the static homepage of groupoffice.com * @param array $params (this will contain the content of $_REQUEST) */ protected function actionHome($params){ $this->render('homepage'); }
/** * Show the account page for the shop users with: * invoices * account detail * @param array $params */ protected function actionAccount($params) { $contact = GO::user()->contact;
//Load all Orders Where user_id == GO::user()->id (logged in user) AND status_id > 0 $findParams = GO_Base_Db_FindParams::newInstance()->criteria(GO_Base_Db_FindCriteria::newInstance() ->addCondition('user_id', GO::user()->id) ->addCondition('status_id', 0, '>'))->order('btime', 'DESC'); $invoices = GO_Billing_Model_Order::model()->find($findParams);
$this->render('account', array('contact'=>$contact, 'invoices'=>$invoices));
}
}
This controller contains 2 pages:
- groupofficecom/site/home
- groupofficecom/site/account
Take another look at the following line in your siteconfig.php file:
=> 'groupofficecom/site/home',
This will make sure that http://www.group-office.com/ will run actionHome() of this controller
At the end of the controller logic a view needs to be rendered:
$this->render($view, $data);
- $view is the view file that has yet to be created. It is stored inside groupofficecom/views/site/groupofficecom/$view.php
- $data is an array of variables that will be passed to the view 'myvar'=>'Hello World'
The following line in your view
<?php echo $myvar; ?>
will output 'Hello World'
Creating a MasterPage
Every view can be surrounded by a so called masterpage. This masterpage will usualy contain the <head> part of your html page and the first and last part of the <body> for rendering a menu on every page for example.
Every site can have more then 1 masterpage/layout. These layouts are placed inside /groupofficecom/views/site/layouts/
The default view is called main.php if a second masterpage eg. shop.php is created the following line needs to be added to the controller to surround your view with this masterpage:
$this->layout = 'shop';
If not specified the controller will be looking for /groupofficecom/views/site/layouts/main.php let's create this file.
main.php
<!doctype html>
This huge chuck of code is just the static HTML of the group-office.com website. There is nothing fancy about it.
Right in the middle of the HTML page between the header and the footer you will find this line:
<?php echo $content; ?>
To find the path where your images, CSS and Javascript is stored use:
Site::template()->getUrl();
This will return a the location where your template assets are stored usually '/public/assets/template'
This path in configures when we install the module we are creating.
This is where your view is rendered this view will differ from page to page.
Creating the first view
A view of a website is the html output the is returned by the browser.
On the account view that is rendered inside actionAccount() of the controller we create we passed 2 variables ($contact and $invoices) Lets have a look at how the view looks.
Create a file: /groupoffice/views/site/groupofficecom/account.php
<section class="page">
<section> <header>
Your account
</header>
<article>
<fieldset> <legend>Invoices</legend>
You can find your invoices below. Click on "pay" to go directly to the payment page and click on "Download" to download the invoice as a PDF file.
| Invoice no. | Date | Status | <?php echo $invoice->order_id; ?> | <?php echo $invoice->getAttribute("ptime", "formatted"); ?> | <?php if($invoice->status)echo $invoice->status->getName($invoice->language_id); ?> |
<?php if(!empty($invoice->ptime)): ?> <?php echo $invoice->getAttribute("ptime","formatted"); ?> <?php else: ?> <a href="<?php echo Site::urlManager()->createUrl('groupofficecom/payment/payment', array('order_id'=>$invoice->id)); ?>">Pay</a> <?php endif; ?> |
<a target="_blank" href="<?php echo Site::urlManager()->createUrl('billing/order/sitePdf',array('id'=>$invoice->id)); ?>">Download</a> |
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</tbody>
|---|
</fieldset>
</article> </section>
</section>
All it does is loop through $invoices (an array of GO_Billing_Model_Order objects) and render HTML table rows You can use any piece of PHP code inside a view but for manageable code do not write any logic inside the view. In this example we do not use the $contact variable we passed in the controller.
NOTE: that all the links inside this view are created with the following line:
<?php echo Site::urlManager()->createUrl('groupofficecom/payment/payment', array('order_id'=>$invoice->id)); ?>
This will return the url of the controller action and attaches the $_GET['order_id]
We use this function so that the link will respect the rules specified in your siteconfig.php file
this way createUrl('groupofficecom/ticket/index') will output /support and if you click the link it will call actionIndex() in the TicketController.php file
Components
The site module that is used by the groupofficecom module has a set of 10 useful components When creating the first view you already saw Site::urlManager() This component knows what controller action to call when and URL is called and can create links to a controller action using the createUrl() function.
Config
Site::config() will return the Config component this object contain all the variable set in you siteconfig.php file
Example usage:
When a new order is placed by a customer in our webshop we want to create a new GO_Billing_Model_Order object add the items in the cart to it and save it. Problem is an order needs a variable order_book_id. and a default status_id We could hardcode this in the controller action where we create and save the Order object but we might want to change this somewhere in the future and then we need to search through our code when we could have place variable into our siteconfig.php file
Open the siteconfig.php file and add to following lines:
$siteconfig['shop']=array(
'order_pending_status_id'=>3,
'order_book_id'=>2
)
New we can use these 2 variable in our controller as follows:
$order = new GO_Billing_Model_Order();
$order->user_id = GO::user()->id;
$order->book_id = Site::config()->shop['order_book_id'];
$order->statusId = Site::config()->shop['order_pending_status_id'];
foreach($cart->items as $item) {
$order->addItem($item->toProduct());
}
$order->save();
Or something similar :) (In the groupofficecom example We creating a ShopController.php that shows the full code on how to create this logic)
Notifier
Site::notifier() will return the Notifier Component. This class can help you display error or success messages to the user. It has 3 functions that are important:
- setMessage($key, $value)
- hasMessage($key) (returns boolean)
- getMessage($key) (returns $value set by setMessage())
Before placing an new order we need to validate tjat the user has checked that annoying little box saying "I agree with the terms and conditions" to do so you can add the following lines to the controller action:
if(!isset($_POST['agreeTerms']))
Site::notifier()->setMessage('agreeFailed', 'You must agree to our terms and conditions');
else {
$order->save();
$this->redirect('module/controller/action'); //where you want to go
}
If the check-box was not checked the 'agreeTerms' value will not be posted and instead of saving the order a message will be set. In our view we could use the following code
<style> .error{ color: red; } </style>
<?php if(Site::notifier()->hasMessage('agreeFailed')): ?>
<?php else: ?>
<?php endif; ?>
hasMessage() will continue to return true until getMessage() is called. (it is saved in a session)
Scripts
Site::scripts() will return the scripts component.
This component can be used to add scripts to your HTML page. This includes CSS, JS, meta tags and script hosted on googleapis.com .eg 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.18/jquery-ui.min.js'
Example usage:
On your homepage you want to display a slider. You are using a jQuery plug-in but don't want to insert the JS and CSS file on every page since they have a large file size. The script needs to start after the Dom has loaded. but your footer and </body> tag is not in your view but in your master-page layout.
We can tell the CMS to add some scripts and style to our master-page and we can tell the CMS where with the following code:
// import jQuery from the googleapis.com repository
Site::scripts()->registerGapiScript('jquery'); //jquery-ui is supported as well
// add the slider plugin to the <head> of our document
Site::scripts()->registerScriptFile(Site::template()->url().'/js/cycle.jquery.js', GO_Site_Components_Scripts::POS_HEAD);
// add the CSS file to the <head>
Site::scripts()->registerCssFile(Site::template()->url().'/css/cycle.cs', GO_Site_Components_Scripts::POS_END);
// add a piece of code when the document is ready
Site::scripts()->registerScript('cycle', '$("#slider").cycle();');
// add a <meta> tag to the <head> of your document
Site::scripts)->registerMetaTag('the page description for search engines', 'description');
You can use this code in your view our in your controller. When PHP returns its output to the browser it will add the following to your master-page
//other stuff in the head
//your page content
// just before the
