PHP for Beginners: Building Your First Simple CMS

By Jason Lengstorf On CMS, php #The Magic of PHP + MySQL It's safe to say that nearly every website that's up-to-date these days is using some form of content management system (CMS). To get our feet wet as back-end developers, we'll be creating a simple PHP class that will: Create a databaseConnect to a databaseDisplay a form with two fieldsSave the form data in the databaseDisplay the saved data from the database Download Files This class is intended to give you a feel for how PHP and MySQL interact together, and to show the basics of a CMS. #Building the Class Our first step is to simply lay out the class in a file named 'simpleCMS.php' so we have a road map to work with. As you can see, we're creating one class with four variables and five methods. #The Variables In this case, all four variables are for connecting to the database: $host, $username, $password, and $table provide a path and access to our database on the server. #Build the Database #Connect to the Database #Build the Form <! <?

dotCMS YUI3 « Triptych YUI3 is a modern javascript library that allows you to build cross-browser applications without having to worry about all of the issues you might run into with low level javascript coding. It provides a library of utilities as well as a host of best practices for web development. Needless to say I’m a big fan of YUI and I’ve written several articles about it over the past year or so. Here’s a list of those for your reference.Introduction to YUI: YUI Hidden Gems: Make it with YUI: Build a Simple Ticker in YUI Other YUI Articles: YUI Articles from around the web: YUI3 Quick Tip: Adding Your Own Awesome There are still many articles even of my own blog I’ve not listed here as of yet (so busy!) Top 12 Free Content Management Systems (CMS) Building websites by hand with all html/css pages was fine a couple years ago, but these days there are a ton of awesome Content Management System options out there that make our jobs as developers and website publishers SO much easier! So, What Exactly Is A Content Management System? According to Wikipedia, they describe a CMS as follows: A web content management system (WCMS or Web CMS) is a content management system (CMS) software, usually implemented as a Web application, for creating and managing HTML content. It is used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of Web material (HTML documents and their associated images). A CMS facilitates content creation, content control, editing, and many essential Web maintenance functions. So take a moment and look over the list below of the 12 best free cms options available. And don’t forget to let us know in the comments section which is your favorite CMS and why! WordPress ↓ Joomla ↓ Drupal ↓ SilverStripe ↓ Cushy CMS ↓ Frog CMS ↓ MODx ↓

Contao Contao is an open source content management system (CMS) for people who want a professional internet presence that is easy to maintain. The state-of-the-art structure of the system offers a high security standard and allows you to develop search engine friendly websites that are also accessible for people with disabilities. Furthermore, the system can be expanded flexibly and inexpensively. Easy management of user rights, the Live Update Service, the modern CSS framework and many already integrated modules (news, calendar, forms, etc.) have quickly made Contao one of the most popular open source content management systems on the market. Try it online before you install Try Contao Open Source CMS online before you download it and save yourself the time it takes to install it on your local computer or server. Contao Open Source CMS online demo Learn how to use Contao The online manual describes how to install and use Contao Open Source CMS. Contao Open Source CMS documentation

Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS I have long lost count of how many web sites I’ve built. You would think after having built a few hundred of them I would have discovered the “one true way” of doing it. I don’t think there is one true way. What I have discovered are techniques that can keep CSS more organized and more structured, leading to code that is easier to build and easier to maintain. I have been analyzing my process (and the process of those around me) and figuring out how best to structure code for projects on a larger scale. SMACSS (pronounced “smacks”) is more style guide than rigid framework. Inspiration In trying to learn more about what does and doesn't work in maintaining larger projects, I looked at how others were trying to solve similar problems. What’s in here? My thoughts have been compartmentalized around a number of topics related to CSS architecture. Now get started and dive in!

So You Want to Learn Regular Expressions? | Dee and Steve's Web Herein you will find a series of articles aimed at helping the non technical person understand what Regular Expressions are, how and when to use them and hopefully help to get into the mindset of using the darn things! The main focus has been on helping non technical people, mainly business and marketing, use Regular Expressions in Web Analytics tools like Google Analytics and others. All the articles to date have been based on emails between Robbin Steif from Lunametrics and myself. What and How? Wild Cards A starting look at the use of wildcards. Positioning Finding stuff is good. More Wild Cards More ways to find lots of stuff. Just Like a Box of Chocolates The Ultimate Analogy. Choices, Choices, Choices.... Examples:Filtering IP Addresses Wherein I bore the reader to tears explaining how to RegEx for IP Addresses. Enjoy!

Expanse +++ dream. create. do. Learning jQuery - Tips, Techniques, Tutorials Session As a website becomes more sophisticated, so must the code that backs it. When you get to a stage where your website need to pass along user data from one page to another, it might be time to start thinking about using PHP sessions. A normal HTML website will not pass data from one page to another. In other words, all information is forgotten when a new page is loaded. This makes it quite a problem for tasks like a shopping cart, which requires data(the user's selected product) to be remembered from one page to the next. A PHP session solves this problem by allowing you to store user information on the server for later use (i.e. username, shopping cart items, etc). It is important to ponder if the sessions' temporary storage is applicable to your website. Sessions work by creating a unique identification(UID) number for each visitor and storing variables based on this ID. Before you can begin storing user information in your PHP session, you must first start the session. PHP Code: Display:

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