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.htaccess File – Modx friendly URLs

# Vital components of your .htaccess file RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / # Force “www.yourdomain.com” instead of just “yourdomain.com” RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} . RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com [NC] RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L] # The Friendly URLs part RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d … Continue reading

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CMS TEST

The official definition of enterprise content management was created by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) International, the worldwide association for enterprise content management, in the year 2000. The abbreviation ECM has been reinterpreted and redefined many times … Continue reading

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SilverStripe – Creating a new page type

Creating a new page type Earlier we stated that every page in a SilverStripe site has a page type, and that SilverStripe will look for a template corresponding to the page type. Therefore, the first step to get the homepage … Continue reading

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SilverStripe – Creating Themes

You should ensure your templates are well structured, modular and commented so it’s easy for other people to customise them. Templates should not contain text inside images and all images provided must be open source and not break any copyright … Continue reading

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SilverStripe – Installing 2.1 Themes

Simply unpack the contents of the zip file into your /themes directory in your silverstripe project Change to theme by putting the following line in your ./mysite/_config.php: SSViewer::set_theme(“themename”); Visit your homepage, ensuring you flush the cache (append ?flush=1 to the … Continue reading

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SilverStripe/Tip – Image location conventions

There are two places where you should keep images within SilverStripe: tutorial/images/ – Only designer can access and manage images. assets/ – Content author can upload and manage using SilverStripe. Each of these folders can naturally have subfolders to better … Continue reading

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Mambo Quick Start Guide – CMS

The following is a brief introduction to the Mambo Content Management System. Use this guide to quickly get to grips with the basic operation of Mambo, and as a reminder of how to achieve common tasks. Once you get the … Continue reading

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