The Cookbook-style recipes allow you to go both directly to your topic of interest or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge. This practical Cookbook will cater to the needs of both intermediate and advanced concrete5 developers.This book is geared towards intermediate to advanced PHP developers who would like to learn more about the concrete5 content management system. Developers already familiar with concrete5 will learn new time-saving tricks and will find the book to be a great reference tool.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Pages and Page Types Chapter 2: Working with Blocks Chapter 3: Files and File Sets Chapter 4: Using the Core Helpers Chapter 5: Working with Databases and Models Chapter 6: Creating CRUD Interfaces Chapter 7: Working with Users and Permissions Chapter 8: Working with Themes and Add-ons Chapter 9: System Events and Advanced Configuration Appendix A: Blueprint Creating an Image Gallery Add-on Appendix B: Blueprint Creating an Events Calendar Add-on Appendix C: Submitting an Add-on Package to the concrete5 Marketplace Index Preface Up Chapter 1: Pages and Page Types Introduction Create a custom debugging function Getting the current Page object Getting a Page object by its ID Getting a Page object by its path Getting a page type by its ID Getting a page type by its handle Getting a page type's ID Getting a page type's name Getting a page type's handle Getting the icon for a page type Getting a list of pages that belong to a page type Creating a page type Updating a page type Deleting a page type Creating a page type Updating an existing page Setting page attributes Getting a page attribute Getting a page's ID Getting a page's path Getting a page's handle Getting a page's name Getting a page's description Getting a page's page type ID Getting a page's page type handle Getting a page's theme object Getting the children below a page Moving a page Deleting a page (and its children) Getting a list of pages Adding a page selector field to a form Up Chapter 2: Working with Blocks Introduction Creating a custom block type Using block controller callback functions Sending variables from the controller to the view Adding items to the page header and footer from the block controller Creating custom block templates Including JavaScript in block forms Including JavaScript in the block view Including CSS in the block view Loading a block type by its handle Adding a block to a page Getting the blocks from an area Up Chapter 3: Files and File Sets Introduction Loading a file by its ID Getting a file's path Getting a list of files Uploading a file to the file manager Loading a file set by its ID Adding a file to a file set Removing a file from a file set Checking if a file is part of a file set Getting all of the files in a file set Duplicating a file Deleting a file Reindexing a file's search attributes Setting passwords on file objects Setting permissions on files Getting the download URL for a file Getting the download statistics for a file Adding a file picker to a form Up Chapter 4: Using the Core Helpers Introduction Loading a helper class Using the Date helper Using the Encryption helper Loading an RSS feed with the Feed helper Managing files and directories with the File helper Creating custom forms with the Form helper Including a WYSIWYG editor on a form Generating HTML code with the HTML helper Generating and caching thumbnails with the Image helper Encoding and decoding JSON with the JSON helper Sending e-mails with the Mail helper Determining the MIME type of a file extension using the MIME helper Getting page URLs and breadcrumbs with the Navigation helper Working with strings using the Text helper Generating URLs with the URL helper Validating input data using the Validation helpers Preventing spam using the Captcha helper Getting a list of countries Getting a list of states and provinces Showing a color picker on a form Showing a date/time selector on a form Showing a rating widget on a form Using the banned words list Reading and writing to the system cache Writing to the debug log Reading and writing to the configuration registry Up Chapter 5: Working with Databases and Models Introduction Loading the database object Retrieving data from the database Writing data to the database Guarding against SQL injections using prepared statements Creating a custom model class Reading from the database with active record Writing to the database with active record Updating a database record with active record Searching the database using active record Deleting objects using active record and model classes Defining relationships with active record Up Chapter 6: Creating CRUD Interfaces Introduction Creating controller files for single pages on the dashboard Creating view files for single pages on the dashboard Adding single pages to the dashboard Creating a form to create items Saving data to the database from a controller Creating a view to display a list of database items Adding editing capabilities to create a form Creating a delete action Up Chapter 7: Working with Users and Permissions Introduction Checking if the current user is logged in Getting the currently logged-in user Loading a user by its ID Loading a user by its username Getting a user's info Setting a user's attributes Retrieving a user's attributes Loading a group by its ID Loading a group by its name Adding a user to a group Getting all of the users from a group Checking if a user is a member of a group Removing a user from a group Logging out a user Deleting a user Getting the permission object Checking if a user can read a page Checking if a user can edit a page Checking a user's file permissions Up Chapter 8: Working with Themes and Add-ons Introduction Creating a custom theme Including the concrete5 required scripts and styles Defining editable content areas Creating page type templates Using elements for repeated portions of HTML Customizing system pages Creating a custom add-on package Using the package controller to execute custom code Up Chapter 9: System Events and Advanced Configuration Introduction Declaring advanced configuration variables Enabling events in concrete5 Listening to system events Passing parameters to event handlers Defining a page type event Sending an e-mail when a user creates an account Sending an e-mail when a file has been uploaded Creating a custom scheduled job Making your add-on translation ready Rebranding concrete5 as a white label CMS Changing the dashboard background image Up Appendix A: Blueprint Creating an Image Gallery Add-on Before we begin... Creating the package controller Creating the block type Installing the block type with the package Giving life to the block Wrap-up Up Appendix B: Blueprint Creating an Events Calendar Add-on Before we begin... Creating the package Installing the package Creating the list single page Creating the add form single page Adding events to the database Adding a delete confirmation Creating the custom block type Adding the block to a page Wrapping up Up Appendix C: Submitting an Add-on Package to the concrete5 Marketplace The rules The process Official resources