Building Websites with e107电子书

Building Websites with e107

Table of Contents

Building Websites with e107

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewer

Preface

What This Book Covers

What You Need for This Book

Conventions

Reader Feedback

Customer Support

Downloading the Example Code for the Book

Errata

Questions

1. An Introduction to e107

History of Content Management Systems

How a Content Management System Works

Brief History of e107

The People Who Make e107 Possible

Summary

2. Installing e107

Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Installing e107

Uploading e107 to Your Server

No Command-Line Access

Command-Line (Shell) Access

Setting File Permissions

Core Permissions

Plug-in Permissions

Content Management Plugin

Links Page

Statistic Logging

Running the Installation Script

Stage 1

Stage 2

Root Access

No Root Access

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Securing Your Installation

Upgrading an Existing e107 Installation

Database Updates

Troubleshooting Common Installation Problems

Summary

3. Setting Site Preferences

The e107 Front End

Creating a Username and Password

Activating Your Registration

The User or Member Welcome Page

The e107 Back End

Setting Site Preferences

Site Information

Display Information

Admin Display Options

Date Display Options

User Registration/Posting Option

Signup Page Options

Text Rendering

Security & Protection

Comments

Advanced Features

Emoticons

Creating the Front Page

Creating a Dynamic Front Page

Creating a Static Front Page

Creating Different Front Pages by User Class

Summary

4. Customizing the Look and Feel of Your Site

What is a Theme?

Understanding the Theme Layout

Psychology of Color

Selecting a Theme

Core Themes

Additional Themes

Custom Themes

Deleting Themes

Customizing Layout

The WYSIWYG Editor

The File Upload Manager

Creating Menu Items Using the Custom Page/Menu Tool

Deleting a Custom Menu Item

Changing Views by Membership Level

Customizing Our Site

Internationalization—Using a Custom Language File

Summary

5. Customizing Your Site for e-Commerce with Plugins

Introduction to Plugins

How to Install Plugins

Core Plugin Installation

Installing a Non-Core Plugin

Plugin Manager Upload Plugin Option

Uninstalling a Plugin

Banner Plugin

Adding the Banner Shortcode to a Theme

Creating a Banner Ad Campaign

Activating the Ad Campaign

Shopping Cart Plugin

Main ZoGo-Shop Settings

Manage Store Categories

Adding Store Categories

Editing and Deleting Categories

Manage Store Products

Adding Store Products

Editing and Deleting Products

Manage Gateways

Managing Orders

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Plugin

Adding Categories

Adding Sub-Categories

Setting Preferences

Entering Sample FAQs

Summary

6. Customizing Your Site for Business with Plugins

User Class

Creating a User Class

Attaching a User Class to a User

Deleting a User from a User Class

Assigning Admin User Class to a User or Removing It

The Forum Plugin

Installing Forum

Creating the Forum Parents

Creating the Forums

Creating the Sub-Forums

Changing the Category Order

Changing the Forum Order

Changing the Order of the Sub-Forums

Setting Forum Preferences

Prune

Ranks

Forum Rules

Reported Posts

Moderators

Tools

The Poll Plugin

Changing Themes for a More Professional Business Appearance

Summary

7. Adding Content to e107

Content Management Plugin

Key Features

Built-in Template System for Content Pages

Preset and Custom Tag Capabilities

Menu System

Advanced Sorting System

Personal Content Manager

Options

Installation and Configuration

Creating a New Category

Changing the Order of Categories

Managing Categories

Deleting a Category

Editing a Category

Creating Content

Managing Content

Deleting Content

Editing Content

PDF Creation Plugin

The Coppermine Plugin

Installing the Coppermine Plugin

Coppermine Configuration

General Settings

Language, Themes & Charset Settings

Album List View

Thumbnail View

Image View & Comment Settings

File and Thumbnail Settings

Files and Thumbnails Advanced Settings

User Settings

Custom Fields, Cookies, and Miscellaneous Settings

Image Watermarking

Saving Configuration

Admin Mode and User Mode

The Group Control Panel

Categories, Albums, and Pictures

Creating Categories

Creating Sub-Categories

Creating Albums

Block (Menu) Configuration

Summary

8. Information Dissemination

The Newsletter Plugin

Installation

Configuration

Creating Our First Mailing

How to Subscribe to the Newsletter

Event Calendar Plugin

Installation

Configuring Calendar Settings

Categories

Forthcoming Events

Maintenance

Event Calendar Front End

Entering Information into our Calendar

Editing or Deleting a Calendar Event

RSS Plugin

Installation

Existing RSS Feeds

Import

Activating RSS on the Front End

Search Engines

Meta Tags

Summary

9. Maintenance, Optimization, and Security

Database Utilities

Scan Plugin Directories

Maintenance Flag

Check for Available Database Updates

Check Database Validity

Optimize SQL Database

Backup Core

Security

File Uploads

Passwords

Security & Protection Preferences

Summary

A. Resources

e107 Resources

Official Sites

Other Sites

World Sites

Resources for Running e107 on a Windows OS

Apache Resources

PHP Resources

MySQL Resources

Index