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Building a data framework
Fleshing Out the Project
Making the site live
Contemplating efficiency
Book VIII: Chapter 3: Introducing Content Management Systems
Overview of Content Management Systems
Previewing Common CMSs
Moodle
WordPress
Drupal
Building a CMS site with Website Baker
Installing your CMS
Getting an overview of Website Baker
Adding your content
Using the WYSIWYG editor
Changing the template
Adding additional templates
Adding new functionality
Building Custom Themes
Starting with a prebuilt template
Changing the info.php file
Modifying index.php
Modifying the CSS files
Packaging your template
Book VIII: Chapter 4: Editing Graphics
Using a Graphic Editor
Choosing an editor
Introducing Gimp
Creating an image
Painting tools
Selection tools
Modification tools
Managing tool options
Utilities
Understanding Layers
Introducing Filters
Solving Common Web Graphics Problems
Changing a color
Building a banner graphic
Building a tiled background
Book VIII: Chapter 5: Taking Control of Content
Building a “Poor Man’s CMS” with Your Own Code
Using Server-Side Includes (SSIs)
Using AJAX and jQuery for client-side inclusion
Building a page with PHP includes
Creating Your Own Data-Based CMS
Using a database to manage content
Writing a PHP page to read from the table
Allowing user-generated content
Adding a new block
Improving the dbCMS design
Appendix A: What’s on the CD
Author-created material
Aptana Studio 2.0
Dia 0.97.1
FileZilla 3.3.1
Firefox 3.6 and Extensions
GIMP 2.6
HTML Tidy
IrfanView 4.25
IZArc 4.1
jEdit
jQuery 1.4
Komodo Edit
KompoZer 0.7.10
Notepad++
SQLite 3.6.22
WebsiteBaker 2.8.1
XAMPP 1.7.3
XnView 1.97
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by Andy Harris
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