Croogo: The CakePHP CMS

CroogoThe CakePHP CMS

About me• Fahad Ibnay Heylaal• @fahad19 on Twitter/GitHub/IRC• From Bangladesh• Currently living in London• Working at SkylightIT.com

Introduction

What is Croogo?

What is Croogo?• Yet another Content Management System

What is Croogo?• Yet another Content Management System• Built on top of CakePHP framework

How did it start?

How did it start?• It started as a personal tool for projects

How did it start?• It started as a personal tool for projects• With common features I needed

How did it start?• It started as a personal tool for projects• With common features I needed• Later open sourced

Weird name?

Weird name?• Name taken from a Bengali novel called Krugo

Weird name?• Name taken from a Bengali novel called Krugo• Written by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal

Weird name?• Name taken from a Bengali novel called Krugo• Written by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal• Wanted a unique name that Google didn’t know about

Download

Download• From GitHub: http://github.com/croogo

Download• From GitHub: http://github.com/croogo• Two options:

Download• From GitHub: http://github.com/croogo• Two options: • Zip archive with all dependencies included

Download• From GitHub: http://github.com/croogo• Two options: • Zip archive with all dependencies included • Grab latest code from the repository

Installation

Installation• Upload Croogo ﬁles to your server

Installation• Upload Croogo ﬁles to your server• Visiting your site starts the web based installer

Installation• Upload Croogo ﬁles to your server• Visiting your site starts the web based installer• Whole process takes less than 5 minutes

Content

Content• Content is organized in different types

Content• Content is organized in different types• There are two primary types:

Content• Content is organized in different types• There are two primary types: • Page

Content• Content is organized in different types• There are two primary types: • Page • Blog post

Content• Content is organized in different types• There are two primary types: • Page • Blog post• You are able to create more content types

Taxonomy

Taxonomy• Basically means categorization of content

Taxonomy• Basically means categorization of content• Terminologies to understand:

Taxonomy• Basically means categorization of content• Terminologies to understand: • Term: individual category names

Taxonomy• Basically means categorization of content• Terminologies to understand: • Term: individual category names • Vocabulary: a collection of Terms

Taxonomy• Basically means categorization of content• Terminologies to understand: • Term: individual category names • Vocabulary: a collection of Terms• Two default vocabularies: Categories, and Tags

Users & Permissions

Users & Permissions• Croogo uses CakePHP’s ACL

Users & Permissions• Croogo uses CakePHP’s ACL• Users belong to a Role

Users & Permissions• Croogo uses CakePHP’s ACL• Users belong to a Role• Roles are given access to controller actions

Users & Permissions• Croogo uses CakePHP’s ACL• Users belong to a Role• Roles are given access to controller actions• By default, there are 3 roles: • Admin • Registered • Public

Extensions

Themes• Extra layer on top of your Views• Helps customize the appearance of your website• Find themes at Croogo wiki

Plugins• Need to be activated from admin panel

Plugins• Need to be activated from admin panel• Plugins have bootstrap and routes

Plugins• Need to be activated from admin panel• Plugins have bootstrap and routes• Callbacks on activation/deactivation

Plugin activationFile at /app/plugins/example/conﬁg/example_activation.php

What is a Hook?• Ways plugins can integrate with the app without modifying core ﬁles

What is a Hook?• Ways plugins can integrate with the app without modifying core ﬁles• Hooks are set from plugin’s bootstrap ﬁle

Hook examples Attach Example behavior to Node modelLoad Example component in NodesController Load Example helper in NodesController

Changes in v2.0• Migration to CakePHP 2.0

Changes in v2.0• Migration to CakePHP 2.0• Development will start as soon as v1.3.x leaves beta

Changes in v2.0• Migration to CakePHP 2.0• Development will start as soon as v1.3.x leaves beta• Terminology will be made easier to understand

Changes in v2.0• Migration to CakePHP 2.0• Development will start as soon as v1.3.x leaves beta• Terminology will be made easier to understand• Plugin based architecture very likely

Who uses Croogo?

( http://expresshyundai.com/ )

( http://ispmn.gov.ro/ )

( http://www.calzedonia.co.uk/ )

( http://www.festiwalmtv.pl/ )

The Community

“Getting people involved in open source is not aseasy as appointing them” Mark Story

Community Activities• Contributions coming in from 20+ developers

Community Activities• Contributions coming in from 20+ developers• Lighthouse account with 200+ tickets

Community Activities• Contributions coming in from 20+ developers• Lighthouse account with 200+ tickets• Google Group with 300+ members

Community Activities• Contributions coming in from 20+ developers• Lighthouse account with 200+ tickets• Google Group with 300+ members• Translated in 12 different languages

Community Activities• Contributions coming in from 20+ developers• Lighthouse account with 200+ tickets• Google Group with 300+ members• Translated in 12 different languages• 70+ repos on GitHub related to Croogo

Links• Ofﬁcial Website: http://croogo.org• Wiki: http://wiki.croogo.org• Issue Tracker: http://croogo.lighthouseapp.com• Google Group: http://groups.google.com/ group/croogo• @Croogo

Thank you!

Croogo: The CakePHP CMS

by Fahad Ibnay Heylaal on Sep 03, 2011

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