Croogo is a content management system (CMS) built on the CakePHP framework. It started as a personal tool for the creator's projects. Key features include organizing content into different types like pages and blog posts. Users are assigned roles that determine their permissions. Extensions can be added through themes, plugins, and hooks. The developer is looking forward to migrating Croogo to CakePHP 2.0 and improving the terminology. It has an active community contributing code on GitHub and discussing the project on its Google Group.

1. Croogo
The CakePHP CMS

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

3. Introduction

4. What is Croogo?

5. What is Croogo?
• Yet another Content Management System

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

7. How did it start?

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

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

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

11. Weird name?

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

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

14. 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

15. Download

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

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

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

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

20. Installation

21. Installation
• Upload Croogo files to your server

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

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

24. Content

25. Content
• Content is organized in different types

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

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

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

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

30. Taxonomy

31. Taxonomy
• Basically means categorization of content

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

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

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

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

36. Users & Permissions

37. Users & Permissions
• Croogo uses CakePHP’s ACL

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

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

40. 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

41. Extensions

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

43. Plugins
• Need to be activated from admin panel

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

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

46. Plugin activation
File at /app/plugins/example/config/example_activation.php

47. Hooks

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

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

50. Hook examples
Attach Example behavior to Node model
Load Example component in NodesController
Load Example helper in NodesController

51. v2.0?

52. Changes in v2.0
• Migration to CakePHP 2.0

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

54. 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

55. 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

56. Who uses Croogo?

57. ( http://expresshyundai.com/ )

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

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

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

61. The Community

62. “Getting people involved in open source is not as
easy as appointing them”
Mark Story

63. Community Activities
• Contributions coming in from 20+
developers

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

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

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

67. 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

68. 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

69. Thank you!