SnippetsCreate and use a Permission code

18 April 2009 | Aram Balakjian | CMS, Security, Member | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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Have you wanted to add an extra permission code that you can add to groups and then use that to test whether a particular user has that permission? Here's how it's done. The permission code it self is added via the Controller class, then you use a permission check anywhere in your site code to check the current user. Like so:

SnippetsResizing and Manipulating Images

22 March 2009 | Aram Balakjian | Images, Templates | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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You can resize images from within the template very easily. But sometimes you need to resize it and just use the URL value, something you can't do by calling the resize on the variable directly (e.g. $Image.CroppedImage(200,200)). This is how we would create a cropped resize of it and still be able to use just the URL, allowing a custom <img> tag.

TutorialsEmbed flash content using SWFObject

3 December 2009 | Roman Schmid | CMS, Templates, JavaScript | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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There are numerous ways to embed flash content into your SilverStripe Website. A commonly used and very flexible method to embed flash is provided by the SWFObject script. In this snippet I'll show you how to create a custom FlashPage that will contain flash content, embedded using SWFObject.

TutorialsUsing jQuery for form validation

13 November 2009 | Aram Balakjian | Templates, Forms, JavaScript

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As you may have noticed, SilverStripes built in form validation is based on Prototype and is pretty limited. It also means that even though you might be using jQuery for other things on your site, you will still need to load prototype.js and all the associated files that SilverStripe requires for it's built in JavaScript form validation.

TutorialsMaking a hierarchy aware templating system

21 September 2009 | Marcus Dalgren | Site Tree, Templates

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Something that has been bothering me when building larger sites with SilverStripe is that I often find myself creating new classes not to add functionality, but to just get a new template.

You can set separate templates for different actions manually but that's not what I want in this case, I want different templates for the same action on the same class.

After thinking about this for awhile I came up with a two part solution and the first part is to make the template choosing aware of the Sitetree hierarchy.

TutorialsUsing a Thickbox Modal Window with AJAX

11 September 2009 | dalesaurus | Templates, JavaScript | Supports v2.3

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Thickbox is a great javascript plugin to jQuery that you can use to create modal windows within SilverStripe pages.  You can de-clutter your interfaces and re-use small snippets of common functions when you add in AJAX.  Before we begin there is a little homework:

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TutorialsUsing SilverStripe Environment files for Database Configuration

17 February 2010 | Hamish Campbell | Database | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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Wouldn't it be easy to have a single environment configuration for all your SilverStripe sites without having to reconfigure each one individually? Wouldn't it be great not to have to change environment settings when you push your site from development to live servers? This is easy to achieve using the SilverStripe "ConfigureFromEnv" script.

SnippetsHow to access your admin account when you've forgotten the password

22 August 2009 | dalesaurus | Security, Member, Login

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SnippetsClearing the Search field on click with jQuery

5 August 2009 | Aram Balakjian | Templates, Forms, JavaScript

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As with everything, it's attention to detail that makes great sites. One thing that really bugs me is when a site has a search box with the word 'search' inside it but which does not clear it self when clicked, meaning I have to clear it before I can search. Given it can be achieved with a few lines of jQuery, it's a real surprise how many sites fail to implement this, or that still use the 'onclick' inline javascript event.