TutorialsDataObjects as Pages - Part 1: Keeping it Simple

4 October 2010 | Aram Balakjian | Site Tree, DataObjects, Templates, URLs | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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In this two part tutorial, I am going to show you how to display DataObjects as if they were pages. This is often very useful for times when you have lots of items that don't warrant full site tree objects, but do need to be displayed on their own on the site. In this first part displaying Staff Members we are going to keep it simple, using a Data Object Manager to manage our Staff Members and referring to their ID in the URL. Later in part 2, we will see how to use ModelAdmin to manage a Search Engine friendly product catalogue.

SnippetsA _config.php Cheatsheet

2 July 2010 | Aram Balakjian | Images, Site Tree, DataObjects, Forms | Supports v2.4

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If your anything like me, you've probably found yourself going through your previous sites looking for that line of code to put in your _config.php file. Well, now you nolonger need to, simply bookmark this page and return to it any time you need to add a line to your config! And if I've missed out anything leave a comment and I'll make sure it gets added :)

TutorialsUsing Translatable to create a Simple Multilingual Site

9 April 2011 | Darren-Lee | CMS, Site Tree, Translations | Supports v2.4

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I recently had a request to build a multilingual site for an accountant who wanted to enter content in English, Romanian and Russian, and wanted their site visitors to be able to switch languages by clicking on the image of the country flag - and I was pleasantly surprised to learn how quick and easy it is to implement using Silverstripe's Translatable class.

TutorialsCustom sorting in the CMS SiteTree

14 February 2011 | Marcus Dalgren | CMS, Site Tree, Database | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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Ever wanted to sort some parts of the SiteTree? Well now you can!

SnippetsMaking the Tree Tools sticky for easier editing on large sites

22 March 2011 | Aram Balakjian | CMS, Site Tree, CSS | Supports v2.4

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If you have ever had to edit content on a SilverStripe site with lots of pages, you will have noticed how furstrating it is to have to keep scrolling back up the tree panel to create a page or enable drag and drop re-ordering. Well, here is a handy bit of CSS you can add to keep the tools static, even as you scroll down the tree.

SnippetsSpice up Your CMS Sitetree

27 August 2009 | Martijn van Nieuwenhoven | CMS, Images, Site Tree | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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SnippetsHide pages in Sitetree that a user can't edit

15 September 2009 | Howard Grigg | CMS, Security, Site Tree, Member | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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