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Leaflet with SS3

stallain — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Leaflet is a good open-source alternative to Google Maps. I followed the instructions given in the Leaflet quick start guide (http://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start.html), with a few adaptations to Silverstripe CMS. No custom icon, no additional layer, no customized css, no fancy feature : only the basic options to plot several locations on an interactive map.

SilverStripe 3.0 Review

Aram Balakjian — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The eagerly awaited SilverStripe 3 has been available in a stable state for a while now, it's even had a minor release in the form or 3.0.1. But how does it shape up when compared to it's long established predecessor, SilverStripe 2?

Having now had time to really have a play with it and even do some project work with it there are 2 statements swirling around my head. 1: SilverStripe 3 is absolutely awesome and 2: We won't be using SilverStripe 3 for complex production sites just yet . Confused? Let me explain.

Creating and deleting dataobjects from the front end

stallain — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100

One of my clients wanted a clear interface from which he could easily attach downloadable files to some pages of his site. Instead of using modelAdmin and granting him an access to Silverstripe admin panel, I chose to create a front-end page showing a simple upload form, a list of the files previously uploaded to the server, and a delete button for each of them.

Site of the Month Winner - May

Aram Balakjian — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The Votes are in! And the winner of May 2012 SSbits Site Of The Month is.....

May Site of the Month - Vote now!

Aram Balakjian — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100

It's that time again, vote for your favourite SilverStripe site!

Use Markdown format with SilverStripe

Howard Grigg — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100

If you are sick of fumbling with TinyMCE but still want a way to include editable HTML styled content fields in the CMS then Markdown may be the answer.

Enter now! - May 2012 Site of the Month

Aram Balakjian — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100

It's been a while but SOTM if finally back. Enter your site for a chance to be in the final 5 vote off! Voting will begin on the 10th of May.

Enter Your Site >

SilverStripe developer bookmarklets

Jono Menz — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Here are some handy dynamic bookmarklets for your browser for one click access to things like rebuilding the database, flushing the cache and accessing the CMS!

A Simples Theme

Aram Balakjian — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Although it was not destined to win the SilverStripe theme contest, I thought it would be a shame if this theme was forgotten, so here it is in all it's glory and fully compatible with SS 2.x for everyone to use as they please!

Site of the Month Winner - January 2012

Aram Balakjian — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Votes are in! And the winner of January's SSbits Site Of The Month is.....

DataObject as Pages: The Module

Aram Balakjian — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a while since we published the DataObject as Pages series of tutorials, which have proved to be particularly popular. At Aab Web we use those techniques regularly as a way to allow our clients to mange large amounts of flat content or content that is distributed in multiple places throughout a site. Although the final implementations in each project are often varied and bespoke, they all start with the basics outlined in those tutorials, so it made sense for us to build a starting point to work from (and include some more complex features at the same time). That starting point is this module, catchily entitled: DataObject as Pages.

Site of the Month - Vote Now!

Aram Balakjian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a while, but Site of the month is finally back and there are some great sites to choose from!

Setting and displaying custom messages in your site

Shea — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

There is a method on SilverStripe's Form class to set a success or error message when the form is submitted. That's cool... but sometimes you need to display a message that is not related to a form. I've created a couple of simple controller methods to enable setting and displaying of message banners anytime.

October Site of the Month Winner!

Aram Balakjian — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Votes are in! And the winner of October's SSbits Site Of The Month is.....

October Site of the Month - Vote Now!

Aram Balakjian — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

It's time to vote on your favourite of this months 5 SilverStripe website nominations!

Adding Custom Filterable Reports to ReportAdmin

Craig Ballantyne — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

With only the standard Broken Links Report, the report admin area in Silverstripe's CMS can feel a bit underused. In this tutorial I'm going to take a look at how you can add a custom report into the report admin section of the CMS which can make keeping track of a variety of statistics a little more straightforward.

To keep this simple I am going to give users the ability to assign a colour to each page on the site and then generate a report of any pages on the site that have been assigned a particular colour.

Enter now! - October Site of the Month

Aram Balakjian — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Enter your site for a chance to be in the final 5 vote off! Voting will begin on the 12th of October.

Enter Your Site >

Automatically Redirect to the first Child Page without a Redirector Page

ekersten — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

This is a little snipped i've been using to redirect a custom page to it's first child. It extends the init method of the Controller. This has proven useful in cases where the client wants to re-sort the child pages and doesn't want to mess around the configuration of a redirector page.

Inserting Javascript into a DOM Popup

Gordon Anderson — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

I recently ran into the problem of how to insert my own Javascript into a DOM (DataObjectManager) popup window. After much googling and getting nowhere I resorted to reading the code and discovered that it was in fact quite simple to do.

The problem I was trying to solve was for a dropdown select box to toggle fields in the form, depending on whether a link is internal or external to the site.

August Site of the Month Winner!

Aram Balakjian — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Votes are (finally) in! And the winner of September's SSbits Site Of The Month is.....