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.

SnippetsAdding a Thumbnail to a DataObjectManager

21 May 2009 | Aram Balakjian | CMS, Images | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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This snippet lets you add a thumbnail to items in UncleCheese's Data Object Manager module or a regular Complex Table field. All you need to do is create a function that returns a thumbnail and refer to this function in your DOM or CTF definition.

SnippetsSpice up Your CMS Sitetree

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

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SnippetsSilverStripe developer bookmarklets

2 April 2012 | Jono Menz | CMS, SilverStripe | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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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!

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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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: