Documentation

• 1. Getting started
  • 1.1. Requirements and Installation
  • 1.2. Updating
• 2. Administration
  • 2.1. HOWTO Maintain your Cotonti site with Git
  • 2.2. Extension management in Cotonti
  • 2.3. Extension updates
  • 2.4. HOWTO Enable SEF URLs
  • 2.5. Content parser and editor management
• 3. Developer Guide
  • 3.1. Technical Concepts
  • 3.2. Coding Guidelines
  • 3.3. Coding Style
  • 3.4. Understanding Resource Strings
  • 3.5. Validation and Messages
  • 3.6. Timezone handling in Cotonti
  • 3.7. Auth API (ACL)
  • 3.8. Database
  • 3.9. Cache API
  • 3.10. AJAX Helpers in Cotonti
  • 3.11. Custom Installation Scripts
  • 3.12. Accepting payments
  • 3.13. Debugging with Cotonti
  • 3.14. Functions and Classes Reference
• 4. Extending Cotonti
  • 4.1. Extensions
    • 4.1.1. Global variables reference
    • 4.1.2. Hooks
    • 4.1.3. XTemplate for programmers
    • 4.1.4. Introduction to extension development
    • 4.1.5. Tutorial: advanced plugin development
    • 4.1.6. Configuration values
    • 4.1.7. Сustom type in config variables
    • 4.1.8. Using captcha in extensions
    • 4.1.9. Converting Genoa plugins to Siena
  • 4.2. Themes
    • 4.2.1. Theme basics
    • 4.2.2. CoTemplate Introduction
    • 4.2.3. CoTemplate Statements
    • 4.2.4. Advanced CoTemplate features
    • 4.2.5. List available tags and blocks in CoTemplate
    • 4.2.6. Custom themes for Administration panel
  • 4.3. Localizations
    • 4.3.1. Localization-files overview
    • 4.3.2. Extensions localization
    • 4.3.3. Maintain localizations up to date
    • 4.3.4. Internationalize contents of your site
    • 4.3.5. Maintaining Cotonti translations with Transifex
  • 4.4. Structure of Files and Directories
  • 4.5. Using Composer
• 5. Plugins
  • 5.1. BBcode Management Explained
  • 5.2. How to make a gallery with Pageavatar?
  • 5.3. Tutorial: MarkitUp introducing fonts
• 6. Modules
  • 6.1. Working with Personal File Storage
  • 6.2. Pages: Permission to Download files
• 7. Quick help & how-to's
  • 7.1. Image slider in articles
  • 7.2. Showing dates and times in a different format
  • 7.3. Truncating text
  • 7.4. Adding Twitter timeline to a Cotonti-powered website
  • 7.5. Add watermarks for any uploaded images on-the-fly
  • 7.6. Fancybox Integration without plugin
  • 7.7. Adding inline pictures with popups using BBCodes / Pageavatar / Fancybox
  • 7.8. Building a Custom Site Quick Start
• 8. Related documentation
  • 8.1. Docs section structure and it's planning
• 9. Archive
  • 9.1. Coding Style