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Tuskfish CMS Developer Guide

Contents

Introduction

Tour of the file system

Overview of the architecture

The cache

Site preferences

Search

RSS feeds

The theme and template system

Anatomy of a typical page

Security

Sessions

Validating and escaping data

Metadata and pagination

Creating blocks

File operations

Logging errors

Webserver hacks: Rattle and hum

Useful tools and resources

Development road map

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In this collection

File operations

How the file handling system works in Tuskfish CMS.

Introduction

Introduction to the Tuskfish CMS Developer Guide.

Useful tools and resources

A short list of tools and resources I found helpful in developing Tuskfish.

Themes and templates

An explanation of the theme and template system and how to work with it.

Development road map

Future plans for improvement of the Tuskfish Content Management System.

Search

The inner workings of the Tuskfish search subsystem.

Tags, collections and sections

How to organise content with tags, collections and sections in Tuskfish CMS.

Creating blocks

How to create, render and display content blocks in Tuskfish CMS.

Metadata

How to set and override site- and page-level metadata.

Session management

How session management and security works in Tuskfish CMS.

Logging errors

How the error logging system works in Tuskfish CMS.

Validating and escaping data

How to validate and safely escape data in Tuskfish CMS.

Session management (v2)

An explanation of session management in Tuskfish CMS.

Site preferences

How to edit, access and add new site preference values.

Querying the database

Instructions on how to construct database queries with the Tuskfish CMS API.

Tour of the file system

An overview of the major file system components and their functions.

Webserver hacks: Rattle and hum

A few tips on configuring your webserver to allow cross-site requests, set a custom error page and force SSL.

Anatomy of a typical page

A step through a sample Tuskfish CMS page with an explanation of the code.

The cache system

How the Tuskfish CMS cache system works.

Organising content

Creating sections in your website using tags, collections and static pages.