joomla modules with permissions and front-end editing

Modules with Permissions & Front-End Editing

Improving Website Management

Randy Carey

iCueProject.com

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Randy Carey

iCueProject.com

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Agenda : Modules with Permissions and Front-End Editing

• Imagine…

• Front-End Editing

• ACL and Permissions

• How Modules are Different

• Actions & Module Settings

• How to Implement

• Demo


• Imagine…






• Demo

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• Imagine…






• Demo

Modules with Permissions and Front-End Editing

Modules with Permissions and Front-End Editing

Joomla core does not anticipate this


• Imagine…






• Demo

If we have FEE, we need permissions on modules

ACL and permissions

Modules with Permissions:

at three levels

• Module Manager

• Type of the Module

• Instance of the Module


three levels

• Module Manager


three levels

• Module Manager eXtended


three levels

• Module Type vs Instance


three levels

• Module Instance & FEE


at three levels

• Module Manager permissions: who can edit which modules

• Module Typepermissions: actions module settings

• Module Instancepermissions: set permissions per instance


• Imagine…






• Demo

DBContent

Displayof content

DB

Menu item

component

module


• Imagine…






• Demo


Types of Modules

modulestypes

modulestypes

modulestypes

modulestypes

list of items

single item

functional

content-based


Types of Modules

List of items

• category or categories

• RSS feeds

• Events

• latest users

• weblinks

• showcase/slideshow


Types of Modules

single item

• banner

• Breadcrumbs

• menu

• logo holder

• header – image

• footer

• random image

• statistics


Types of Modules

functional

• search

• login

• syndication

• language switcher


Types of Modules

content

• Custom HTML


Types of Module Fields



Module’s existence



Filtering



Display – selecting what per item



Display - formatting



Functionallogin



Content



ContentSearch box login



Advanced

Parameter fields for Articles Category

Filtering• Featured articles• Count• Category Filtering Type• Category• Child Category Articles• Category Depth• Author Filter Type• Authors• Author Alias Filter Type• Author Aliases• Article IDs to Exclude• Date filtering• Date Range Field• Start Date Range• To Date Range• Relative Date

Ordering• By article fld• Ordering direction

Grouping• Article grouping• Direction• Month/year format

Display• Heading level• Linked titles• Date• Date field• Date format• Category• Hits• Author• Introtext• Introtext limit• Show “ReadMore”• Title+ReadMore• “ReadMore” limit

Advanced• Alternative Layout• Mod Suffix Class• Module Tag• Bootstrap Size• Header Tag• Header Class• Module Style


• Imagine…






• Demo

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Status at JAB 2013

At the time this presentation was given at JAB 2013, I had working code for front-end editing. The code involve a new component, a new library file, and two plugins.

Integration involved [1] touching the module’s XML file (to declare the module’s actions and to tag which fields belong to which action) and [2] overriding the module’s layout template (to inject a couple of simple calls to a couple of library functions).

This has worked for every module type that I tried (including the desirable CustomHTML as well as functional modules like Login or Search). Considering how much work is handled by the library and plugins, the integration was relatively simple. But…

Summer 2013

But I have learned that a solution is valued much more if it can be deployed without requiring the site developer to touch code. So…

My current work on this project is to refactor it into a self-contained solution that allows one to configure permissions and inject front-end editing through a component and with no requirement to touch code.

Summer 2013

I welcome your interest and will make the code available through the iCueProject website.

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Beta testers ???

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Of course, I’ll be welcoming offers for beta testing.


• Imagine…






• Demo



Randy Carey

iCueProject.com

joomla modules with permissions and front-end editing

Technology

modules module typepermissions

frontend editing acl

types of module fieldsadvanced

levels module manager

levels module instance

levels module type vs

frontend editingjoomla

types of moduleslist