cms

Good third party comment system for a custom CMS?

I built a small cms for personal websites using Rails. Each site has a simple blog. I've been looking for a good third party comment system to add to the cms. Have you used (or know of) any "comment service" that I can seamlessly integrate via their API, and if they have a ruby gem even better. Thanks in advance Deb ...

Exposing a table to Views

I have a table that's been created by a module. I need to include some of its fields into an existing view. I tried using the table wizard module, but all it does is create a separate view for that table. I'd like to be able to choose fields from that table to be added into an existing view as additional fields, or through relationship...

Input field width and height: how to change them

I've never touched drupal's theming layer before, so I apologize for the basic question. I'm trying to change the default width and height for the input fields used in drupal forms. Is there a generic template that I need to change? or do I have to find everywhere where there's a form, find its template, and change it. Any tips on how ...

Seeking opinions on the best CMS platform for designers and front end developers

I have so far been a dedicated Wordpress user, but have been researching other CMS solutions of late, specifically, looking for something that could potentially allow me to EASILY convert an XHTML site into a CMS site for most projects. I don't care for PHP - and find adding the appropriate tags to Wordpress a bit of a challenge. I am b...

inserting links into Magento top nav in a robust, user-friendly manner

There are a couple of options that I've used in the past, and I'm interested to hear thoughts on which is best. manually insert links into top.phtml (urgh...) +easy, quick -users cannot edit -reduces future proofing for upgrades create a category where the Display Settings is set to Static Block Only with a selected CMS block. The C...

change default user of webserver for special directories

for example, if i'm using a php script that writes files, or using a cms , the files and folders that are generated are owned by a special user (f.e. www-data:www-data) is it possible to change this default user for special directories? so that for example all cms systems or php scripts in general use another user and group in the dir /...

When using a simple MySQL statements through PHP, is it better to target SELF or to target an external script?

Basically I'm building a CMS. In this CMS I have the ability to create pages, and this page is managed elsewhere but on this particular page, all you need to do is give it a title. Would it be better (security wise) to nest the PHP and then call it upon submission in THIS page, or would it be better to define the code in another sheet a...

CMS on app engine / gae: vosao alternatives?

i recently stumbled upon http://www.vosao.org/ it seems to be the most advanced cms for app engine so before i start coding with vosao, i wanted to know if there are tangible alternatives to vosao? ...

Installing joomla on Microsoft IIS

i tried to install joomla using the microsoft web platform installer. I was able to install joomla, php and mysql successfully. However when i browse the website from the IIS, it says page cannot be found.. What am i missing..please let me know Its been more than 2 days i am trying this... ...

How to integrate a CMS into an existing Rails site

One of the challenges I see over and over again is a company with an existing website wants to integrate a Content Management System. Are there standard approaches/techniques for doing this that keep the existing website but allow certain pages or content snippets to be driven by the CMS? For example let's say you have a Rails website t...

Can Ektron Do This in SEO?

Can tell me if Ektron can do these things in SEO? XHTML Compliant - Renders in XHTML compliant mark-up out of the box Canonical URLs - Able to specific a canonical URL for a single page SEO Friendly URLs - Able to create and configure SEO friendly URLs and formats XML Site Map - Able to dynamically and automatically generate an XML Si...

how to choose proper architecture for site similar tu autoscout.de

Hello, I've got an idea to launch couple of online adds websites similar to autoscout.de, where users could post their advertisements etc. How should such a solution be designed from technical point of view? what CMS to choose? What DB system to choose etc? Thanks in advance for your replies. ...

CMS for Complex Membership website

Which one better drupal or expressionEngine? Must handle page/event specific membership management. Anyone have experience on those two CMS? ...

How to configure Blog Extension in Radiant CMS

Hi all, I have installed radiant gem and made one application of radiant CMS.I have also installed Blog extension in my radient application. But how to configure it.. I can't find the link for the "New Blog Post".i.e. i can't find any functionality that is provided by Blog extension..so is there any configuration is required to enable...

Adding a single button to a view

I've setup a view in drupal that lists items like this: IMAGE 1 | IMAGE 2 | IMAGE 3 | IMAGE 4 desc | desc | desc | desc I'd like to add a single button to the top of this view. I would prefer to do it with code or a module, without digging into the theme templates. But how? ...

How to integrate YAF in N2-based ASP.NET MVC site?

Hi, I'm building an N2-based ASP.NET MVC site, which is part of a larger Windows Azure solution. The problem I am stuck with is integrating in my project N2's own forum add-on, which is basically YAF (Yet Another Forum). I've been wrestling with the forum for the last couple of days and after re-compiling the add-on to remove the depen...

Common template for Joomla + Wordpress + phpBB or Drupal + Wordpress + phpBB

Hi all, I'm struggling to try and find an answer to this question and was hoping someone might be able to help me. Are there any common/easy editable themes that I can use across Joomla (or Drupal), Wordpress and phpBB? I know that you can find decent forum and blogging modules in both Joomla and Drupal but I want to stay with Wordpre...

What hook to listen to a form submit?

I'm writing a module that acts on another module. The other module's submit form is at admin/settings/image-toolkit. When its form is submitted, my module needs to respond to that event. What hook do I need to listen for and how do I know the name of the form? I'm not even sure where to print dsm in this case to get more information a...

How to access a form in a custom form handler

I'm using the following logic to add a custom handler to a form that's defined by another module. I'm trying to do additional processing on the form data. function my_module_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) { if ($form_id == 'my_form') { $form['#submit'][] = 'my_additional_submit_handler'; } } Of course I define my o...

CMS: How to combine static pages with several stray different Controllers/Views in ASP.NET MVC 2

I am working on a CMS managing my website's pages' static content. There is a PageController (the default route www.mysite.com/pages/2/page-title is used) and the corresponding Views displaying the pages' static content that can be managed using WYSIWYG editors in the administration interface. I need to be able to specify that any arbit...