In this section described what are ApPHP MVC Framework and ApPHP Directy CMF.
1.1 ApPHP MVC Framework.
ApPHP MVC Framework is designed to provide modern and rapid development of websites,
web applications and web services. MicroBlog script requires framework version
0.4.0 or later for stable work. You may read more information about the framework from
this Framework Documantation page.
1.2 ApPHP Directy CMF.
ApPHP Directy CMF is an open-source content management framework (CMF), built on
ApPHP MVC Framework that provides a basic functionality required for creating websites and
publishing web content. It includes Frontend and Backend parts, supports multi-language,
roles and privileges, templates, modular development etc.
Building an application without ApPHP Directy CMF could take a weeks and weeks of hard
developing, debugging and testing (depending on your experience level with PHP).
ApPHP Directy CMF eliminates the need for most of this work, freeing your valuable time
for making great and modern applications. Each web applications that built with
Directy CMF represents the triple chain, where application logic encapsulated in the
special module: MVC Framework ↔ Directy CMF ↔ Web Application.
Find more information about the ApPHP Directy CMF in this
Getting Started guide.
2. MicroBlog's Backend.
This section describes how to start work with ApPHP MicroBlog Backend.
2.1 Module Installation.
First of all make sure MicroBlog module is installed on your site. To check it go to
Modules / Modules Management page and select System Modules tab. If you see this
module in the list with status Enabled it means it's successfully installed.
If for some reason it's still not installed, you have to perform this operation before
starting to work with it. To install the module simply click on Install link from
the column named Actions.
2.2 Updating a Module.
Remove an old version of the module from protected/modules/ directory and upload there the
new one. Then go to Modules / Modules Management page and select System Modules tab.
If a new version of MicroBlog module is greater than previous you will see update icon link
in Actions column. Click this icon to update the module. If update operation completed successfully
update icon will disappear and module version number will be changed to the latest.
2.3 Edit Module Settings.
Once installed the MicroBlog module will appear in the list of available modules on
Application Modules page. Now you may edit module parameters (only allowed for
system modules).
To edit a module click Edit icon from the Actions menu. On edit module page
you may see all module parameters and change some of them, for ex.:
Display About Me Block
Display Avatar In About Me
Display Archive Block
Display Author Block
etc.
2.4 Module Settings.
Module Settings allows you to configure important settings of the module.
To access this page go to Modules / Modules Management, select
System Modules tab and then click MicroBlog module link or click on
MicroBlog module icon from the dashboard.
Currently you may configure following settings:
Function for displaying About me block
Show avatar in About block
Archive Settings / Settings:
Function for displaying Archive Block
The maximum number of archives to show in block
Author Settings / Settings:
Function for displaying Author Block
Defines a SEO format for author links that will be used in the blog
The maximum number of authors to show in block
Category Settings / Settings:
Function for displaying Categories Block
Show Category Tag in post footer
Defines a SEO format for categories links that will be used in the blog
The maximum number of categories to show in block
Comments Settings / Settings:
Possibility to allow comments to posts
The maximum length of a comment
Possibility to allow pre-moderation for comments
Possibility allow image verification (captcha) for comments
Pages Settings / Settings:
Function for displaying static Pages Block
The maximum number of pages to show in block
SEO format for post links that will be used in the blog
Post Setting / Settings:
Defining link that leads to the page with all blog posts
Specifying how many posts will be shown per page
Maximum length of the post in characters that will be shown on the Frontend
SEO format for post links that will be used in the blog
Resource Settings / Settings:
Function for display Resources Block
The maximum number of resources to show in block
Tags Settings / Settings:
Function for display Tag Clouds Block
Show limit for count Tags in Added/Edited modes
2.5 Blog Categories.
Blog Categories page allows administrator or author to create, edit and manage all categories on the blog.
It enables to create unlimited number of categories, where each category has it's name, sort order and status:
active or not.
Once created category becomes visible each post may be added/assigned to it. You may relate different posts to one
category.
2.6 Blog Posts.
On Blog Posts page administrator or author can create, edit and manage blog posts. Administrator can view and manage all the posts,
and blog author can manage only his own posts.
To add a new post click the "Add Post" button on the Posts Management page. On this page you may add post header,
post text, allow comments, define specific tags for this post and relate it to selected category. You may
also publish the post or just save changes without publishing. Click the "Create" button to finish the process.
To edit existing post - select an appropriate post from the list on Posts Management and click the "Edit" icon
in the actions column. Perform all changes you need and then press "Update" button.
If you want to insert/upload images into your post - click the "Insert Image" icon in the toolbar of WYSIWYG
editor, then upload/select your image and press "Submit" button.
You may add available modules to each post. To do this just copy and paste into the text in
appropriate place a special module tag, for example: {module:gallery}, {module:webforms} etc.
2.7 Blog Pages.
On Blog Pages page administrator can create, edit and manage blog static pages.
This option available for administrator only.
2.8 Resources.
This page allows you to create and manage resources links. To do this go to Modules -> Micro Blog -> Resources Management.
Resources are managed with a standard CRUD page. You can add, delete or edit resource link and info.
