The document describes the architecture and components of the Fork CMS platform. It discusses the separation between applications, backend, frontend, API, and modules. The backend provides content management capabilities and is module-driven. The frontend serves website visitors through page-based controllers. Key aspects covered include routing, templates, internationalization, search, metadata, and an API.

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5. In depth

6. Content
‣ Applications
‣ Backend
‣ Frontend
‣ API
‣ Modules

7. Content
‣ Applications
‣ Backend
‣ Frontend
‣ API
‣ Modules

8. Content
‣ Applications
‣ Backend
‣ Frontend
‣ API
‣ Modules

9. Content
‣ Applications
‣ Backend
‣ Frontend
‣ API
‣ Modules

10. Content
‣ Applications
‣ Backend
‣ Frontend
‣ API
‣ Modules

11. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Frontend Backend API
Library

12. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Applications
‣ 1 for each purpose
‣ Clean separation between apps
‣ Possible overlap (causing overhead)

13. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Structure
‣ Core
‣ Modules (some required)
‣ Based on MVC
‣ Limited template logic

14. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Core
‣ Routing
‣ Templates
‣ Authentication
‣ Forms
‣ ...

15. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Modules
actions
ajax
cronjobs (backend only)
engine
installer (backend only)
js
layout
templates
widgets
widgets

16. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Library
‣ Global configuration
‣ External classes
‣ Google analytics
‣ Facebook
‣ Akismet
‣ Spoon Library

17. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Spoon Library
‣ PHP5 library
‣ Basic components
‣ UTF-8 support
‣ Unit tested
‣ Open source (github)

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Error handling
‣ SPOON_DEBUG true / false
‣ Exceptions
‣ PHP errors / warnings / ...

19. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules

20. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Backend
‣ Content management
‣ Authentication
‣ Only logged in users
‣ Module driven
‣ Semi clean url’s (GET)

21. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Core
‣ Router
‣ Loads module based on URL
‣ http://<site>/private/en/module/
controller?param=value
‣ Authentication
‣ Action level

22. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Core
‣ Basic layout
‣ Datagrids
‣ Forms
‣ Tabs
‣ Filters

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24. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules

25. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Base classes
‣ Base for actions
‣ Less monkey jobs
‣ Success/error reporting
‣ Autoloading js/css
‣ Choosing template
‣ ...

26. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Reporting

27. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Autoloading JS / CSS
‣ <module>.js
‣ <action>.js
‣ <action>.css

28. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Specific base classes
‣ index / add / edit
‣ BackendBaseActionAdd
‣ create and display form
‣ BackendBaseActionIndex
‣ create and display datagrid
‣ All you have to do is add data

29. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Backend navigation
‣ Per module (by installer)
‣ Flexible
‣ Not limited to module context
‣ settings

30. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Autoloader
‣ BackendAnalyticsContent
‣ BackendAnalyticsModel
‣ BackendAnalyticsHelper

31. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Directory structure
actions
ajax
cronjobs
engine
installer
js
layout
templates
widgets
widgets

32. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Action
‣ Controller
‣ Interface for the user
‣ Index / add / edit / delete / ...
‣ Extends from base class(es)
‣ Navigation links to action

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Layout / template
‣ View
‣ Action template
‣ <action>.tpl
‣ SpoonTemplate syntax

34. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Engine
‣ Model
‣ Class with static methods
‣ Handles database interaction
‣ Helper
‣ Can be anything

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Ajax
‣ Controller
‣ Own base class
‣ Authentication
‣ Json output

36. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Cronjob
‣ Controller
‣ Own base class
‣ No authentication
‣ Collisions
‣ Command line or HTTP

37. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Installer
‣ Set rights
‣ Set navigation structure
‣ Set extra’s (create pages, ...)
‣ install.sql
‣ locale.xml

38. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Frontend
‣ The website
‣ Visitors
‣ Guests
‣ Registered visitors
‣ Page driven (http://<site>/page)

39. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Frontend
‣ 2 types of controllers
‣ Action: 1 per page (route dependant)
‣ Widget: * per page
‣ Defined in pages module
‣ All about pages

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Pages
‣ 1 page = 1 template
‣ 1 template = * blocks
‣ Block
‣ Action
‣ Widget

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Pages

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Core
‣ Routing
‣ action to execute
‣ widget(s) to execute
‣ based on the current page

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Minify
‣ SPOON_DEBUG = false
‣ minified.css
‣ Custom js / css = auto

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API
‣ XML
‣ JSON
‣ Authentication possible
‣
/api/1.0/?
method=<module>.<function>&param=value..

47. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
API
‣ BackendBlogAPI
‣ Public functions
‣ Parameter validation

48. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Search
‣ Index pool
‣ Fields defined per module
‣ Callback per module

49. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Add to index

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Callback

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Tags
‣ Create textbox
‣ Save after validation

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Tags

53. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Tags

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Meta
‣ Again 1 pool
‣ SEO
‣ Almost every module needs it

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57. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Meta
‣ Create form
‣ Validate
‣ Save

58. applications - backend - frontend - api - modules
Locale
‣ Multi language
‣ Maintainable by backend user
‣ Split between applications

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Locale - backend
‣ Split between modules
‣ Fallback to core

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Locale - frontend
‣ 1 pool

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