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There are a wide range of tools that allow people to edit websites. Some are very easy to use, and others allow an experienced developer to do amazing things. The Digitalus Site Manager bridges the gap...it makes it easy for people with basic computer skills to maintain their site content. Advanced users have the full power of the Zend Framework, Jquery AJAX library, and the DSF framework to do virtually anything that is possible.

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Designers

Building templates for a CMS can be a pain. Each one has its own conventions that only sometimes make sense. The DSM CMS uses Zend Views for the templates. By adopting this common functionality you are learning a skill that you can use in any of your projects.

The Anatomy of a Template

The template folders are located in /public_html/templates. In this example we will look at this site's template. The template is made up of 5 folders: helpers: these are Zend View helpers that are specific to the template images: these are images that are specific to...

The Main Template View

The main template view is the index.phtml file that is located in the root of the template folder. phtml is an extension that Zend uses to designate php generated html files. It is the default extension for all Zend Views. Here is the standard template's code: You will see that this looks...

Layouts

Layouts can be thought of as subtemplates. If you go to the home page of this site you will see that the main content is just displayed as common html. Then in this section you see that the subpages are displayed as a list with an intro and a link...

Web technologies are evolving at a blinding rate. The days are gone where it was good enough to just put up a beautiful design. Your customers are looking for fresh, interactive content...a site that effortlessly tells them why you are the right choice!

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