Fourstones at 10:53, 12 November 2008

2008-11-12T10:53:18Z

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2008-11-06T20:05:45Z

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=Are you sure you don't want to use the Content Manager?=
Before adding static HTML pages into your ccHost site, considering the new ccHost [[cchost/admin/Content_Manager|Content Manager]] to create and maintain static content.

=OK, you're sure=
If that doesn't do it for you then you can add pages 'manually' in the following way:

#Create a file with either a ''html'' or ''php'' extension
#Place the file into '''<local_files>/pages'''
#To see your page, browse to '''<your_installation_root>/docs/<filename_without_extension>'''

Note that 'docs' is an alias for the 'viewfile' command and therefore they are interchangeable with each other.

==Not strictly 'static'==
For PHP developers there are actually several dozen variables and a template-safe set of PHP calls immediately available.
===Inspecting available variables===
All of the variables available are in a variable called '''$A''' for 'array'. You can dump these by putting the following code into your PHP script:

<nowiki><?</nowiki>
CCDebug::Enable(true);
CCDebug::PrintVar($A);
<nowiki>?></nowiki>
===Template functions available===
The template object used to render your page is a variable called '''$T''' for 'template'.

Some method of interest may be:

// To embed the results of another template in the system:

$T->Call('path_to_template_file_or_macro');

// To use a ccHost string lookup ('str_' prefix)
// You can also pass variable argument list ala sprintf

$T->String('string_id');

// To find a file in the skins locations (include javascript,
// css and images)

$T->URL('partial_path_to_file');

There are a set of template friendly PHP functions you could use:

// returns an array of settings from config
cc_get_config($configName)

// embeds a query directly into the page
cc_query_fmt($qstring,$debug=0)

// chop a string and append an ellipse
cc_strchop($str,$maxlen)

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-=Are you sure you don't want to use the Content Manager?=
+The easiest way to create pages is to author them [[cchost/admin/Content_Manager|directly in ccHost]].
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+However if you have HTML pages authored outside ccHost you can add pages 'manually' into your system.
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 #To see your page, browse to '''<your_installation_root>/docs/<filename_without_extension>'''
-Note that 'docs' is an alias for the 'viewfile' command and therefore they are interchangeable with each other.
+The command for viewing documents is '''docs''' (or alias '''viewfile'''). The parameter is the name of a PHP file in '''<local_files>/pages''' (Admins control what the actual path is in the 'docs Path' found in ''Global Settings'' -> ''Paths'' ('''admin/paths''').
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Cchost/Static HTML Pages - Revision history

Fourstones at 10:53, 12 November 2008

Fourstones: New page: Category:ccHost Category:ccMixter Category:Developer Category:Software Category:Technology {{draft}} {{lowercase}} =Are you sure you don't want to use the Content Mana...