Concrete5 Package Installer

jollyscience_package.php is a superclass that can be extended by a Concrete5 package controller to automate most of the standard install options.

This class automates most of the install of a Concrete5 Package. It handles installing themes, blocks, attributes, single pages page types, jobs, creating pages and hooking events. Config for these are either stored in class properties or they are auto installed by scanning the appropriate directory.

Installation

1. Put jollyscience_package.php in package_dir/libraries/concrete5-package-installer
2. In your package_dir/controller.php file, add this line before the class declaration: Loader::library('concrete5-package-installer/jollyscience_package', 'your_package_handle'); where your_package_handle is the your package's handle.
3. Make sure your class extends JollysciencePackage instead of Package
4. Make sure $pkgHandle, $pkgDescription, $appVersionRequired, and $pkgVersion are set

Usage

Themes

Themes included in the package_dir/themes directory are automatically installed

Blocks

Blocks included in the package_dir/blocks directory are automatically installed

Jobs

Jobs included in the package_dir/jobs directory are automatically installed

Single Pages

Single Pages included in the package_dir/single_pages directory are automatically installed

Attributes

Attributes are installed in 2 ways:

1. In the $commonAttributes array
2. In the $pageTypes array

CommonAttributes

$commonAttributes is a class property. It is an associative array used for attributes common to multiple page types, or attribtues that are not associated with any page type.

Format:

$commonAttributes = array(
	'attribute_handle' => array(
 	'type' => 'attribute_type',
 	'name' => 'Attribute Name'
  	)
);

1. attribute_handle is a unique handle. It should be lowercase and only contain letters and underscores (_)

2. type is one of the following (others may be used if installed)

   • address
   • boolean (creates checkbox)
   • date_time
   • image_file (selects from File Manager)
   • number
   • rating
   • select
   • text
   • textarea

   For information on attribute types go to Concrete5::Types

3. name is what is displayed in the Concrete5 Dashboard

Attributes of the type select have the following format:

$commonAttributes = array(
   'attribute_handle' => array(
     'type' => 'select',
     'name' => 'Attribute Name',
     'selectOptions' => array(
           'Option 1',
           'Option 2',
           'Option 3'
      ),
     'selectConfig' => array(
	          'akSelectAllowMultipleValues' => 0,
	          'akSelectAllowOtherValues' => 0,
	          'akSelectOptionDisplayOrder' => 'display_asc'
    	)     
    )
)

1. selectOptions is a list of options for the select box
2. selectConfig contains additional options for the select box.
   • akSelectAllowMultipleValues set to 1 gives multiple checkboxes instead of a select box
   • akSelectAllowOtherValues set to 1 allows the user to type in a different value
   • akSelectOptionDisplayOrder determines how the options are ordered

Page Types

Page types are created from the $pageTypes property. It has the following format:

$pageTypes = array(
   'page_handle' => array(
     'name' => 'Page Name',
     'attributes' => array(
     	/**
           Associative array of attributes
           with the same format as the $commonAttributes
           array. These attributes are only associated
           with this particular page
      	**/
      ),
      'attributeKeys' = array(
        /**
           List of $commonAttributes keys for attributes
           that may be assigned to multiple pages
      	**/
      )
    )
)

Pages

Created from $pages property.

$pages = array(
   'page_handle' => array(
     'type' => 'page_type_handle',
     'name' => 'Page Name'
    )
)

Hooking Events

Events are hooked using the $events property.

For information on events and a valid list of event names go to Concrete5::Events

Format:

$events = array(
  'event_name' => array(
    array(
      'class' => 'NameOfClassToBeLoaded',
      'method' => 'nameOfMethodToBeCalled',
      'path' => 'relative/path/to/class.php'
    )
  )
);

Note: Events call class methods in a non-object context, so use self::$staticVar or self::method() instead of $this->var or $this->method()

Concrete5 Model Base Class

This is a base class which can be extended in projects to more easily handle basic CRUD functinality.

Installation

1. Put jollyscience_model.php in package_dir/libraries/concrete5-package-installer
2. Create your models in package_dir/models
3. At the top of each model file, add this line before the class declaration: Loader::library('concrete5-package-installer/jollyscience_model', 'your_package_handle'); where your_package_handle is the your package's handle.
4. Make sure your class extends JollyscienceModel
5. Make sure self::$tableName and self::$pk are set