This post looks at the minimum PHP version requirements for SilverStripe. I will update this page as new versions are released and I upgrade the various SilverStripe websites I manage, noting any … [Read more...] about SilverStripe and PHP version requirements
SilverStripe
Information, tutorials, code tips and how tos for programming the SilverStripe CMS
SilverStripe is a free open source content management system that is coded in PHP and supports MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Postgres as database backends. It contains the Sapphire model-view-controller framework and is extremely extendable. There are a number of modules, themes and widgets abailable and it is easily customisable. The admin interface is slick and can also be customised with additional tabs and fields depending on the page types.
Be sure to check out the online documentation and SSBits.com. The latter is full of all sorts of useful tips and tricks and is worth spending time looking through after reading the docs.
Different home page and sub pages with SilverStripe
The SilverStripe CMS makes it very easy to have a slightly different layouts between pages by creating another page type and using $Layout with different layout templates. I did this for the Fabco Ltd … [Read more...] about Different home page and sub pages with SilverStripe
Prefix img src assets with a leading slash in SilverStripe
When inserting an image into the TinyMCE HTML editor in SilverStripe it doesn't prefix the src attribute of the img tag with a leading slash leaving it like e.g. src="assets/images/myimage.jpg". This … [Read more...] about Prefix img src assets with a leading slash in SilverStripe
Populate defaults dynamically with SilverStripe
SilverStripe allows default values to be set for fields on data objects using the static $defaults property but this cannot be populated with dynamic values, such as using date() or rand(). Instead … [Read more...] about Populate defaults dynamically with SilverStripe
How to log into SilverStripe if you’ve lost the login details
If you have lost the admin login details for a SilverStripe installation and sending an email to reset the password is not working, there is a default admin account that can be enabled. After logging … [Read more...] about How to log into SilverStripe if you’ve lost the login details
SilverStripe cache directory
SilverStripe by default creates a directory for caching the site manifest etc by using the PHP function getSysTempDir(). It is possible to locate this directory elsewhere by simply creating a … [Read more...] about SilverStripe cache directory
