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Internet_Media_Manager

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Internet Media Manager

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Manage your videos and photos all in one place

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Watch the Guided Tour (6 minutes)

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How_to_build_a_PHP_MySQL_Application_with_4_lines_of_code

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How to build a PHP MySQL Application with 4 lines of code

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The Xataface Application Framework allows you to convert your existing MySQL database into a full-fledged with as little as 4 lines of code. And it's Not a code generator.

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This article is intended to spark intere

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_output_cache

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Page title	The Xataface Output Cache
Content	<nowiki><div class="portalMessage">Note: There was a bug in the output cache affecting Xataface version 1.0 to 1.3rc1. If you are using a version of Xataface older than 1.3rc2 then you should either disable the output cache, or replace the Dataface/Outpu
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setSecurityFilters

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Content	Example In the delegate class for the users table: `<?php class tables_users { function init(&$table){ if ( !isAdmin() ){ $table->setSecurityFilter(array('group_id'=>10)); } } }` Thi
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init

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Content	Synopsis This method is called once, just after the table is loaded for the first time. It allows you to specify initialization details, such as security filters. Note that it takes a single parameter: a Dataface_Table o
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block__blockname

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Content	Available Blocks This is a grep to show the blocks that are defined in Xataface templates: Dataface_ActionsMenu.html:actions_menu_head Dataface_ActionsMenu.html:actions_menu_tail Dataface_Add_Existing_Related_Record.html:before_add_exi
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http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice_How_to_build_a_site_with_a_backoffice_

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Content	A site with a backoffice To create a site with a backoffice for the administrator, so that the visitors do not have to log in to read the pages, you add this code in the ApplicationDelegate.php file in the conf directory : <code> function getPerm
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about

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About Xataface

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About Xataface

Xataface is a flexible and shapable skin that sits on top of MySQL, making it accessible to every-day users. It automatically generates the appropriate forms, lists, and menus for a user to interact with the database witho

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actions.ini_file

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actions.ini file Reference

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actions.ini file Reference

The actions.ini file stores information about the various action?s that can be performed by your application. An action may be manifested in two ways:

As a web page
As a menu item

And there is no

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afterRegister

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Content	afterRegister() Trigger A trigger that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class?, to be executed after the registration form is saved. This can be used to perform some custom actions like emailing the
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after_action_new

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after_action_new trigger

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after_action_new trigger

This trigger is called after the new action is successfully completed. This trigger can be defined in the table delegate class and is often used to redirect to a particular page

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beforeRegister

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Content	beforeRegister() Trigger A trigger that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class?, to be executed before the registration form is saved. This can be used to perform some custom actions like emailing t
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Cached_permissions

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Content	Cached Permissions Introduction When you insert a SQL query in your getPermissions function, this will slow down the app dramatically because this function is called by each query. To resolve this problem, it is better to use cached permissi
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Calendar_Action

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Calendar Action

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Calendar Action

Xataface 1.0 includes a built-in calendar action that is disabled by default. If enabled, it allows you to view the records in any found set as a calendar of events, as follows:

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Clean_the_html_for_the_export

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Page name	Clean_the_html_for_the_export
Page id	178
Page title	Clean the HTML to export data
Content	Clean HTML tags and entities to export your data Override the display() of the field to strip the tags... but this would affect all parts of the application where the HTML fields are displayed. Create a grafted field, then override its display to
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conf.ini_file

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conf.ini_file

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conf.ini File

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conf.ini File

The conf.ini file is where most of the application-level configuration information is stored for a Xataface application. It contains information such as:

database connection information
which tables should appear i

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Selected_Records_Actions

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Selected_Records_Actions

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Creating a Custom Selected Records Action

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Creating a Custom Selected Records Action

If you view the list tab in any of your Xataface applications, you'll notice that there is a checkbox next to each row of the list, and there are a number of actions listed at the bottom

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Creating_a_Dashboard

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Creating a Dashboard for your Users

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Creating a Dashboard for your Users

Xataface allows you to build powerful data-driven applications quickly, but these applications may be daunting to your users if they don't know what they can do with the application. Most applications

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Creating_Printable_Reports

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Creating a Custom Printable Report

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Creating a Printable Report

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Creating a Printable Report

It is often useful to provide your users with a printable report that is generated from your database. Although Xataface doesn't include an explicit reporting module to allow the end users to create their own

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GettingStarted:first_application

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Content	Creating Your First Application Build a simple Xataface application. For our first Xataface application we will try to build a web site for Faculty of Widgetry (From the example in the "Why Use Xataface" page). The web site needs to store inform
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GettingStarted:customizing

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Content	Customizing Field labels, descriptions, and widgets Using simple INI configuration files, you can customize the look and feel of your application. You can change widgets, labels, field descriptions, and more. In the previous 2 sections we learned
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Delegate_class_methods

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Delegate Class Reference

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Delegate Class Reference

A delegate class is a PHP class that complements a particular table with custom bahaviors. Basic table metadata can be supplied using the fields.ini file, however some things are better customized using PHP.

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RSS,Feeds,delegate classes, triggers

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GettingStarted:delegate_classes

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Content	Delegate Classes Use Delegate classes to add permissions, custom serialization, display filters, calculated fields, import/export functionality, and other custom functionality to your application. For many applications, the configuration files p
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index_page

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Documentation

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Documentation

Introductory

About Xataface
Getting Started Tutorial
How to build a PHP MySQL Application with 4 lines of code
[[Troubleshooting

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Drag_and_Drop_Reordering_of_Relationships

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Content	Drag and Drop Reordering of Related Records in Xataface One powerful aspect of Xataface is its abstraction of relationships between tables. Once you define a relationship users can browse related records, add new and existing related records, and
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_output_cache

setSecurityFilters

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init

Synopsis

block__blockname

Available Blocks

http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice_How_to_build_a_site_with_a_backoffice_

A site with a backoffice

about

About Xataface

actions.ini_file

actions.ini file Reference

afterRegister

afterRegister() Trigger

after_action_new

after_action_new trigger

beforeRegister

beforeRegister() Trigger

Cached_permissions

Cached Permissions

Introduction

Calendar_Action

Calendar Action

Clean_the_html_for_the_export

Clean HTML tags and entities to export your data

conf.ini_file

conf.ini File

Selected_Records_Actions

Creating a Custom Selected Records Action

Creating_a_Dashboard

Creating a Dashboard for your Users

Creating_Printable_Reports

Creating a Printable Report

GettingStarted:first_application

Creating Your First Application

GettingStarted:customizing

Customizing Field labels, descriptions, and widgets

Delegate_class_methods

Delegate Class Reference

GettingStarted:delegate_classes

Delegate Classes

index_page

Documentation

Introductory

Drag_and_Drop_Reordering_of_Relationships

Drag and Drop Reordering of Related Records in Xataface