Manifesto Documentation

User Guide

Manifesto is a object-oriented Content Management System (CMS) and PHP framework for managing complex structured data and rendering that content, whether as web pages, RSS reeds, iCalendar output, or a web service API.

This guide is designed to provide an overview of Manifesto as it is used to manage a large website. It covers the principles of Manifesto and specific guides for administering content from static HTML pages to recurring events and custom form creation.

Contents:

• Overview of Manifesto
  • Manifesto Features
• Glossary of Manifesto Terms
• User Accounts, Roles, and Login
  • Roles
  • Permissions
  • Creating new user accounts (as an Editor or Admin)
  • Forgotten Password
  • Account page
  • Changing your Password
• Editor Console
  • Views
• Working with Content
  • Blog
  • Dated Posts
  • Event Calendar
  • FormBuilder
  • HTML Rotator
  • The Menus Module
  • Preview
  • Registrations
  • Shopping Cart
  • Staff
  • Template Pages
• Media Browser
  • Uploading files
  • Selecting and inserting media
  • Options when inserting media
• Categories
• WYSIWYG Editor
  • Pasting content from other sources
  • Creating Links
  • Uploading photos to embed in body copy
• Debugging
• Admin Console
• Scenarios and How-Tos
  • Mega-pages
  • Linking to a PDF
  • Custom URLs
• Troubleshooting
  • Updated content not displaying on the front end
  • Blurry images

Developer Guide

• Developer Guide
  • Quick start guide
  • Important Concepts in Manifesto
  • Setting up a custom theme
  • The template hierarchy
  • Flow
  • Modularity and Regimentation
  • Manifesto Directory Structure
  • Defining Routes
  • Models and the Object class
  • Page Templates
  • View Templates
  • Controllers
  • Database Queries
  • About Hydration
  • Creating a repeating field
  • Integrating modules through events
  • Debugging
  • Sanitizing user input
  • Quick Reference

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page