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![Creating a Simple Blog Plugin Create Form Create Object View <h1><?php echo $vars['entity']->title; ?></h1> <p><?php echo $vars['entity']->body; ?></p> <?php echo elgg_view('output/tags', array('tags' => $vars['entity']->tags)); ?> <form action="<?php echo $vars['url']; ?>action/blog/save" method="post"> <?php echo elgg_echo("title"); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/text',array('internalname' => 'title')); ?> <?php echo elgg_echo("body"); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/longtext',array('internalname' => 'body')); ?> <p><?php echo elgg_echo("tags"); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/tags',array('internalname' => 'tags')); ?></p> <p><input type="submit" value="<?php echo elgg_echo('save'); ?>" /></p> </form>](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introductiontoelgg-101205052055-phpapp01/85/Introduction-to-Elgg-10-320.jpg)
![Contd… Create Save File $blogpost = new ElggObject(); $blogpost->title = get_input('title'); $blogpost->description = $description; $blogpost->access_id = ACCESS_PUBLIC; $blogpost->owner_guid = $_SESSION['user']->getGUID(); $blogpost->save(); $blogpost->tags = string_to_tag_array(get_input('tags')); forward($blogpost->getURL()); Display Blog require_once(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))).engine/start.php"); $body = list_entities('object','blog',0,10,false); $body = elgg_view_layout('one_column', $body); page_draw("Our Blog",$body);](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introductiontoelgg-101205052055-phpapp01/85/Introduction-to-Elgg-11-320.jpg)
Introduction to Elgg
- 1. An Introduction to Nitesh Nandy @Barcamp, Delhi [email_address]
- 2. What is Elgg ? Elgg built on LAMP and is open source Roll out your own social network Bundles social networking components Building on Elgg is easy
- 3. Components Pages RSS Files Tags Comment Blog Messages Widgets Friends/Groups Forum
- 4. Features Advanced user management and administration Cross-site tagging Powerful access control list Internationalization support Multiple view support (eg. cell phone, iPhone) Advanced templating engine Widget framework Opensocial support
- 7. Events Events triggered when certain things happen User Action Callbacks Special Events (Boot, Init) Hook has to be registered to handle the specific events register_elgg_event_handler('init','system','entities_init');
- 8. Views Elgg site can support different interface pages Standard HTML HTML optimised for accessibility Mobile Internet iPhone Embeddable widget
- 9. Plugins Most of the end user functionality in Elgg comes from plugins Plugins reside under /mod folder start.php : control hub of a plugin Register plugin inside Elgg init event register_elgg_event_handler('init','system','entities_init');
- 10. Creating a Simple Blog Plugin Create Form Create Object View <h1><?php echo $vars['entity']->title; ?></h1> <p><?php echo $vars['entity']->body; ?></p> <?php echo elgg_view('output/tags', array('tags' => $vars['entity']->tags)); ?> <form action="<?php echo $vars['url']; ?>action/blog/save" method="post"> <?php echo elgg_echo("title"); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/text',array('internalname' => 'title')); ?> <?php echo elgg_echo("body"); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/longtext',array('internalname' => 'body')); ?> <p><?php echo elgg_echo("tags"); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/tags',array('internalname' => 'tags')); ?></p> <p><input type="submit" value="<?php echo elgg_echo('save'); ?>" /></p> </form>
- 11. Contd… Create Save File $blogpost = new ElggObject(); $blogpost->title = get_input('title'); $blogpost->description = $description; $blogpost->access_id = ACCESS_PUBLIC; $blogpost->owner_guid = $_SESSION['user']->getGUID(); $blogpost->save(); $blogpost->tags = string_to_tag_array(get_input('tags')); forward($blogpost->getURL()); Display Blog require_once(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))).engine/start.php"); $body = list_entities('object','blog',0,10,false); $body = elgg_view_layout('one_column', $body); page_draw("Our Blog",$body);
- 12. Business Opportunities in Elgg Education (Social E-learning) Universities Schools Social Intranet for organizations Employee activities Knowledge base Company events Custom Social Networks
- 13. Profile
- 14. Groups
- 15. Dashboard
- 16. Files
- 17. Thanks