Chapter 19. Dynamic PHP and PostNuke


IN THIS CHAPTER

  • Combining XHTML and PHP

  • Crash Course in PHP

  • PHP in Themes

  • Troubleshooting

  • Next

PostNuke is an application designed to make complex website development as simple as using a form. It's coded in the PHP scripting language (www.php.net) with content stored in database tables, but by design it removes the real coding for you so that even when developing themes and templates, you need only know Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML; www.xhtml.org).

But while that makes dynamic website development easier, and certainly accessible to more users, there are great benefits to taking back control of the coding. The scripts and applications that make PostNuke work are designed for general use. Your website needs might not be average or normal. With PHP, you can alter any PostNuke code to make it do what you want, and even write entirely new scripts to add additional features. PostNuke themes are laid out in modular XHTML files, but you can also use PHP to dynamically generate more components or to automate even the XHTML.

In the upcoming sections, you explore the following topics:

  • Combining XHTML and PHP

  • Crash course in PHP

  • PHP in themes



    PostNuke Content Management
    PostNuke Content Management
    ISBN: 0672326868
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2003
    Pages: 207
    Authors: Kevin Hatch

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