SilverStripe

Submit SilverStripe User Forms via AJAX

March 6, 2011
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The User Forms SilverStripe module is super useful for creating forms. I often use it for contact page forms, recently I wanted to submit a contact form via AJAX which is pretty straight forward using SilverStripe’s extension class. Install User Forms module I won’t go through this process in detail, you download the module and [...]

A better way to add google maps to SilverStripe pages

January 28, 2011
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Previously I had written a post about the method used to add a Google maps button to tinyMCE in SilverStripe. Its a fairly long winded process, a much better way is the neat little SilverStripe Addressable module. Created by the same team behind the memberships module, Addressable is similarly nicely written and straight forward to [...]

Add google maps to pages in SilverStripe

October 27, 2010
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UPDATE: A better method of adding a google map to a page in SilverStripe can be found here. Adding google maps to a site using the SilverStripe CMS can be tricky, I often find that just adding the HTML for the google map iframe to a page does not work well – most of the [...]

SilverStripe Membership Module Tutorial

October 12, 2010
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This SilverStripe Membership Module by ajshort is one of the most useful and solid modules I’ve used on a SilverStripe install. Strangely this module is not listed on SilverStripe.org’s collection of modules, I stumbled upon it after performing a search for “SilverStripe Membership Module” and coming across a forum post where the github repository for [...]

How to access array data from SilverStripe sessions easily

September 14, 2010
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Its not evident from the SilverStripe documentation on sessions, but you can access nested array data from SilverStripe sessions using dot notation.

How to change the breadcrumb separator on SilverStripe

September 13, 2010
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Quick tip to change the separator used by SilverStripe to separate the links of the breadcrumb.

Silverstripe Image Gallery Tutorial

June 10, 2010
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I have had a few issues installing image gallery modules on Silverstripe 2.4. I’m new to using silverstripe so this is a beginners tutorial, the aim is to install a basic image gallery which fits the following criteria: Allow CMS users to upload photos Add custom fields to be associated with each image (such as [...]

Silverstripe Captcha

May 27, 2010
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Starting out on some silverstripe projects there will likely be a few bits and pieces finding their way to the blog. SilverStripe is a product I have always wanted to work with, besides being a great example of open source success in New Zealand I’m attracted to the MVC architecture. I’ve had a few teething [...]

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