Where can you buy the book????
LMFAO yeah I need one of those "ELGG for Dummys" books grin. just spent the past couple months hacking the community stuff to get things working the way I want them to and now its time to start writing some plugins of my own..... joy, joy, joy, Dr D and company I hope I don't worry you all too much but I will be asking questions... BTW I do read the documentations but alot of it is conflicting and/or has nothing to to do with what I am trying to do so asking questions is just my way of clarifing stuff, you know.
So for my first question of many to come if I want a widget / plugin to display text that a user inputs where can I get some ideas about how to handle this? I believe I will have to build an edit.php in a views file but I'm kinda lost about how to handle this. if any of you could give me some example pluging to review it would be a big help.
Mucho Thanks for all that are pointing me in the right direction!
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You must log in to post replies.Actually, I'm writing the book. It won't be out for a while - don't have a release date yet.
If you do find conflicting documentation , please point it out so that it can be updated.
For starting your first plugin, I'd start with this tutorial: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Tutorials/HelloWorld
LMAO done did the hello world,,,,, no where close to what I want to build. I need examples on views and edit.php,,, how to incorperate javascript and stuff like that.
See what I want to build is a scrolling marquee that users input their own statements into,,, i know, I know, scrolling is hard to read and amateurish, but I am building a site for businesses to advertise on so I need the plugin.
I would love to read your book Cash, I look forward to seeing it on the shelf.
Have you tried the blog tutorial: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Tutorials/Blog ?
Waiting desperately for the book fron Cash. @Cash - Hope you complete it soon!!
Thanks for the interest. If there is anything you'd like to see covered, let me know.
As a newbie I will like to have the following:
a) Detailed Elgg framework design which is explained through various diagrams. I believe diagrams are the best way to understand anything.
b) Good topics for Customizing elgg with end to end code.
c) Case studies / small projects with end to end working code
Basically I cannot find all these in one place. I will like to see this in your book.
Best wishes.....
Mainak
Will this book be available in an online format?
As Dave said, it will be available as an eBook (besides being available as a print book). It should also be in O'Reilly's Safari Books Online.