Excellent! Thank you so very much, Jon.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Jon Clausen <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> Dean,
>
> Replies inline:
>
> > I do have a question though regarding the customization of
> > ContentBox. My biggest stumbling block with the use of a CMS is the
> > customized site functionality that I typically require being just
> managing
> > page content and blogs. As an example, adding a product catalog or
> > membership management. Can the ColdBox admin be modified to roll the
> > management of these area into a unified interface?
>
> Yes, through the cascading file system, as well as through interception
> points. For example, the index() function
> modules.contentbox-admin.dashboard calls event.setView("dashboard/indexâ);
>
> If you added your own /views/modules/contenbox-admin/dashboard/index.cfm
> file, then it would be used over the version of index.fm in the
> contentbox-admin module /views/dashboard directory. There are also a ton
> of interception points that you can use. Take a look at the
> ModuleConfig.cfc for the CB admin and read up on interceptors in the
> Coldbox documentation for ideas on how to use them effectively.
>
> > I briefly looked at
> > SlatWall and it seemed like a separate administration just linked to from
> > within the ContentBox admin, not actually managed there. So there is
> > separate users for both admins. Is it possible to create extended
> > functionality like a product catalog, but have it use the ContentBox
> admin
> > and users as well?
>
> Yes, just have the controllers (âhandlersâ in ContentBox lingo) for the
> areas you want to serve within the admin extend
> "modules.contentbox-admin.handlers.baseHandler" and then use custom routes
> to bring them in to the admin path. They will be under the influence of
> the security interceptor that way.
>
>
>
> --
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