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In the previous entry, we created a new Administration Module to hold blog management functionality, added a Module specific layout for it, and discussed the upcoming need to ensure this is only accessible by authorised Authors. In this entry I’ll unravel some of Zend_Form’s mysteries in adding a login form, before using Zend_Auth to implement [...]

Step 1: Creating a Database Schema The schema for our blog’s database will be aimed at MySQL. We’re only starting with two tables to hold entries and authors, which may appear a little suspicious. The suspicion of course is due to the lack of two elements: Authentication and Authorisation. We’ll cover both in Part 6 [...]

Step 1: Adding Blueprint to the Project You can download the Blueprint CSS framework from http://code.google.com/p/blueprintcss/. It is released under a dual licensing system using a Modified MIT License, or the GNU General Public License. Decompress the archive of the latest 0.7 release (as at time of writing) and return to our current project’s public [...]

Step 1: Creating A New Application Before we jump into programming with the Zend Framework there are a few setup tasks. We need to install the Zend Framework, get a virtual domain running, and have a basic collection of directories and emtpy files created to hold our source code. You’ll need to download the Zend [...]

After speaking with any number of users about getting started with a framework, I find many do not have an advanced understanding of the corner stone of a current day web application framework: the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern. So let’s get over that hill right now, and before we start looking at PHP! As a bit [...]

This is it. The Part 1 of Astrum Furtura ZFBlog Tutorial series. I did not change anything or add something of the tutorial. I just posting it here for the help of those who need it. All contents originally written by Padraic Brady of Astrum Futura. An Example Zend Framework Blog Application – Part 1: [...]

Blog.astrumfutura.com is one of my personal top visited site. I cant stop to visit it almost every 2 hours a day or much more often. Especially by the time when the author Padraic Brady featured a series of his Zend Framework Blog Tutorial. Its a very detailed tutorial about building a blog application from scratch [...]