In-depth manuals

• Anatomy of a site
  • The site config file
  • Tip: using symlinks for easy development
  • Tip: multiple sites using one database
• The module system
  • Module structure
  • gen_server based modules
  • Module dependencies
  • Module versioning
• The URL dispatch system
  • Defining dispatch rules
  • Anatomy of a dispatch rule
  • Dispatch rule troubleshoooting
  • URL rewriting
  • Unmatched hosts/domains
  • Unmatched paths
  • Dispatch rule BNF
• Access Control
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
• The notification system
  • Sending notifications
  • Subscribing to notifications
  • Handling notifications
• The Zotonic data model
  • Table of contents
• Translation support
  • Enabling multiple languages
  • Static translations
  • Translated content
• Media file handling
  • Media classes
• Templates
  • Template locations and the lookup system
  • Builtin tags and custom tags
  • Template filters
  • Wiring it up: actions and postbacks
  • Form validators
  • Auto-generated identifiers
  • Template models
  • Interactivity: Calling Zotonic from Javascript
  • Template Best Practices and Pitfalls
• Lib files
• URL Controllers
  • Anatomy of a controller
  • Differences between Zotonic’s and Basho’s Webmachine
• E-mail handling
  • Configuration
  • Sending E-mail
  • Receiving E-mail
  • Troubleshooting
• API Services
  • Serving services
  • Service metadata
  • Creating a GET service
  • Creating a POST service
  • Service authentication
• Extensions
• Cookbooks
  • Frontend cookbook
  • Admin cookbook
  • Shell cookbook
  • Just enough...