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Template filter

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A named transformation applied to a value inside a template expression.

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Notification

154 items

A typed event or request exchanged between decoupled Zotonic components through the notifier.

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Wire action

103 items

A server-defined browser action or event binding connected through Zotonic wires.

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Module

85 items

An OTP application or site component that adds Zotonic behavior templates data and configuration.

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Model

77 items

A namespaced interface for retrieving or changing data from Erlang templates MQTT or APIs.

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Template

63 items

A server-side template_compiler document that renders data into HTML text email or another representation.

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Controller

52 items

A request handler that maps web requests to responses and coordinates authorization rendering or data transfer.

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Dispatch rule

50 items

A route declaration that matches a URL pattern and selects a controller with arguments.

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Resource

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The central Zotonic entity that represents content users media categories and other addressable objects.

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Other

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Documentation not covered by the other keyword groups in this split.

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Cookbook

Logging to Logstash

Logstash is often used for log centralization and analysis. This cookbook describes how to set up Zotonic for logging to Logstash over UDP. As mentioned in the…

Cookbook

Customizing the style of an admin page

How to make style customizations to admin pages.

Developer guide

Templates

Templates are text files marked up using the Zotonic template language. Zotonic interprets that mark-up to dynamically generate HTML pages. Zotonic’s template…

Cookbook

How to add a custom page block

Zotonic comes with a number of standard page blocks: Header, Text and Embed page. Additional page blocks are provided by modules, for example mod_survey uses…

Developer guide

Modules

Modules are the building blocks of Zotonic. They add functionality to your Zotonic website such as:

Developer guide

E-mail handling

Any Zotonic system is capable of sending and receiving e-mail messages over SMTP.

User guide

The Zotonic data model

Zotonic’s data model is a pragmatic implementation of the Semantic Web: a mixture between a traditional database and a triple store.

Developer guide

Running on Port 80 and Port 443

Using standard ports helps visitors discover your page and removes the awkward port number from URLs.

Cookbook

Page-specific dynamic backgrounds

Use edges ( page connections ) to associate backgrounds with pages.

Cookbook

Customizing the sign up and sign in form

You want to change parts of the form, or change its appearance.

Cookbook

Create a custom model

In this chapter we will look at how to implement a model around the The Open Movie Database (OMDB) API.

Developer guide

Search

Using the query search API you can retrieve lists of resources in various ways. In your templates, you do so through the search model:

Cookbook

Create a custom tag

Custom tags, internally called scomps , are module-defined tags, which are used when the logic is too complex to be executed in templates.

Developer guide

Translation

Many sites need to support content and templates in multiple languages. Luckily, Zotonic is completely multilingual, out of the box. mod_translation does all…

Developer guide

Dispatch rules

Dispatch rules route incoming requests to controllers.

Developer guide

Upgrade notes

These notes list the most important changes between Zotonic versions. Please read these notes carefully when upgrading to a new major Zotonic version.

Developer guide

The Status site

The Zotonic “status” site is the first thing you see once you have installed Zotonic, or if you do not have any sites configured yet.

Developer guide

Getting Started

You have three options for running Zotonic: to get started quickly, start our Zotonic container. You can also use Nix or manually install the dependencies.

Cookbook

Just enough Erlang/OTP and rebar, part 1

Zotonic source code have you scratching your head? Learn Rebar first.

Developer guide

Docker

We offer the Docker image zotonic/zotonic-dev which contains build tools and Erlang.

Release notes 29 Oct 2021

0.63.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.63.0, released on Oct 29, 2021.

Release notes 7 Jul 2021

0.62.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.62.0, released on July 7, 2021.

Release notes 7 Jun 2021

0.61.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.61.0, released on June 7, 2021.

Release notes 15 Feb 2021

0.60.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.60.0, released on February 15, 2021.

Release notes 18 Dec 2020

0.59.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.59.0, released on December 18, 2020.

Release notes 2 Nov 2020

0.58.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.58.0, released on November 2, 2020.

Article 21 Oct 2020

The Rationale of Zotonic

Zotonic is a modern and extensive content management system. It has its roots in systems before it and carries the lessons learned from those systems.

Release notes 31 Aug 2020

0.56.3

Welcome to Zotonic 0.56.3, released on August 31, 2020.

Release notes 31 Aug 2020

0.54.3

Welcome to Zotonic 0.54.3, released on August 31, 2020.

Release notes 4 Aug 2020

0.54.2

Welcome to Zotonic 0.54.2, released on August 4, 2020.

Release notes 16 Jun 2020

0.56.1

Welcome to Zotonic 0.56.1, released on June 16, 2020.

Release notes 16 Jun 2020

0.54.1

Welcome to Zotonic 0.54.1, released on June 16, 2020.

Release notes 19 May 2020

0.57.1

Welcome to Zotonic 0.57.1, released on May 19, 2020.

Modules

Zotonic Core

The Zotonic core system implements the basic parts needed for every site.

Release notes 11 May 2020

0.57.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.57.0, released on May 11, 2020.

Release notes 23 Apr 2020

0.56.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.56.0, released on April 23, 2020.

Release notes 16 Mar 2020

0.55.1

Welcome to Zotonic 0.55.1, released on March 16, 2020.

Release notes 12 Mar 2020

0.55.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.55.0, released on March 12, 2020.

Release notes 4 Feb 2020

0.54.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.54.0, released on February 4, 2020.

Release notes 10 Dec 2019

0.53.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.53.0, released on December 10, 2019.

Release notes 6 Nov 2019

0.52.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.52.0, released on November 6, 2019.

Release notes 26 Sep 2019

0.51.2

Welcome to Zotonic 0.51.2, released on September 26, 2019.

Release notes 13 Sep 2019

0.51.1

Welcome to Zotonic 0.51.1, released on September 13, 2019.

Release notes 26 Aug 2019

0.51.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.51.0, released on August 26, 2019.

Release notes 27 Jun 2019

0.50.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.50.0, released on June 27, 2019.

Release notes 15 May 2019

0.49.2

Welcome to Zotonic 0.49.2, released on May 15, 2019.

Release notes 8 May 2019

0.49.1

Welcome to Zotonic 0.49.1, released on May 8, 2019.

Release notes 6 May 2019

0.49.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.49.0, released on May 6, 2019.

Release notes 12 Apr 2019

0.48.1

Welcome to Zotonic 0.48.1, released on 12 April, 2019.

Release notes 9 Apr 2019

0.48.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.48.0, released on 9 April, 2019.

Release notes 4 Mar 2019

0.47.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.47.0, released on 4 March, 2019.

Release notes 15 Feb 2019

0.46.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.46.0, released on 15 February, 2019.

Release notes 29 Jan 2019

0.45.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.45.0, released on 29 January, 2019.

Release notes 18 Jan 2019

0.44.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.44.0, released on 18 January, 2019.

Release notes 19 Dec 2018

0.43.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.43.0, released on 19 December, 2018.

Release notes 5 Nov 2018

0.42.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.42.0, released on 5 November, 2018.

Release notes 1 Oct 2018

0.41.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.41.0, released on 1 October, 2018.

Release notes 4 Jun 2018

0.40.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.40.0, released on 4 June, 2018.

Release notes 2 Apr 2018

0.38.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.38.0, released on 2 April, 2018.

Release notes 5 Mar 2018

0.37.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.37.0, released on 5 March, 2018.

Release notes 5 Feb 2018

0.36.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.36.0, released on 5 February, 2018.

Release notes 4 Dec 2017

0.35.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.35.0, released on 4 December, 2017.

Release notes 6 Nov 2017

0.34.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.34.0, released on 6 November, 2017.

Release notes 2 Oct 2017

0.33.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.33.0, released on 2 October, 2017.

Release notes 4 Sep 2017

0.32.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.32.0, released on 4 September, 2017.

Release notes 3 Jul 2017

0.30.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.30.0, released on 3 July, 2017.

Release notes 5 Jun 2017

0.29.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.29.0, released on 5 June, 2017.

Release notes 1 May 2017

0.28.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.28.0, released on 1 May, 2017.

Release notes 3 Apr 2017

0.27.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.27.0, released on 3 April, 2017.

Release notes 6 Mar 2017

0.26.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.26.0, released on 6 March, 2017.

Release notes 6 Feb 2017

0.25.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.25.0, released on 6 February, 2017.

Release notes 2 Jan 2017

0.24.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.24.0, released on 2 January, 2017.

Release notes 5 Dec 2016

0.23.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.23.0, released on 5 December, 2016.

Release notes 7 Nov 2016

0.22.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.22.0, released on 7 November, 2016.

Release notes 3 Oct 2016

0.21.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.21.0, released on 3 October, 2016.

Release notes 5 Sep 2016

0.20.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.20.0, released on 5 September, 2016.

Release notes 1 Aug 2016

0.19.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.19.0, released on 1 August, 2016.

Release notes 4 Jul 2016

0.18.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.18.0, released on 4 July, 2016.

Release notes 6 Jun 2016

0.17.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.17.0, released on 6 June, 2016.

Release notes 2 May 2016

0.16.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.16.0, released on 2 May, 2016.

Release notes 4 Apr 2016

0.15.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.15.0, released on 4 April, 2016.

Release notes 7 Mar 2016

0.14.0

Welcome to Zotonic 0.14.0, released on 7 March, 2016.

Release notes 29 Feb 2016

0.13.8

Welcome to Zotonic 0.13.8, released on 29 February, 2016.

Release notes 1 Feb 2016

0.13.7

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.7, released on 1 February, 2016.

Release notes 14 Dec 2015

0.13.6

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.6, released on December 14, 2015.

Release notes 27 Oct 2015

0.13.5

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.5, released on October 27, 2015.

Release notes 16 Sep 2015

0.13.4

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.4, released on September 16, 2015.

Release notes 9 Sep 2015

0.13.3

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.3, released on September 9, 2015.

Release notes 11 Aug 2015

0.13.2

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.2, released on August 11, 2015.

Release notes 29 Jul 2015

0.13.1

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.1, released on July 29, 2015.

Release notes 3 Jul 2015

0.13.0

Welcome Zotonic 0.13.0, released on July 3, 2015.

Release notes 20 Feb 2015

0.12.4

Released on 2015-02-20 14:19 by arjan.

Release notes 22 Dec 2014

0.12.3

Released on 2014-12-22 10:30 by mworrell.

Release notes 18 Dec 2014

0.12.2

Released on 2014-12-18 17:01 by mworrell.

Release notes 20 Oct 2014

0.12.1

Released on 2014-10-20 17:01 by arjan.

Release notes 20 Oct 2014

0.11.1

Released on 2014-10-20 22:47 by arjan.

Release notes 8 Oct 2014

0.11.0

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Release notes 8 Oct 2014

0.12.0

Welcome Zotonic 0.12.0, released on October 8, 2014.

Release notes 1 Oct 2014

0.10.2

Released on 2014-10-01 20:16 by arjan.

Release notes 17 Jun 2014

0.10.1

Released on 2014-06-17 20:27 by arjan.

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