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Welcome to Zotonic 0.64.0, released on March 4, 2022.
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Welcome to Zotonic 0.78.1, released on July 6, 2023.
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Welcome to Zotonic 0.83.1, released on August 6, 2024.
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A validator to check whether a password conforms to the password secutiry requirements.
Check if an input value evaluates to true.
Access control is about defining who is allowed to access certain resources. It takes two steps:
The m_acl model gives access the id of the currently logged in user, and provides a mechanism to do basic access…
MQTT acl check, called via the normal acl notifications. Actions for these checks: subscribe, publish
acl_context_authenticated acl_is_allowed acl_is_allowed_prop acl_is_owner acl_logoff acl_logon acl_mqtt acl_user_groups…
Authorization checks to perform, in addition to the acl_action dispatch option, can be given in the acl dispatch option
Model for ACL rule inspection and helper checks in mod_acl_user_groups, including insert/move checks, upload limits
Model for ACL user-group helper values in mod_acl_user_groups, including collaboration-group settings and category…
with_args
Rescuing a dysfunctional site from the Zotonic shell.
Add a css class to an html element.
Adds a day to a date. The value must be of the form {{Y,M,D},{H,I,S}} .
Adds an hour to a date. The value must be of the form {{Y,M,D},{H,I,S}} .
Adds a month to a date. The value must be of the form {{Y,M,D},{H,I,S}} .
Adds a week to a date. The value must be of the form {{Y,M,D},{H,I,S}} .
Adds a year to a date. The value must be of the form {{Y,M,D},{H,I,S}} .
admin_tasks redirect_incat
This model exposes some meta-information for the use in mod_admin templates.
Model for listing editable content blocks for a resource in the admin interface.
Model for admin configuration views, including SSL certificate info, security directory info, and selected module…
Creating a custom widget on the edit page Customizing the layout of the admin edit page Customizing the style of an…
Dispatch rules Name Path Resource Args admin_user [“admin”,”users”] controller_admin [{template,”admin_users.tpl”}
Model for admin identity configuration values, including password policy regex and default category/content-group for…
This model holds the admin menu, which is built up by calling each module to add items to the menu.
Todo
Add an editorial note to any resource.
Model for admin status endpoints, including Zotonic version and health/status overview values.
Action module which provides postback handlers for the “status” view of the admin:
Admin template specific things
Common markup in admin templates.
Return the first element after another element in a list. For example:
Show an alert dialog.
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All the dispatch rules from all modules. For a background on dispatch rules, see The URL dispatch system.
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Add a $(..).animate jQuery call to the target element.
Appends the argument to the value.
Convert a value to an Erlang atom.
Model for two-factor authentication state and setup, including TOTP QR/image generation, mode checks, reset checks, and…
Todo
Model for authentication state and login support checks, including password authentication flow helpers and reminder…
auth_checked auth_confirm auth_confirm_done auth_client_logon_user auth_client_switch_user auth_identity_types…
Automatically apply HTML escaping to values.
Automatically add new users to a user group
Why When you create a person, you usually need to add it to a user group as well. You may want to automate this, in…
Automatic startup on system boot
Once you have Zotonic running, you want to make sure that it automatically starts up when the server reboots, so that…
Model for backup configuration and operational status, including backup permissions, listing, directory, encryption…
backup_start
Dispatch rules Name Path Resource Args admin_backup [“admin”,”backup”] controller_admin_backup [seo_noindex]…
Model for resource revision backup metadata, including revision list/title retrieval and revision retention settings.
Action which starts a manual backup.
Return the first element before another element in a list. For example:
Creating sites Media Best Practices Template Best Practices and Pitfalls
first last length to_binary
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yesno
Translate HTML <br/\> elements into ASCII newlines ( \n ).
There are multiple ways to set up interaction between server-side Zotonic code and client-side JavaScript.
Makes a button with an action attached.
Todo
Cache frequently used rendered template output for later reuse.
Call an Erlang function.
Converts the first character of the value to uppercase.
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