Developer guide

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

• Template
• Render
• Cache

• Add a filter or rendering component
• Cache a template fragment
• Create a page layout

The persistent structured data store used for resources relations identities configuration and operational records.

• Database
• PostgreSQL
• Query

• Add a database query when models are not enough
• connectdb: Test the configured PostgreSQL connection
• createdb: Prepare a site database and schema

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

• Resource

• Link to resources and dispatch routes
• Read and update resource properties
• Search

A temporary store of computed rendered or fetched results with dependency-based invalidation.

• Cache
• Template
• Performance

• Cache a template fragment
• Cache selected public assets with Varnish
• Create a page layout

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

• Module

• Choose a model, controller, observer, or component
• Dependencies, capabilities, and module priority
• Upgrade a module's data schema

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

• Wire action

• Handle a browser event with a wire
• Handle a browser event with a wire

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

• Notification

• Choose a model, controller, observer, or component
• Respond to a notification

The local or remote storage abstraction for managed file content.

• File store

• Configure persistent file storage
• Runtime data and uploaded files

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

• Authorization and access control
• Validate

• Add an HTTP controller
• Connect resources and preserve order
• Expose an operation through an API