EPESI Tutorial

Here you can find an easy tutorial showing how to create all kind of modules and modifications for epesi framework.

Creating modules

It is highly recommended to go through this tutorial step by step, just as listed below.

• Before you start - useful hints
• Basics
  • Create module files
  • Install new module
  • Add menu entry
  • Display contents
  • Create links
  • Using variables
  • Using database
  • Users
• Built-in modules
  • Using other modules
  • Using Translations
  • Using HTML forms
  • Using ActionBar
  • Using Tabbed Browser
  • Using Table Browser
  • Using Bookmark Browser
  • Using Templates
  • User Settings
  • RecordBrowser - CRUD engine
• Advanced options
  • Menu entries

Creating theme

• Basics
• Theme variables
• Theme functions
• Managing HTML forms
• Replacing links with graphics

Example modules

• Shoutbox - simple version
• Shoutbox - with automatic refresh

Utilizing existing modules

• Premium/Sync - module that allows external manipulation on RecordBrowser records stored in epesi

Videos

• Covers all basic topics and some of other modules usage - download movie - source of example