Tutorials

What’s new in Omeka 2.0

• Principles of Omeka 2.0
  • Record-centric
  • Function Naming Conventions
  • Zend 2.0 Class Naming Conventions
• Migrating your code to Omeka 2.0
  • Omeka an Archive?
  • Logging and Debugging
  • Upgrading Plugins
    • Database
      • Record classes
      • Table classes
      • Built-in records
      • Built-in mixins
    • ACL and Permissions
    • Controllers
    • Omeka_Context
    • Views
      • Admin Views
  • Updating Themes

Plugin Basics

• Best Practices for Plugin Development
  • Use Omeka_Plugin_AbstractPlugin
  • Method Naming Conventions
  • Maintain expected behaviors in Omeka
  • Database changes
  • Record API
  • Use View Helpers instead of global functions
  • Use View Partials
  • Use Jobs instead of Processes
  • Load Resources for Jobs At Will
  • Setting Up Your Plugin’s Config Page
  • Building Forms in Admin
  • Search
  • Customizing Search Type
• Understanding Hooks
• Understanding Filters

Essential Classes in Omeka

• Understanding Omeka_Plugin_AbstractPlugin
• Understanding Omeka_Record_AbstractRecord
• Understanding Omeka_Db_Table
  • Basics
  • Filtering Queries
• Understanding Omeka_Controller_AbstractActionController

The Admin Theme

• Understanding the Admin Css
  • Responsive Design
• Working with the Admin Theme
  • Building a Configuration Form for Your Plugin
• Understanding Omeka_Form_Admin
  • Basics
  • Building the main edit area
  • Building the save panel
• Understanding Form Elements
  • Examples
  • See Also

International Locale Support

• Internationalization
  • Text
    • Bare text
    • Literal PHP strings
    • Strings with variables
      • Single variable
      • Multiple variables
  • Dates and times
    • Time
    • Format