Today I will present you how to improve our CD Collection module, by adding the templates system similar to one in the News module, and displaying a wildcard in the backend. Furthermore, we will add a selectable list of CD categories in modules’ options, so you can choose which categories should be displayed in the FE. (more…)
Beside methods that are provided by various parts of the system, Contao also offers several additional functions that may improve your developer work. They solve common problems like standardizing a string or scanning a directory for files and folders.
In the previous part of the tutorial we have created the Data Container Array for our module. Now when we got our backend section ready, we can create a frontend module that will display our collection on the website. We already have got C, U and D out of CRUD – now it’s time to develop the Read section. (more…)
In this part of CD Collection module tutorial, I will show you how to create the most important part of our module – the Data Container Array. At a glance, it is a table configuration array, which tells Contao how to render module’s back end form. (more…)
In this tutorial we’re going to build an own Contao custom module from scratch. This tutorial is perfect for getting used to basic development in Contao. Our module will be called CD Collection and will be presenting our CD collection divided into categories on the website. (more…)