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And that s it! They re getting easier, aren t they? Stay with us only a couple more short ones. That last one was a doozy, huh? Additional CMS Features So far, you ve created a system to create and manage users, and publish articles, but there are a couple additional features that can help make your CMS a lot more usable and manageable. What you re going to add is the ability for users to update their information, and the ability to search published articles by keyword. Try It Out User Control Panel In this exercise, you re going to create a page so users can maintain their own information. 1. Enter the following code, and save it as cpanel.php:

You may notice that you don t worry about the situation in which an article is not passed. As it stands, if you load viewarticle.php without the article parameter in the URL, you will simply get a page that consists of the site title, search, and a menu (all included in header.php). The rest will be blank. If that s the desired result, then that s fine. You may decide to redirect the user back to the home page if $_GET[ article ] is empty. If you do, don t forget to include http.php and use redirect() before header.php. The next page is comment.php. Include the necessary files:

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A simple text area is used to enter a new comment:

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The next bit deals with the submit button and a hidden field for the article ID. This is needed to send the article ID to the next page:

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outputStory($_GET[ article ]); showComments($_GET[ article ], TRUE); require_once footer.php ; ?> 2. Now, create comment.php:

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3. Go back to the index by clicking the Articles link. Click the Full Story link below the snippet of the article you want to view. The full article should appear, complete with a link to add comments. How It Works The first page, viewarticle.php, is very short, yet it illustrates the nature of included files and functions wonderfully. As you can see, there is no content displayed directly with viewarticle. It simply includes the necessary files and uses two functions to display the article and all of the comments. 470 Chapter 13
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n ; if ($row[ is_published ]) { $buttonType = Retract ; } else { $buttonType = Publish ; } Now add the edit button. This allows the user to edit the article: echo ; Add the Retract or Publish button, used to retract a published article, or publish a pending article. Only moderators and admins are allowed to retract and publish articles. if (($row[ access_lvl ] > 1) or ($_SESSION[ access_lvl ] > 1)) { echo ; } Next insert the Delete button, used to remove articles. The Delete code in transact-article.php currently allows only pending articles to be deleted. echo ; ?> And they all lived happily ever after. The End. >

Feeling a little d j vu? Good. Try It Out Article Pages So you ve created an article, reviewed it, and published it. Now it s time to give the public a way to view the article and provide feedback. 1. Create viewarticle.php: If you are looking for cheap and quality webhost to host and run your website check Jboss Web Hosting services.