Vae Guide
- About Vae
- No Assumptions, No Hacking
- Separation of Content and Layout
- Web Professionals Required
- A Sampling of Vae Sites
- Designer Portal
- Content Management
- Getting Started with Structures
- Structures
- Simple Structures
- Superstructures
- Hybrid Structures
- Validations
- Structure Type Reference
- Collection
- Section
- External
- Text
- Text Area
- Rich Text Area
- Checkbox
- Color
- Date
- File
- Image
- Password
- Video
- Association (single)
- Association (multi)
- Tags
- Hosting Platform Deluxe
- Accessing Your Webspace
- PHP and MySQL
- Haml and Sass
- Generating PDFs
- Summary -- Processing by Extension
- Global PHP Includes
- Custom Error Pages
- Permalinks
- SEO: Search Engine Optimization
- Caching
- Vae Local Development Environment
- VaeML
- Validating Forms
- <v> shortcuts
- <v:form>
- <v:checkbox>
- <v:country_select>
- <v:date_select>
- <v:file_field>
- <v:hidden_field>
- <v:password_field>
- <v:radio>
- <v:select>
- <v:state_select>
- <v:text_area>
- <v:text_field>
- <v:a>
- <v:a_if>
- <v:asset>
- <v:captcha>
- <v:cdn>
- <v:collection>
- <v:create>
- <v:date_selection>
- <v:debug>
- <v:disqus>
- <v:divider>
- <v:else>
- <v:facebook_comments>
- <v:facebook_like>
- <v:file>
- <v:fileurl>
- <v:flash>
- <v:formmail>
- <v:fragment>
- <v:gravatar>
- <v:if>
- <v:if_paginate>
- <v:if_time>
- <v:img>
- <v:imurl>
- <v:nested_collection>
- <v:nested_divider>
- <v:newsletter>
- <v:nowidows>
- <v:option_select>
- <v:pagination>
- <v:pdf>
- <v:php>
- <v:repeat>
- <v:require_ssl>
- <v:rss>
- <v:section>
- <v:session_dump>
- <v:set_default>
- <v:site_seal>
- <v:store:add_to_cart>
- <v:store:address_delete>
- <v:store:address_select>
- <v:store:addresses>
- <v:store:cart>
- <v:store:cart:discount>
- <v:store:cart:items>
- <v:store:cart:shipping>
- <v:store:cart:subtotal>
- <v:store:cart:tax>
- <v:store:cart:total>
- <v:store:checkout>
- <v:store:credit_card>
- <v:store:credit_card_select>
- <v:store:currency>
- <v:store:currency_select>
- <v:store:discount>
- <v:store:forgot>
- <v:store:google_checkout>
- <v:store:if_bank_transfer>
- <v:store:if_check>
- <v:store:if_credit_card>
- <v:store:if_currency>
- <v:store:if_digital_downloads>
- <v:store:if_discount>
- <v:store:if_field_overridden>
- <v:store:if_logged_in>
- <v:store:if_money_order>
- <v:store:if_paypal>
- <v:store:if_paypal_express_checkout>
- <v:store:if_recent_order_bank_transfer>
- <v:store:if_recent_order_check>
- <v:store:if_recent_order_credit_card>
- <v:store:if_recent_order_digital>
- <v:store:if_recent_order_money_order>
- <v:store:if_recent_order_paypal>
- <v:store:if_recent_order_paypal_express_checkout>
- <v:store:if_shippable>
- <v:store:if_tax>
- <v:store:item:if_discount>
- <v:store:item:price>
- <v:store:login>
- <v:store:logout>
- <v:store:payment_methods_select>
- <v:store:paypal_checkout>
- <v:store:paypal_express_checkout>
- <v:store:previous_order>
- <v:store:previous_orders>
- <v:store:recent_order>
- <v:store:recent_order_items>
- <v:store:register>
- <v:store:shipping_method>
- <v:store:shipping_methods_select>
- <v:store:user>
- <v:text>
- <v:template>
- <v:update>
- <v:users:forgot>
- <v:users:if_logged_in>
- <v:users:login>
- <v:users:logout>
- <v:users:register>
- <v:video>
- <v:yield>
- <v:zip>
- VaeQL
- PHP API
- vae()
- vae_asset()
- vae_cache()
- vae_cdn_url()
- vae_create()
- vae_customer()
- vae_data_path()
- vae_data_url()
- vae_destroy()
- vae_disable_vaeml()
- vae_errors()
- vae_file()
- vae_flash()
- vae_image() and vae_sizedimage()
- vae_image_grey()
- vae_image_reflect()
- vae_imagesize()
- vae_loggedin()
- vae_multipart_mail()
- vae_permalink()
- vae_redirect()
- vae_register_hook()
- vae_register_tag()
- vae_render_tags()
- vae_richtext()
- vae_store_add_item_to_cart()
- vae_store_add_shipping_method()
- vae_store_cart_item()
- vae_store_cart_items()
- vae_store_checkout()
- vae_store_clear_discount_code()
- vae_store_create_coupon_code()
- vae_store_create_tax_rate()
- vae_store_current_user()
- vae_store_destroy_all_tax_rates()
- vae_store_destroy_coupon_code()
- vae_store_destroy_tax_rate()
- vae_store_discount_code()
- vae_store_find_coupon_code()
- vae_store_loggedin()
- vae_store_orders()
- vae_store_recent_order()
- vae_store_register()
- vae_store_remove_from_cart()
- vae_store_total_weight()
- vae_store_update_cart_item()
- vae_store_update_coupon_code()
- vae_store_update_order_status()
- vae_store_update_tax_rate()
- vae_style()
- vae_text()
- vae_tick()
- vae_update()
- vae_video()
- vae_watermark()
- eCommerce
- Creating the Structures for a Typical Store
- The Shopping Flow in VaeML
- Customizing Order Confirmation E-Mails
- Viewing Orders
- Accepting Real Money: Integrating an Internet Merchant Account
- Real-Time Shipping Calculations
- Integrating With a Third-Party for Order Fulfillment
- Collecting Sales Tax
- Store General Settings
- Analytics
- Tutorials and Examples
- Full Site Tutorial: Vae Records
- Full Site Tutorial: Erin Smith Photography
- Resizing Images
- Paginating A Collection
- A Contact Form
- Using XML to Send Data to Flash App
- Using AJAX
- Making An AJAX Photo Gallery
- Backstage
- Content Tab
- Store Tab
- Customers Tab
- Newsletter Tab
- Site Tab
- Users Tab
- Usage / Billing Tab
Content Management
As we discussed in the previous chapter, Vae doesn’t make assumptions about what kind of content your website contains or how it should be organized and displayed. It is up to you, the designer, to tell Vae exactly what kind of content you want to manage, and how different components relate together. No coding is required to do this; it is all done through the Vae application itself.
In this chapter, we will explain how Vae organizes content and walk you through several examples. Some sections of this chapter are intended for reference and can be skimmed over if you are reading this book straight through.