Exponent Modules

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Exponent Modules

Links to notes on individual Exponent Modules.

Fishcakes Exponent Modules

• Google Maps Simple Module — googlemapsimplemodule — enables display of Google My Maps.

• See also Google Maps Simple Module User Guide

• Google Map Module — googlemapmodule — enables a Google Map Mashup.
• Inventory Module — inventorymodule — manages an Inventory of Computer Equipment and Software.
• Portfolio Module — portfoliomodule — creates a portfolio of projects with a logo, text, links and images for each project.

Fishcakes Modules Development Dropped

• Portfolio CV Module — portfoliocvmodule
• Showreel Module — showreelmodule (superseded by Portfolio Module)

Exponent Base Modules

Modules which are included with every Exponent CMS installation.

• Address Book Module — addressbookmodule — manages a list of contacts, storing information like names, addresses, emails and phone numbers.
• Administration Control Panel Module — administrationmodule — control panel that gives administrators easy access to the website administrative tasks.
• Banner Manager Module — bannermodule — manages banner advertisements and user click-throughs for advertising clients.
• Calendar Module — calendarmodule — allows posting of content to an online calendar with various views and categories.
• Contact Form Module — contactmodule — generates a simple contact form which users can access to contact the website owner.
• Container Module — containermodule — provides a way to contain other modules in different layouts, which allows for easy implementation of alternate page layouts.
• Content Rotator Module — rotatormodule — randomly displays a piece of text (which may contain images) to the user every time the page is refreshed.
• Data Entry Module — dataentrymodule — allows creation of arbitrary database tables, provides forms to manage table data, and reports to view and analyze it. Not yet functional.
• File Manager Module — filemanagermodule — an admin tie-in module that allows images to be uploaded to the website and then used from the HTML Editor in the Text Module.
• Flash Animation Module — swfmodule — allows Flash Animation files to be added to a page.
• Form Builder Module — formmodule — allows the creation of forms that can be emailed and/or stored in the database.
• HTML Template Editor Module — htmltemplatemodule — allows you to create, upload and edit HTML templates, which can be hooked into text controls.
• Image Gallery Module — imagegallerymodule — allows users to post images to galleries.
• Login Module — loginmodule — allows administrators and users to login to the site.
• Navigator Module — navigationmodule — allows users to navigate through pages on the site, and allows Administrators to manage the site page structure / hierarchy.
• News Module — newsmodule — manages news and announcements.
• Preview Link Module — previewmodule — allows logged-in users to preview the site as an anonymous user, and switch back. Mostly useful for editors and administrators.
• Private Message Center Module — inboxmodule — allows user to send and receive private messages, to and from other users on the site.
• Resource Manager Module — resourcesmodule — manage uploaded files with automatic display of file type icons. Needs MS Word, Excel, etc added!!!
• Search Module — searchmodule — allows users to search the content of the site.
• Text Module — textmodule — manages text via HTML Text editor which formats text and allows for links and images.
• UI Switcher Module — uiswitchermodule — allows users with sufficient permissions to switch between different User Interface Editing Modes.
• Weblog/Online Journal Module — weblogmodule — Manages an online journal or Blog.

Exponent Add-on Modules

Additional modules which have been created by the development community.

• Article Module — articlemodule —
• Bulletin Board Module — bbmodule —
• Extended Listing Module — extendedlistingmodule — see Listing Module.
• FAQ Module — faqmodule — manages Frequently Asked Questions with support for categories.
• Google Translation Module — googletranslationmodule — allows real-time translation of website via of Google language tools.
• Keyword Module — keywordmodule — enables the display of most frequently used words on the site by indexing the Search Module.
• Link Module — linkmodule — manage website links in categories.
• Listing Module — listingmodule — a module for creating listings. For example to create personal bio pages for employees.
• Page Displayer Module — pagemodule — displays files on the server, and optionally upload files to display.
• Slideshow Module — slideshowmodule — turns images into a Javascript slideshow.

Exponent System Modules

These are modules which provide global functionality which is used by other Exponent modules.

• Categories Module — categories — allows categories to be added to other modules.
• Common Module — common — tbc
• Exporter Module — exporter — allows database to be exported for backup.
• Form Builder Module — formbuilder — part of the Form Manager module.
• Image Manger Module — imagemanagermodule —
• Importer Module — importer — allows database to be imported from backup.
• Info Module — info — tbc
• Multi-Site Manager Module — sharedcoremodule — allows multiple websites to share the same Exponent codebase.
• Workflow Module — workflow — allows workflow to be added to other modules.

Exponent Modules See Also

• exponentcms.org Download Modules
• exponentcms.org Developers Guide
• exponentcms.org How To Create a Module
• yorkspace.com Writing an Exponent CMS Module — good starting point by Jason York.

Exponent CMS Resources

Official Exponent Resources

• exponentcms.org — official website.
• exponentcms.org Download — get Exponent.
• sourceforge.net Exponent — get Exponent from SourceForge.
• exponentcms.org Download Themes — change the look.
• exponentcms.org Download Modules — extend Exponent.
• exponentcms.org Forums — for advice.
• exponentcms.org FAQ — How Do I guide to common questions.
• exponentcms.org User Guides — PDF downloads.

• exponentcms.org Designers Guide — doesn't really exist yet!
• exponentcms.org Developers Guide — doesn't really exist yet!
• exponentcms.org How To Create a Module — basic module structure explained.

Unofficial Exponent Resources

• phpxref.com Exponent — online browsing of Exponent 0.96.3 source code.
• netstepcms.com eXponent Overview — good review of what's on offer.
• zimmertech.com Tutorials — excellent tutorials on variety of topics, including great Themes tutorial.

MySQL Resources

• mysql.com — MySQL official website.
• mysql.com Documentation — official user guide.
• wikipedia.org MySQL — good history and definition.
• php.net MySQL Functions — using PHP and MySQL together.

PHP Resources

• php.net — PHP Hypertext Processor official website.
• wikipedia.org PHP — good history and definition.
• w3schools.com PHP Tutorial — excellent online tutorial.
• php.resourceindex.com — index of PHP code snippets for the seriously techie.