I want to show how Bonfire allows for easy upgrades and installation of additional modules via the Database Migrations feature. WHAT ARE MIGRATIONS? Migrations are organized ways for the Bonfire library to make database upgrades and downgrades without requiring the site administrator to execute… Continue Reading
In step 1 of this tutorial, we began our journey down the rabbit hole of module development by first creating a module using the Module Builder tool, adding permissions and a custom database setting entry via a Bonfire Migration and creating… Continue Reading
If you’re like me, you do most of your development work on a local desktop environment. For me, that means running the latest version of VertrigoServ on a Windows 7 desktop using a copy of PHPStorm and the Git command… Continue Reading
Building modules on the ootp open web platform is a fast way to get right to building the type of tool you want to create. For the third part of the oowp developer tutorials, I am going to demonstrate this… Continue Reading
So far in our intro to FOSP series we have looked at: The major components of the architecture Walked through installing and setting it up a web server Dove into the basics of Bonfire and its modular architecture If you’ve… Continue Reading
To begin developing with the Fox open sports platform, I need to first throw out a few helpful and important prerequisites: Knowledge of PHP 5.2 + and MySQL 5 Good understanding of object oriented (OO) programming Understanding of MVC development Knowledge of CodeIgniter 2.x Familiarity with HMVC and… Continue Reading
In this second part of the Fox Open Sports Platform introduction, we will walk through the steps to download and install the library on your web server. The Bonfire library makes installation a breeze so let’s see how we get… Continue Reading
The Fox Open Sports Platform combines leading open source development technologies with a set of OOTP specific PHP modules and developer tools to help reduce the time and effort needed to create OOTP based web sites. Using this platform, mod… Continue Reading
The second part of Lesson One dives into adding visual elements to the virtual Pages within the FoxR architecture and introduces adding copy and css styles via the GlobalProxyManager and it’s subclasses. Continue Reading
For the first FoxR tutorial, we’ll start with downloading and installing both the framework and the Quick Start Project Template using both to creating an advanced “Hello World” movie. I say advanced because the Project Template includes everything you’ll need to get a compiling project setup fast, including the standard “Hello World” message. Continue Reading