silverstripe-flexible-content

Content pages based on data objects for better content structure

Features

• Supports draft/publish state
• Drag n drop reordering
• Copy & Paste
• Black/white listing of block types

Disregards

• Same content element on different pages

Difference to SilverStripe Blocks

Silverstripe Blocks has more features like block sets, forms ,... But the ui of Flexible-Content is more simple and easier to understand and use for non technical users.

Installation

composer require nblum/silverstripe-flexible-content

For a basic set of content element you may install the elements-package:

composer require nblum/silverstripe-flexible-content-elements

1. Create a page template ContentPage in your theme and add

       $FlexibleContent
   

2. Run dev/build?flush=1
3. Change the Page type to "Content Page" of every page you like

Configuration

Edit your config.yml file and add the following lines. This is the default config and only necessary if changes are neede

FlexibleContent:
  availableContentElements:
    false
  forbiddenContentElements:
    - ContentElement

Custom Content Elements

Create a class which extends the ContentElement class or any other existing content element.

<?php

class MyTextContentElement extends \TextContentElement
{

    private static $db = array(
        'Splitview' => 'Boolean'
    );

    public function getCMSFields()
    {
        $fields = parent::getCMSFields();

        $field = new CheckboxField('MyCheckbox', 'a checkbox');
        $fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main', $field);

        return $fields;
    }
}

And provide a include template file with the same name

    <div <%if $Splitview %> class="splitview" <% end_if %>
        $Content
    </div>

For more examples have a look at the elements-package