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milkyway-multimedia/ss-mwm-core
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Some basic utilities used across multiple Milkyway Multimedia modules

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Milkyway Multimedia - Silverstripe Core Extensions
==================================================

[](#milkyway-multimedia---silverstripe-core-extensions)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- New utility methods to use across your projects
- Allow uploads in UploadField
- Tabs can be loaded from URL hashes
    - You can also link to tabs if your link has the class: `ss-tabset-goto`
- New context menu options for your SiteTree
    - Publish Record
    - Unpublish Record
    - Delete permanently
- Allow cookie\_path and cookie\_domain to be set for Cookies

Additional methods included on extensions
-----------------------------------------

[](#additional-methods-included-on-extensions)

- Controller
    - ->BackLink
    - ->displayNiceView(): Display this controller in a pretty website style page
    - ->respondToFormAppropriately(): Either return a json encoded response or a redirect when not in an ajax request
- DataObject
    - ->i18n\_description()
    - ->firstOrMake($filter = \[\], $additionalData = \[\], $write = true): Get matching record, or make if it doesnt exist
    - ->is\_a($class): *for templates*
    - ->is\_not\_a($class): *for templates*
    - ->InheritedObj($fieldName): Get an inherited object (dot notation allowed). It will check the following:
        1. Cache
        2. Method on current object
        3. If object has parent method (or extends @Hierarchy), it will check the parents
        4. Check home page if it exists
        5. Check SiteConfig if it exists
- DBField: This has quite a few new methods, check the phpdoc for more info
- Member:
    - ->canAccessCMS()

singleton('director')
---------------------

[](#singletondirector)

This extends Director and has a few utility methods related to dealing with the SiteTree and Controllers, and adds some new template globals

- secureBaseURL
- nonSecureBaseURL
- baseWebsiteURL - The url without the protocol or www, the pretty url
- protocol
- homePage
- isHomePage($page = SiteTree|int)
- adminLink
- siteConfig

singleton('mwm')
----------------

[](#singletonmwm)

Some utility methods to deal with some stuff I could not do with vanilla Silverstripe, and also adds some new template globals

- canAccessCMS
- canEditCurrentPage
- appDir
- is($type = string)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Add the following to your composer.json file

```

    "require"          : {
		"milkyway-multimedia/ss-mwm-core": "dev-master"
	}

```

License
-------

[](#license)

- MIT

Version
-------

[](#version)

- Version 0.3 (Alpha)

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

#### Mellisa Hankins

[](#mellisa-hankins)

- E-mail:
- Twitter: [@mi3ll](https://twitter.com/mi3ll "mi3ll on twitter")
- Website: mellimade.com.au

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Limited adoption so far

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Small or concentrated contributor base

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