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Tutorials & Screencasts

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Screencasts

Here is a list of video tutorials on topics related to Symphony and XSLT.

XSLT Basics Screencasts

  • xsl:apply-templates basics by Allen Chang — An introduction to using <xsl:apply-templates /> with a examples to show how efficient and reusable this concept can make your code.
  • Understanding Recursion by Allen Chang — This is a demonstration of how to use recursion in XSLT, an extremely useful technique.

Symphony Specific Screencasts

  • Pagination by Andrew Reeve — An example of how to make use of pagination in data sources to split up large numbers of entries across pages. Also demonstrates writing code to produce numbered links for navigation using recursion.
  • Creating Dynamic Data Sources by Andrew Reeve — A great example how how you can use Custom Fields to produce a dynamic Categories page controlled by URL Schemas and Datasources.
  • Filtered Entries by Tobias Bolt — This is an example on how to filter your entries in Symphony.
  • A Simple Product Page by Andrew Reeve — An introduction to using sections to publish a product list consisting of a product name, description, image and purchase link.
  • Creating a Side Blog by Andrew Reeve — Dru walks through creating a Side Blog section, along with a data source and utility which can be used for displaying Side Blog entries on the front-end.
  • Links with Posts by Alex Hoover — A simple screencast demonstrating how to integrate links with posts, as seen on alexanderhoover.com.

Tutorials

  • Manipulating HTML in XML by Allen Chang — Tutorial on ways to manipulate embedded HTML fragments inside XML with XSLT.
  • Changing Ephemera by Dave. How to change the Tumblelog to display the last n entries. My Tumblelog is renamed to Ephemera, because those entries aren’t permanent.
  • Making entry categories browsable by Dave. How to create a page that will browse through blog entries by category or list all categories with the number of entries in each.
 
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getting-started/tutorials-and-screencasts.txt · Last modified: 2008/05/11 11:34 by river