Overview of ZOO, the popular yootheme's CCK for joomla, with a real world case.

1. The Power of ZOO
Daniele Rosario
Lead Developer @ ZOOlanders.com
CoFounder @ Weble.it
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2. Core Concepts
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3. Core Concepts
Applications
Types
Elements
Items
Layouts
Submissions
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4. Applications
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5. Applications
Applications are similar to
Components, but heavily based on
ZOO. They require none-to-few
coding and they can be reused
multiple times on the same site,
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6. Applications
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7. Applications
Core Applications
Custom Applications
Overrides
Custom Elements
Controllers
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8. Types
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9. Types
Types are similar to Classes. They
are list of Elements, with dedicated
Layouts, and are used to create and
display your items. Each application
has its own Types.
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10. Layouts
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11. Layouts
Layouts are used to display your
items. A type can have multiple
layouts, and different elements can
be shown on each layout.
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12. Elements
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13. Elements
Elements are the building blocks of
your types. They can be of many
different kinds, have different
render and configuration, be
repeatable and, most important,
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14. Elements
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15. Elements
Core Elements
Standard Elements
Custom Elements
Configuration & Render Options
Drag & Drop
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16. Real World Case
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17. Real World Case
Zonin.co.uk
Wine Italian Company - UK website
Warp6 + ZOO + Widgetkit +
ZOOlanders tools
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21. - Dedicated Layout

22. - Dedicated Layout
- Autoresized Image

23. - Dedicated Layout
- Autoresized Image
- Automatically fetched

24. - Dedicated Layout
- Autoresized Image
- Automatically fetched
- Two different Apps

28. - Automatic Integration with Widgetkit

29. - Automatic Integration with Widgetkit
- Pulled automatically from ZOO

33. Advanced search on ZOO elements

34. Advanced search on ZOO elements
with ZOOfilter

39. - Another layout for the same type

40. - Another layout for the same type
- Dynamically Resized image

44. This is not a simple image element!

49. Same image as before, just resized to
a different dimension!

53. - Each one is one element

54. - Each one is one element
- Each one is searchable

55. - Each one is one element
- Each one is searchable
- Some are textlines, some textareas,
some selects

58. - Related Item (Pro)

59. - Related Item (Pro)
- Dedicated layout (of the related item)

62. - Related Item (Pro)

63. - Related Item (Pro)
- Same item as before

64. - Related Item (Pro)
- Same item as before
- Different layout

69. Image Pro Integration with Widgetkit

73. Do you remember this from somewhere?

77. Related Items Pro Integration with Widgetkit

81. Another Related Item!

83. Zonin Structure
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84. Zonin Structure
Wine
Name
Image
Origin
Region
............
Winery (or
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85. Zonin Structure
Wine Winery
Name Name
Image Address
Origin Phone
Region ............
............ Winemaker
Winery (or Wines
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86. Zonin Structure
Wine Winery Winemake
Name
Image
Name
Address
r
Origin Phone Name
Region ............ Image
............ Winemaker Description
Winery (or Wines Email
............
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87. Zonin Structure
Wine Winery Winemake
Name
Image
Name
Address
r
Origin Phone Name
Region ............ Image
............ Winemaker Description
Winery (or Wines Email
............
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88. Zonin Structure
Wine Winery Winemake
Name
Image
Name
Address
r
Origin Phone Name
Region ............ Image
............ Winemaker Description
Winery (or Wines Email
............
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89. Zonin Structure
Wine Winery Winemake
Name
Image
Name
Address
r
Origin Phone Name
Region ............ Image
............ Winemaker Description
Winery (or Wines Email
............
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90. AND NOW SOME REAL WORK!
ZOOlanders.com Weble.it
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