JS, CMS, untangle the mess
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The document outlines the use of JavaScript in various content management systems (CMS) including Drupal, WordPress, Joomla!, and Expression Engine. It highlights how each CMS implements JavaScript for UI enhancements and AJAX operations, as well as the methods for adding JavaScript to each platform. The document concludes by noting that each CMS handles JavaScript in its own specialized manner.
JS, CMS, untangle the mess
- 1. JS, CMS, UNTANGLE THE MESS Chris Ward @chrischinch
- 2. DISCLAIMERS I’m more of a PHP guy My JS use is fairly ‘traditional’ See, i’m even using Keynote!
- 3. WHY USE A CMS? • Ideal for a particular job • Existing systems • Familiarity
- 5. THE PROBLEMS • Conflicts • Page weight • Non specificity
- 8. WE WILL FOCUS ON • Drupal • Wordpress • Joomla! • Expression Engine
- 10. DRUPAL JS OVERVIEW • Started with ‘generic’, settled on JQuery • Currently D7 ships with JQuery 1.4.2 / UI 1.8 • Can easily (and often is) upgraded to latest • Used for UI enhancements, ajax DOM manipulation etc… • All js is aggregated (if turned on)
- 11. OTHER OPTIONS Umpteen UI modules (carousels, selectors, Modals), JSON processing, Dynamic forms, Responsive, Masonry, Modernizr, AngularJS, Backbone, NodeJS and many many more…
- 12. ADDING JS drupal_add_js() - The path to your js code + some parameters. These allow to pass settings, how JS is to be rendered, where/when it’s to be loaded Four sets of arrays can be passed var Drupal = Drupal || { 'settings': {}, 'behaviors': {}, 'themes': {}, 'locale': {} };
- 15. WORDPRESS JS OVERVIEW • Currently ships with JQuery 1.11, Backbone, TinyMCE and a few other scripts • Can easily be upgraded to latest • Used for UI enhancements, ajax DOM manipulation etc… • Can be aggregated through plugins
- 16. ADDING JS wp_register_script( $name, $url, $dependencies, $version, $load_in_footer ); wp_enqueue_script() wp_dequeue_script() wp_localize_script()
- 17. OTHER OPTIONS Umpteen UI modules (carousels, selectors, Modals), JSON processing, Dynamic forms, Responsive, Masonry, Modernizr, AngularJS, Backbone, NodeJS and many many more…
- 20. JOOMLA! JS OVERVIEW • Currently ships with JQuery 1.81, Bootstrap, JQuery UI 1.8.23 and Mootools/Joomla JS • Can easily be upgraded to latest • Used for UI enhancements, ajax DOM manipulation etc… • Can be aggregated through plugins
- 22. OTHER OPTIONS Umpteen UI modules (carousels, selectors, Modals), JSON processing, Dynamic forms, Responsive, Masonry, Modernizr,* AngularJS*, Backbone, NodeJS and many many more…
- 25. EXPRESSION ENGINE JS OVERVIEW • JQuery v1.6.2? • Can’t be upgraded • Used for UI enhancements, ajax DOM manipulation etc… • Assume it has JS aggregation
- 29. SUMMARY Each CMS handles and utilises JS in it’s specialised way.
Editor's Notes
- #4: A content management system, been around since the 90s
- #8: Umbraco, .netNuke, Movable Type - .net Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress - PHP Plone - Python Refinery - Ruby Alfresco - Java Expression Engine - PHP SiteCore - ASP
- #9: All PHP, two open source, two proprietary and ones I know the best. I wanted to add more proprietary options, but it’s really hard to find information.
- #10: Drupal, PHP CMS, popular with large, complex sites and is thus quite complex itself.
- #11: At the same time, module developers were starting to incorporate advanced effects libraries like Dojo, moo.fx, and prototype
- #13: In modules and themes, things can just be fudged in of course… Settings behaviours to be acted upon - This is so Drupal is also aware of what is going on / DOM changes and can react / cache properly theme - Adds ability for client side DOM elements to be properly styled locale - Translations
- #17: Even official docs mention adding into <head> / header.php… ‘Official’ way Name (required, string): The name of the script. URL (required, string): Dependencies (optional, array): Version (optional, string): Load in Footer (optional, boolean): There are specific enqueue functions for front / admin / login pages
- #18: Notice how this is exactly the same…
- #21: Mootools is deprecated
- #22: Joomla is more MVC based, so JS can be added in various front end locations, out of scope for this talk.
- #23: * Note quite ‘native’ plugins.
- #27: Into templates File to load something other than JQuery 2nd - Modules
- #28: Not saying there aren’t any, but it’s not made very clear or easy to find.
- #30: Wordpress and Joomla quickly and for fairly one shot Drupal more complex allowing for more flexibility that may not be needed.