Modules

Introduction

Module is designed with flexibility, simplicity, and re-usability in mind. A module may contain just about anything: PHP code, including MVC functionality; library code; view scripts; and/or public assets such as images, CSS, and JavaScript.

Visit following url you will see the Module section:

<public-url>/backend#/vaah/modules/

Below Image is an example of module.

Vaahcms Module

VaahCms provide a framework for Module. This framework have largely been designed over the last several years and will all be good choices for building Backend site.

We will be using Vue & Vuex because this is where the real power of VaahCMS exist.

Read Documentation

Usage

Install Theme

You can install modules by clicking Install button, Which will open a panel with list of modules.

Just like below image :

After a full down scroll an install button will be appeared. Onclick it will install your chosen theme.

If the theme is installed already button will indicate as installed.

Activate Theme

An Activate button is present in the action column of the list. By clicking on it, theme will be activated.

Follow below images for the reference :

After activation

There are multiple buttons are there which will responsible for multiple functionality. We will discuss below One by One.

Deactivate

By clicking on Deactivate button will Deactivate the theme.

Publish assets

It will put the required css and js files from resources to public folder so that all the properties can be use easily.

Import data

This is the functionality by which user can import dummy data to the database for testing or for something like placeholder.

Action

This Action button has three more options, Run Migrations, Run Seeds, Refresh Migrations.

Run Migrations will run the migrations file presents in ../VaahCms/Modules/Database/Migrations.

Run Seeds this button will insert the data into respective tables according to the files presents in ../VaahCms/Modules/Database/Seeds.

Refresh Migrations is responsible to fresh the schema of respective theme only.

View

The Right chevron button is for details of the theme. it will create a panel at right side.