The Contact Page: The Action Handler
Monday, November 2, 2009

The visual implementation of the contact page is similar to that of the home page, as described in the post The Home Page. However, it also makes use of Zend_Form and Zend_Validate to render and process the contact form, and Zend_Layout, Zend_Filter and Zend_Mail to render and send the contact e-mail to the site admin. (more…)

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The Sample Application Layout
Saturday, October 17, 2009

We looked at Zend_Layout in general terms in the previous now; now we are going to examine the main layout script used in the sample application. (more…)

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Zend Framework Layouts Overview
Thursday, October 8, 2009

The Zend Framework is shipped with a template module called Zend_Layout. This allows the specific content for a page to be injected into one or more places in some standard content. (more…)

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Bootstrapping the Application: the Standard Layout Resource Plugin
Friday, September 25, 2009

The Zend Framework offers a template module called Zend_Layout. This is primarily used to render the standard parts of a web page, such as the header, sidebars and footer, and to insert the variable content into placeholders. However, it can also be used to render other things with standard layouts, such as e-mails. We shall have a look at examples of both in later posts. (more…)

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