Development

Learn how to customize Elgg above and beyond what any currently available themes or plugins offer. Then contribute your work back to the community!

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Elgg 1.8 3 Pages + Routing 4 Views + Output 5 Database + Storage 6 Input + Actions 7 Hooks + Events 8 JavaScript Engine (1.8) 9 Tutorials 10 Advanced 11 Browse the API 12 Resources

Introduction

• Getting started with development
• Don't modify core
• Development FAQ
• Engine overview
• Plugin development
• 1.8 plugin skeleton
• Coding Guidelines
• Plugin Guidelines

Elgg 1.8

• 1.8 blog posts
• Updating plugins from 1.7
• Recommended functions
• Deprecated functions

Pages + Routing

• Page handling system
• Displaying a page
• Page ownership
• Context

Views + Output

• Views system
• Internationalization (i18n)
• Widgets
• Menus
• River
• Themes
• Simplecache
• Core elgg page layouts on 1.7
• Views function reference

Database + Storage

• Overview
• Entities
• Metadata
• Annotations
• Relationships
• Schema

Input + Actions

• Actions
• Forms
• Extending actions
• Secure forms

Hooks + Events

• Events Overview
• Plugin Hooks
• Complete list of triggered events
• Complete list of triggered plugin hooks

JavaScript Engine (1.8)

• JavaScript Engine Overview
• Built-in Features
• Hooks
• Extending the JS Engine
• Ajax

Tutorials

• Hello, World widget tutorial
• Simple blog tutorial
• Custom index page tutorial
• WYSIWYG editor tutorial

Advanced

• Web Services
• Security
• Searching
• Import/Export
• OAuth

Browse the API

• 1.8 API Reference
• 1.7 API Reference
• 1.6 API Reference
• 1.5 API Reference
• Latest Unstable API reference

Resources

• Common functions for plugin authors
• Nightly builds
• The bug tracker