Steps to create a new page

[ritactc...@gmail.com]

I need to change somethings and I really need the steps to crete a new page (simple, or blank), for example.

Thanks! 

[Dan Gillean]

Hi Rita, 

I'm not sure what you mean by a new page. If you want to create a new static page, that can be done via the user interface - useful for adding free-text content, such as an About or Help page. For more information, see: 

• https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/user-manual/administer/static-pages/
  

Some of our users have used Static pages in very interesting ways. One of my favorite examples is how the Beaton institute has used a combination of subject access terms and static pages to provide curated entry into their holdings. See for example: 

• https://beatoninstitute.com/projects
  
• https://beatoninstitute.com/bns
  

If you mean creating a new custom field or a new edit template, such as a a new metadata entry template for archival description, this requires development. We have some resources to assist you on our wiki, here: 

• https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Development#Development_resources
  
• https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Development/Recommendations#Initial_development_resources
  

We also have a number of slide decks that can be useful for developers, such as: 

• https://www.slideshare.net/accesstomemory/get-to-know-atoms-codebase
  
• https://www.slideshare.net/accesstomemory/atom-feature-development
  
• https://www.slideshare.net/accesstomemory/constructing-sql-queries-for-atom
  

AtoM is built in PHP, using the Symfony 1.x framework and the Propel ORM - so you will need to familiarize yourself with Symfony 1.4 to develop new features or modules:

• http://symfony.com/legacy/doc

In general, we recommend that developers adding features to AtoM follow Symfony's plugin development model. Most of the existing modules in AtoM and ICA-AtoM have been built as plugins - developing this way makes them easier to maintain in the long-term. Here are some of the best Symfony 1.x resources on Plugin development: 

• http://symfony.com/legacy/doc/jobeet/1_4/en/20?orm=Propel
• http://symfony.com/legacy/doc/gentle-introduction/1_4/en/17-Extending-Symfony

There is also a Symfony plugins page that lists "1453 symfony plugins developed by 609 contributors." This can be a great reference, to see how others using Symfony have developed their plugins for other projects. See: 

• http://www.symfony-project.org/plugins/

However, please be aware that we do not recommend developing custom fields or templates that do not implement a known standard and include a method of exporting data at a later date. We have outlined some of these reasons in a previous thread, here: 

• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ica-atom-users/byYwOQYbCGQ/2SFmHouZEAAJ
  

Cheers, 

Dan Gillean, MAS, MLIS
AtoM Program Manager
Artefactual Systems, Inc.
604-527-2056

@accesstomemory

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 11:01 AM <ritactc...@gmail.com> wrote:

I need to change somethings and I really need the steps to crete a new page (simple, or blank), for example.

Thanks! 

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