TBJs Default Codeigniter Install

General Notes

• This is a complete install of Codeigniter V2.1.4 with Tank Auth V1.0.9 using Apache and MySQL.
• It has a basic infrastructure in place that I use for most sites ( body, header, content, footer, etc ).
• It's designed to run on an Amazon EC2 instance, but should work great on most Linux systems, although some setup may vary.
• If cloning this repo, you will need to follow the System Setup notes below to get the system running correctly.

Upgrades to Do

• install Pure CSS before starting next project
  • super clean, mobile friendly, responsive, grid based, css library
  • tbj, refer to the rexsi project for implementation
  • this will require a rework of the entire css framework in here: header, body, content, etc...
  • http://purecss.io/

System Usage

Domain

• update .htaccess
• update $config['base_url'] in /config/config.php

robots.txt

• by default, robots.txt blocks all robots

Profiling

• turned on and off for every page in /core/MY_Controller.php ( on by default )
• $this->output->enable_profiler( TRUE );

autoload

• libraries: tankauth
• helpers: url

Common System Settings & Variables

• Google Analytics ( or other analytics ): set in /core/MY_Controller.php
• Current Class: $this->class
• Current Method: $this->method
• Page Meta Data:
  • Generic Data: set in /core/MY_Controller.php
  • Page Specific: set in respective Controller
  • variables:
    • $this->head['meta_title']
    • $this->head['meta_description']

Authentication / Users

• Tank Auth: http://konyukhov.com/soft/tank_auth/
• loaded in config/autoload.php by default
  • alternatively, it could be loaded in required controllers $this->load->library('tank_auth')
• check if user is logged in: $this->tank_auth->is_logged_in()
• get user id: $this->tank_auth->get_user_id()
• get user name: $this->tank_auth->get_username()

HTML

• Loaded in common views via /views/common/head.php
• Any values set in the $this->head['headers'] array in a controller will be loaded in the of that page
• This data does not need to be passed to views. It's loaded automatically.
• Javascript: load via the $this->head['headers'] array:
  • eg $this->head['headers'][] = '<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>';

Style Sheets ( CSS )

• common style sheets are set in /core/MY_Controller.php
  • common.css
  • reset.css: commented out by default
• to load a specific stylesheet on a page, append a file to the $this->head['css'] array
• basic styles
  • body
  • #body_wrapper: sits inside the body, and wraps all other content
  • #header
  • #content: main content, loaded via the $this->content variable
  • #footer
  • .block

Views

• Load a main view in a Controller
  • The main views load the common head, header, content, and footer views.
  • eg. /views/one_column.php loads /views/common/header.php
  • this->load->view( 'one_column.php' )
• Headers: load into `$this->head['headers']
  • This does not need to be passed to the main view.
• Main Content: load into $this->content
  • This does not need to be passed to the main view.

Navigation

• loaded by the common views via the /views/common/header.php file
• files found in /views/navigation/
• commented out by default

Error Messages

• these will be set in flashdata in the user session and automatically displayed in the header file
• $this->session->set_flashdata( 'error_message', 'Some message to user.' );
• you can use 'message' or 'error_message' for different style alerts

System Setup

Server

• designed for an AWS EC2 running Amazon Linux CentOS
• Can probably spin up an AMI

Linux

• install ( sudo yum install )
  • httpd
  • php
  • php-mysql
  • mysql
  • mysql-server
  • xebug
• check out online_markdown_editor
  • https://github.com/Industrial-Interface/online_markdown_editor.git
  • check out to your root web direcory as the www folder ( eg. /var/ )
• create symlinks
  • /etc/php.ini -> /data/www/external_configs/php.ini
  • /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf -> /data/www/external_configs/httpd.conf
  • /etc/rc.d/rc.local -> /data/www/external_configs/rc.local

mysql

• boot mysql: sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld start
• create some users
• create a database and import database.sql
• update USER, PASS, and NAME in codeigniter/application/configs/database.php
• update the encription key in /config/config.php
• this will start on it's own once the system is configured.

httpd

• boot httpd:
• this will start on it's own once the system is configured.

App Libraries

• Codeigniter: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter
• TankAuth: http://konyukhov.com/soft/tank_auth/