Author: ingo herwig ingo@.nosp@m.wemo.nosp@m.ve.co.nosp@m.m

Overview

wCMF is an object oriented framework for building browser based web applications.

Due to its minimal system requirements (webserver, PHP4, optional MySQL) the wCMF can be installed on basic web hosting packages. One of its outstanding features is the possibility to integrate any data structures, what for instance allows for maintaining existing data from other applications. Furthermore - since the user interface is completely customizable - it's easy to integrate the system in existing design enviroments.

As the word framework already indicates, the wCMF is not a ready-to-use application, which can be installed, configured and fed with content. The wCMF solely provides a foundation, which can be used to develop applications in a rather convenient way - without to much focus on technical details. Nevertheless there's still some programming work to do in order to build a customized application, which on the other hand provides a greater flexibility than out-of-the-box systems can offer.

The framework approach follows the philosophy, that the earlier the developer deals with the underlying infrastructure the easier adjustments to the specific needs of the project can be implemented, which - when using an out-of-the-box solutions - would require programming work anyway. wCMF's clear object oriented design allows for a quick introduction to the application's architecture.
This documentation consists of two parts:

the API documentation, which is mainly accessible over the navigation at the top of each page and which is generated from the source code.
a rather narrative part, which origins from the current page. It starts with an overview of the architecture of the framework, then gives answers to detailed questions about configuring the framework and finally delivers HowTos for the most important tasks, which occur during the usage of the framework. This part is subdivided into the following topics: