ccetc/directory-bundle

Symfony bundle for building a web-based directory of producers. It allows users to search/browse listings by category and location.

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README

NOTE: The master branch of the bundle is to be used with Symfony 2.2. The 2.1 branch is tested with Symfony 2.1

The CCETC/DirectoryBundle is a bundle for building a web-based directory of "listings".

Development is tracked on the trello board.

Features

The DirectoryBundle contains everything needed to set up a Symfony app with the following features:

  • users can browse listings via a paginated list or a google map
  • users can add their own listing pending admin approval
  • admins can create/edit/delete/approve listings

It works out of the box with minimal configuration, but most use cases will require a good deal of developer customization. Most everything in the bundle is easily extendable by the developer. Common customizations will include:

  • added fields
  • customized fields available to search by
  • added "attributes" (ex: "Attributes" like "Organic" and "Grassfed" for a meat producer directory… Attributes are an Entity with a relationship to Listings)
  • customized templates
  • customized and added pages
  • custom design

Installation

Option 1 - Install from Scratch

Install a Symfony App

Install your Symfony App using the Symfony installation guide

Be sure to setup your database as well.

Install the DirectoryBundle

Add to your composer.json:

"require": {
    "ccetc/directory-bundle": "dev-master"
}

Run php composer.phar install

This will install the bundle and all of it's dependencies.

Note about Bootstrap and jQuery

jQuery and Twitter Bootstrap are included in the bundle. You can include your own copies of either in your bundle, and extend the base layout to include your files instead of the default files.

Follow the installation guide for SonataAdmin

http://sonata-project.org/bundles/admin/master/doc/reference/installation.html

add DirectoryBundle and dependencies to AppKernel.php->registerBundles

new Knp\Bundle\MenuBundle\KnpMenuBundle(),
new Sonata\BlockBundle\SonataBlockBundle(),
new Sonata\jQueryBundle\SonatajQueryBundle(),
new Sonata\AdminBundle\SonataAdminBundle(),
new Sonata\DoctrineORMAdminBundle\SonataDoctrineORMAdminBundle(),
new CCETC\DirectoryBundle\CCETCDirectoryBundle(),
new MyDirectory\AppBundle\MyDirectoryAppBundle(),
new Mopa\Bundle\BootstrapBundle\MopaBootstrapBundle(),

NOTE: Be sure to add the bundle before your App's bundle, so you can override translations.

Make your bundle a "Child" of the DirectoryBundle

To override templates, make your app bundle a child of the DirectoryBundle. In your bundle's Bundle class (ex: MyBundle.php in the bundle's root dir):

public function getParent()
{
    return 'CCETCDirectoryBundle';
}

Config

Add the following to your config.yml and fill out the values with your app's info:

ccetc_directory:
    bundle_name: MyBundle
    bundle_path: \My\Bundle
    title: My Directory
    logo: bundles/mybundle/images/mylogo.png
    menu_builder: MyBundle:Builder:mainMenu
    layout_template: MyBundle::layout.html.twig
    copyright: Our Company 2013
    contact_email: contact@email.com
    admin_email: admin@email.com
    og_description: your description
    site_url: http://yoururl
    google_maps_key: yourkey
    google_analytics_account: UA-NNNNNNNNN-1
    always_show_advanced_search: false

sonata_block:
    default_contexts: [cms]
    blocks:
        sonata.admin.block.admin_list:
            contexts:   [admin]
        ccetc.directory.block.admin_listing_approval:
            contexts: [admin]


sonata_admin:
    templates:
        layout:  CCETCDirectoryBundle::admin_layout.html.twig
        show: CCETCDirectoryBundle:Admin:show.html.twig
        edit: CCETCDirectoryBundle:Admin:edit.html.twig
    dashboard:
        blocks:
            # display a dashboard block
            - { position: left, type: ccetc.directory.block.admin_listing_approval }
            - { position: left, type: sonata.admin.block.admin_list }

Note: The Location Admin classes should not be included on the backend interface. If using basic HTTP authentication, the easiest way to do this is in your config file, by manually defining which classes should appear:

        groups:
          listings:
            label: Listings
            items: [ccetc.directory.admin.listing]
          data:
            label: Data
            items: [ccetc.directory.admin.attribute, ccetc.directory.admin.product]

You should also include the "Pages" admin class if using the CMS features:

        groups:
          ...
          content:
            label: Content
            items: [ccetc.directory.admin.page]
DirectoryBundle config options
  • bundle_name - name of your bundle - required
  • bundle_path - path of your bundle - required
  • title - used for page title, heading, og tags - required
  • logo - used in header - optional
  • menu_builder - the main menu to use - optional
  • layout_template - the base template used for all pages
  • copyright - used in footer - optional
  • contact_email - used in footer - required
  • admin_email - used for e-mail notifications - required
  • og_* - used for og meta tags
  • google_maps_key - optional
  • google_analytics_account - optional
  • always_show_advanced_search - optional, default false
  • registration_setting - optional - default none (required|optional|none)
  • use_expiration - optional - default true
  • listing_lifetime - days before listing expires - optional - default 365
  • renew_listing_on_update - whether or not listing is renewed when edited - optional - default true

Create your Entities

You'll need to create your own entities and extend the base entities and example dist files provided. At the very least you will need a Listing entity that extends Base Listing.

Location Entities

If you want to let users search by distance between their location and listing locations, you'll need to extend the ListingLocation, LocationDistance, UserLocation, and UserLocationAlias entities, using the dist files provided.

Attribute Entities

Most installations will have at least one Attribute related to their Listing. This could be used to add products (ex: Chicken, Duck, Beef, Pork) and/or actual attributes (ex: Organic, Grass Fed, Hormone Free). To use this feature, extend BaseAttribute or use the Attribute.php.dist file.

Create your Admin Classes

You need to add services for the admin classes provided that tie them to your entities. For each entity that you create, you'll need one of the following, with the path to the entity (argument #2) customized:

    <service id="ccetc.directory.admin.listing" class="CCETC\DirectoryBundle\Admin\ListingAdmin">
        <tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="Listings" label="Listings"/>
        <argument />
        <argument>Acme\DemoBundle\Entity\Listing</argument>
        <argument>CCETCDirectoryBundle:ListingAdmin</argument>
    </service>
    <service id="ccetc.directory.admin.attribute" class="CCETC\DirectoryBundle\Admin\AttributeAdmin">
        <tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="Data" label="Attributes"/>
        <argument />
        <argument>Acme\DemoBundle\Entity\Attribute</argument>
        <argument>SonataAdminBundle:CRUD</argument>
    </service>
    <service id="ccetc.directory.admin.listinglocation" class="CCETC\DirectoryBundle\Admin\ListingLocationAdmin">
        <tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="Location Data" label="Listing Locations"/>
        <argument />
        <argument>Acme\AppBundle\Entity\ListingLocation</argument>
        <argument>SonataAdminBundle:CRUD</argument>
    </service>
    <service id="ccetc.directory.admin.userlocation" class="CCETC\DirectoryBundle\Admin\UserLocationAdmin">
        <tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="Location Data" label="User Locations"/>
        <argument />
        <argument>Acme\DemoBundle\Entity\UserLocation</argument>
        <argument>SonataAdminBundle:CRUD</argument>
    </service>
    <service id="ccetc.directory.admin.userlocationalias" class="CCETC\DirectoryBundle\Admin\UserLocationAliasAdmin">
        <tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="Location Data" label="User Location Aliases"/>
        <argument />
        <argument>Acme\DemoBundle\Entity\UserLocationAlias</argument>
        <argument>SonataAdminBundle:CRUD</argument>
    </service>        
    <service id="ccetc.directory.admin.locationdistance" class="CCETC\DirectoryBundle\Admin\LocationDistanceAdmin">
        <tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="Location Data" label="Location Distances"/>
        <argument />
        <argument>Acme\DemoBundle\Entity\LocationDistance</argument>
        <argument>SonataAdminBundle:CRUD</argument>
    </service>

Note: ListingAdmin should use the custom controller (CCETCDirectoryBundle:ListingAdmin) from the bundle.

Routing

Add the following to your app's routing.yml:

ccetc_directory:
	resource: "@CCETCDirectoryBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
	prefix:   /

Secure your App

You'll want to secure the admin section of your app. Something like this in security.yml:

security:
    firewalls:
        secured_area:
            pattern:    ^/
            anonymous: ~
            http_basic:
                realm: "Secured Admin Area"

    access_control:
        - { path: ^/admin, roles: ROLE_ADMIN }

    providers:
        in_memory:
            memory:
                users:
                    admin: { password: admin, roles: 'ROLE_ADMIN, ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN' }

    encoders:
        Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\User: plaintext

Create crons for email and listing expiration

You should create a cron to run your e-mail spool, as you've configured it.

Additionally, if using listing expiration you'll need daily crons to run the following commands:

    php app/console ccetc:directory:update-expired-listings
    php app/console ccetc:directory:send-pending-expiration-notifications

Enable Spam Prevention

Add to AppKernel.php:

    new Isometriks\Bundle\SpamBundle\IsometriksSpamBundle(),         

Add to config.yml:

    isometriks_spam:
        timed:
            min: 7
            max: 10000
            global: false
            message: You're submitting the form too quickly.
        honeypot:
            field: email_address
            use_class: false
            hide_class: hidden
            global: false
            message: Please contact us

Make sure these options are added to your Signup Form:

public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
{
    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        ...
        'timed_spam' => true,
        'honeypot' => true,
    ));
}

Option 2 - Install the DirectoryAppTemplate

Follow the instructions on the DirectoryAppTemplate.

Customization

Since your app is a child bundle of the DirectoryBundle, you can customize most anything, and the following links can help determine how different customizations can be made:

User logins and listing editing

There are optional features that create user accounts from the "signup" page, let users edit listings, and let admins manage users.

Setup

  1. FOSUserBundle and CCETCDirectoryUserBundle are already installed

  2. follow FOSUserBundle installation instructions (create User entity in your app bundle, changes to routing.yml, config.yml, security.yml)

     **Note**: Your User class should extend ``CCETCDirectoryUserBundle\Entity\BaseUser``
    
  3. add CCETCDirectoryUserBundle to the end of AppKernel. Order matters here for translation customizations:

     new My\AppBundle\MyAppBundle(),
     new FOS\UserBundle\FOSUserBundle(),
     new CCETC\DirectoryBundle\CCETCDirectoryBundle(),
     new CCETC\DirectoryUserBundle\CCETCDirectoryUserBundle(),
    
  4. edit config.yml:

     ccetc_directory:
     	registration_setting: required
    
    
     If using optional registration:
    
     fos_user:
         registration:
             form:
                 type: ccetc_directory_user_registration
             confirmation:
                 enabled:    true            
    
  5. add ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN to ROLE_ADMIN roles in security.yml:

     security:
         role_hierarchy:
             ROLE_ADMIN:       [ROLE_USER, ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN]
             ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN: ROLE_ADMIN
    
  6. add User/Listing relation:

     In Listing.php:
    
     /**
      * @ORM\OneToOne(targetEntity="User", inversedBy="listing")
      * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="user_id", referencedColumnName="id")
      **/
     private $user;
    
     In User.php:
    
     /**
      * @ORM\OneToOne(targetEntity="BaseListing", mappedBy="user", cascade={"persist", "remove"})
      **/
     private $listing; 
    
  7. add admin service:

     <service id="ccetc.directoryuser.admin.user" class="CCETC\DirectoryUserBundle\Admin\UserAdmin">
         <tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="Users" label="Users"/>
         <argument />
         <argument>My\AppBundle\Entity\User</argument>
         <argument>CCETCDirectoryUserBundle:UserAdmin</argument>
         <call method="setUserManager">
              <argument type="service" id="fos_user.user_manager" />
         </call>
     </service>
    
  8. add admin class to config.yml:

     sonata_admin:
         ...
         dashboard:
             ...
             groups:
               ...
               users:
                 label: Users
                 items: [ccetc.directoryuser.admin.user]
    
  9. update DB and clear cache!

Customizations

  • there is an edit form type and handler that can be customized in the same way the Signup form is
  • there are edit templates that can be cuomstized in the same way the signup template can be

Templates

Simply including any of the DirectoryBundle templates in your bundle will override the default templates.

Layout

If you'd like to extend the base layout, you'll need to give it a unique name (app_layout.html.twig) and set this template path in your config.

Config and Routing

If you don't want to override the services and routes provided, you should name your routing and config something other than routing.yml and services.xml. The alternative is to copy the contents of those files to your own.

Menu

You can define your own menu class, and override which is used using the config option documented above.

Translations

You can override translations by copying the Resources/translations to your bundle. Make sure your app's bundle is added to AppKernel after the directory bundle or your customizations will not be used.

Entities

You can add custom fields or field overrides to the entities you create. Be sure to add your custom fields in the following places:

  • Entity class
  • Admin class
  • Signup form
  • Frontend templates

Some useful resources:

Admin Classes

You can extend the provided admin classes:

use CCETC\DirectoryBundle\Admin\ListingAdmin as BaseListingAdmin;

class ListingAdmin extends BaseListingAdmin
{
    protected function configureFormFields(FormMapper $formMapper)
    {
        parent::configureFormFields($formMapper);

        $formMapper
            ->with('Products')
                ->add('myField')
            ->end()
        ;
    }
}

Note: Make sure that any entities or fields not used by your front end do not appear on your signup form or admin classes

Validation

Copy validation.yml.dist to your bundle, and customize as needed.

Frontend Filters

The directory uses ListingAdmin.datagrid for the filters on the frontend. Filters with the option isAdvanced equal to true will but put into an "advanced search" section. Filters with the option 'hideValue' set to true will have their value form input hidden.

Signup Form

The signup form, form type, and handler exists as services, so you can provide your own form, form type, and/or handler and override the services. Be sure to override the form template as well.

    <service id="ccetc.directory.form.handler.signup" class="My\AppBundle\Form\Handler\SignupFormHandler" scope="request">
        <argument type="service" id="ccetc.directory.form.signup" />
        <argument type="service" id="request" />
        <argument type="service" id="service_container" />
    </service>

We've implemented a very simple method for automating fieldset/field groups in the form type. Any customized form type must have a getFieldsets method that returns an array in the format of "Fieldset Label" => array("field1", "field2").

Custom Pages

You can use a default controller for your pages using this code in your routes:

defaults: { _controller: CCETCDirectoryBundle:Pages:static, template: MyBundle:Pages:myPage.html.twig }

The default checks for outdated browsers, including a boolean with the result as it renders your template.

SEO

There are a few features in place to let admins/devs implement SEO:

  • admins can edit "page" titles, descriptions, urls, h1 headings from CMS
  • titles and descriptions from non CMS pages must be customized by devs. Simply use the title and meta_description twig blocks
  • the url, title, h1, and meta description for the listings page can be customized using config options under listing_type:
    • listings_h1_heading
    • listings_route_pattern
    • listings_meta_description
    • listings_meta_title

I've also managed to provide different titles/urls/descriptions based on attribute filters with a few hacks in one app. Look at the ReUseDirectory code or ask me.

Multiple Listing Types

We after the initial development added the option to define multiple listing types. This configuration is optional and the bundle should still work out of the box without any new configuration changes, but this has not been fully tested.

Below are some notes on setting up an app that uses two listing types. Configuration is fairly simply, and for the most part installation and customization works just as it does with one listing type.

Config

cce_directory:
    listing_type_config:
        - { admin_service: 'ccetc.directory.admin.listinga', entity_class_path: '\My\AppBundle\Entity\ListingA', translation_key: 'listinga' }
        - { admin_service: 'ccetc.directory.admin.listingb', entity_class_path: '\My\AppBundle\Entity\ListingB', translation_key: 'listingb', use_maps: false, use_profiles: false }
Options
  • admin_service - the service for this type's entity's admin class
  • entity_class_path - the path to this type's entity
  • translation_key - The translation key will be used in templates, with capitalization and pluralization as needed, so any translations you provide should use this key. This key is also used to uniquely identify the listing type - so it must be unique.
  • use_profile - boolean, optional, default: true (if false, profile routes will redirect to the listings page with a single listing)
  • use_maps - boolean, optional, default: true (is false, maps tab will not appear on listings page

Locations

At the moment, using the Location features is only supported for one listing class/type. It wouldn't be impossible to implement, but it wasn't needed for our projet, and it was too complicated. When building your classes, service, class name, and relation field names should still use the word "listing" (ex: ListingLocation is the classname, listings is the relation field, etc).

Assumptions

To keep configuration options few, we've made a few assumptions:

  • If the listing_block, profile, and signup templates need to be customized between types, their names should follow the format of type->translationKey + "_profile". If you want to customize a template, but all your types share it, the usual name is fine.
  • the three signup services are required and follow the foramt of "ccetc.direction.x.x." + type->translationKey + "signup"

Utilities

There some twig variables and functions available:

  • listingListingType - the first listing type available (can use if you only have one and need to get a route for example)
  • getListingTypeForObject(listing) - returns the listing type for an object that's a listing
  • getListingTypeByKey(stringKey) - returns the listing type that matches a translation_key

Other Notes

  • all of your listing types should extend a custom BaseListing class with a user relation field (on the user side it should still be called "listing"

Other Features

Admin Show/Edit Hooks

If you need to include custom templates before or after an admin form or show page, just define the template path as follows:

    public $showPreHook = array(
        'template' => 'MyBundle:Admin:_my_template.html.twig'
    );

available Twig Globals

The following global variables are accessible via any template:

directoryTitle
directoryLogo
directoryMenuBuilder
layoutTemplate - all page templates should extend this
directoryContactEmail
directoryCopyright
directoryOgDescription
directorySiteURL
googleMapsKey
googleAnalyticsAccount

Find a Listing Block

You can include the find a listing block in your pages. Just make sure to wrap it in a div with the class find-a-listing:

<div class="find-a-listing alert alert-block alert-info">
    {{ render(controller('CCETCDirectoryBundle:Directory:findAListing', {'attributeClass': 'Category', 'attributeFieldName' : 'categories' } )) }}
</div>

The attribute parameters are optional. If included, a dropdown for that attribute will appear in the block.