Welcome to Online Documentation for FirstSpirit Version 5.1

For which users is this documentation intended?

This documentation has been prepared as a supplement to the technical documentation (in the form of manuals) for all users of FirstSpirit Version 5.1.

For template developers: One main area deals with template development in FirstSpirit. By linking different sub-areas of the template development and by the sub-division into two difficulty levels for beginners (see Basic principles of template development) and for advanced users (see Template development) this documentation provides clearly structured information and should therefore make familiarisation with the template syntax of FirstSpirit easier.

For all users: Apart from the information on creating templates and the introduction to the template syntax, the sub-areas contain:

• Documentation: all currently available technical documentation for FirstSpirit Version 5.1. These are made available clearly subdivided into the individual user groups with a brief content description.

Sub-areas of the online documentation

This online documentation is divided into the main sections

• The current area Overview offers an option to enter the FirstSpirit Online Documentation. The individual sub-areas of the documentation are briefly described here.
• Documentation with information on currently available documentation in the form of PDF files.
• Templates (basic principles) with a brief introduction to the world of Content Management Systems and step by step instructions for creating a small demo project for beginners.
• Template development with a detailed introduction to all areas of the new template syntax.
• ContentCreator with information about requirements, restrictions and development options concerning the use of the editing environment FirstSpirit ContentCreator.

Documentation

The individual documents available for FirstSpirit in text form are listed in this section. This section is sub-divided into documentation for Editors, Developers and Administrators. Additional universal user documentation is provided here as well.

Templates (basic principles)

The topics used in most FirstSpirit projects are dealt with in this section.

Among other things there is a step by step introduction to a FirstSpirit project. From the initial creation of a new project to the creation of page and section templates through to use of databases; simple examples are used to explain working with FirstSpirit.

Template development

All important aspects for the development of a FirstSpirit project in the Template Store can be read up in this section. The section is divided into the relevant sub-aspects of template development. These include:

• Forms for the definition of input components.
• Rules for influencing specific elements or characteristic of a form
• Snippets for influencing the display of objects (“teaser”)
• Template syntax divided into instructions, expressions, data types and functions.
• Variables for evaluation of contents of different areas.
• Scripting for automation of control sequences.
• FirstSpirit API as a public interface of FirstSpirit.

ContentCreator

• Requirements,
• restrictions,
• functions and
• template and module development

for using the editing environment ContentCreator can be read up in this section.

Advanced topics

Over-all aspects of the functionality of FirstSpirit are explained in this section.

Initially, the topics

• Permission assignment in FirstSpirit,
• Media galleries,
• Exif data,
• Document groups and
• Remote access

are illustrated here. Further subjects will be added successively.

Interesting facts

This section describes useful information on all aspects of working with FirstSpirit.

Initially, you find

• a list with all Keyboard shortcuts useable in FirstSpirit and
• explanations about Code completion

here.

And now, enjoy working with FirstSpirit!

Disclaimer

This documentation is provided for information purposes only. e-Spirit may change the contents hereof without notice. This documentation is not warranted to be error-free, nor subject to any other warranties or conditions, whether expressed orally or implied in law, including implied warranties and conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. e-Spirit specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this documentation and no contractual obligations are formed either directly or indirectly by this documentation. The technologies, functionality, services, and processes described herein are subject to change without notice.