Cakephp is one of the widely used PhP based web application frameworks. It was developed by Cake Software Foundation, Inc. Cakephp is written in Php programming language and is based on the Ruby on Rails Concept. Launched in 2005, it is distributed under the MIT License. Cakephp is mainly used for creating blogs and websites. Cakephp Developers extensively use this application framework to build robust web applications.

Plug-ins are easy to install. One can download the necessary files and save them under /app/plugins/plugin-name/ folder. If it needs any extra database table, you can fire your SQL query editor. Usually, the necessary table structures are included with the plug-in package. Your tables should be ready within a few seconds. Next check for a few configuration files. You can find this file under:

You need to follow the installation guidelines for your new plug-in verbatim. Make sure that you do not skip any single character. The cakeMagic works when you follow the conventions. Make necessary changes to set your settings. If everything goes fine, it should be ready for use within 10- 20 minutes. However, a single mistake on your part can cause you troubles.

Cakephp has an in-built mechanism to set user-level access control to various pages (/controllers/action/) of your website. The ACL plug-in has a stunning AJAX based GUI. One can create new ACO on the fly and set permissions. For instance, say, in your PostsController (posts_controller.php) you have created new action – ‘post_by_user’ (function post_by_user()). Now you want only registered users to view this section. So, add a new ACO [Access control object, in this case post_by_user() under 'posts' controller.] ACL plugin allows you to create this new node. Now you can set group level or user specific permission using ACL component.

It is an excellent Cakephp application which displays Facebook like button, Facebook login options, Facebook fan pages and much more. If you want this Plug-in to work flawlessly, wait for a few hours after you have installed it. Remember you need to create your APP ID, API Key & Secret at Facebook (Create Applications). It takes a few hours to propagate. In the meantime, your Facebook login action won’t work. So, do not loose your patience.

Once you have installed these plugins, you can access it using the following urls:

http://your-good-domain.com/plugin-name (if you are NOT using admin routing)
http://your-good-domain.com/admin/plugin-name (if you are using admin routing)
Remember installing and using Cakephp plug-ins is very simple. Just follow the steps accurately and there you go!

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