Field and Storage in Seblod 2.0

Storage is one of the heart of SEBLOD 2.0 Extension because it control:

1. Where the value of custom field will be stored. The possibilites are:

• In current core joomla table (for example in 'fulltext' field in #_content table)
• In additional field within core joomla table (yes, seblod can add new field in core table)
• Or In Independent Table 

2. The format of the data in table field. Current possibilites as GA Version(Nov. 2011) are:

• Standard Format. Just as you type, most recommended data for simple storing.
• JSON Format. Save a value in a field table by using the JSON syntax.
• Custom Format. Similar to JSON Format. It using custom SEBLOD type of format, recommended to store multiple data on single table field. The format is ::[FIELDNAME]::[DATA]. It allow the compatibility with SEBLOD 1.x on Joomla 1.5 .

(This storage plugins included by default in SEBLOD 2.0 . in the future you can create your own storage format)

Please note that: introtext in Articles and description in categories should be set in custom format, because it stored integration element for seblod 2.x

The data will be stored in SEBLOD Custom Format:

::field_name::[VALUES]

The data will be stored in the way a field usually store a value

The data stored in JSON Format
The benefit is the same as using Custom Format PLUS if you parse the data with scripting technology such as PHP or Javascript it would be easier to parse since both have built-in function to parse JSON.

This is most basic setting for a simple content type, just use Format: Standard , Location: Article, and Fill the field with current core field, and Seblod will store any value to the field.

This setting will make seblod create new field in core joomla table (#_content) and store the value in the created field

When you set a field that not exist in joomla core field, seblod will create a new independent table. This can be useful for developer if you like to create component, plugin, or module to display various ‘add-on’ data/field based on specific article id.

Feel free to explore all the possibilities of seblod storage, but if you set the location to ‘FREE’, you’ll have the ability to store the value in ANY Table

You have learn the basic thing about storage in Seblod. For Designer, this might not impact your workflow much, but I believe many of joomla developer will benefit from this flexibility. Have question ? don’t post here or email me.. post in on forum as many of Seblod Expert (especially Octopoos Team) can gives you detail a whole lot more

Happy Storing