Table of Contents
Obliquid is more than a groupware application, it's an application framework to build web based PHP applications. For this reason Obliquid may be used, administered, customized and programmed by people with different backgrounds, like employees, managers, web agencies, graphic designers and programmers. The logical organization of this book takes this into consideration and the book may be read from cover to cover, or skipping chapters, as needed.
Even the simple question "What is Obliquid" may have different answers according to the audience. So, for end users it is a groupware application with user management, a calendar application, a news publishing system, and a documentation management system with the ability to send alert emails on certain events. For administrators it is a web application with a fine grained permission system, able to manage thousands contacts, helping to manage the workflow with alert emails. Graphic designers may be pleased to hear that the appearence may be fully customized by creating a new theme, and that since every part of html layout is in template files, pixel alignments are possibile. Programmers may like the concept of building the page with prebuilt blocks, and adding their own blocks, the possibility to separate common parts from customizations, and the powerful permission system.