Last weekend I saw that Jeff Potts had posted an article on how to work with a custom content; more specifically about how to extend Alfresco with your own content model and how to work with content that leverages that model via the Web Services API.

In his post, Jeff says that all his examples are written In Java, save one which is written in PHP "just for grins." A few paragraphs from his blog follow:

" Most of the code is based on the Alfresco SDK Web Services sample code, but I've tweaked it here and there and I break it down into smaller chunks with commentary. I also think it is good to have one example to follow that takes you from designing the content model to implementing it to writing code that might leverage it.

As an exercise to readers, I'd like to suggest that after going through the tutorial and the Web Services API, to try out the upcoming Web Scripting capabilities of Alfresco 2.1(dev). You'll need to download and compile the source codeDownload and compile then deploy and write some scripts, but I think you'll be amazed at what you can do. I'll be writing more about web scripts in the near future."

Now please note, that being the good recruiter I am, I checked out Jeff's credentials, and the article's content with Luis at Alfresco prior to posting this. He assures me, it's all good.

Finally, please note that Jeff has licensed his article under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Any copies or references to this post follow in kind.