Initial Development - Core Blog Class

[johnstray]

This issue is specifically for tracking the progress of the initial development of the core blog class. The following functions need to be written:

• Class Constructor
• Settings Management
  • getAllSettings - Get array of all settings
  • getSetting - Get value of single setting
  • saveSettings - Save settings to file
  • restoreSettings - Restore settings from backup
  • resetSettings - Reset settings to default
• Post Management
  • getAllPosts - Get array of all posts
  • getRecentPosts - Get array of most recent posts by date
  • getPost - Get array of data for a post
  • savePost - Save a post to file
  • deletePost - Delete a post file
  • restorePost - Restore a post from backup
• Categories
  • getAllCategories - Get array of all categories
  • getCategory - Get array of posts in category
  • saveCategory - Save category to file
  • deleteCategory - Delete category from file
  • restoreCategories - Restore categories from backup
• Archives
  • getAllArchives - Get an array of all archives by basis
  • getArchive - Get array of posts in archive
• Tags
  • getAllTags - Get an array of all tags
  • getTag - Get an array of posts with tag
• Utilities
  • generateSlug - Generates a slug for a post
  • generateExcerpt - Generates an excerpt from post content
  • generateUrl - Generates a url to a section of the blog
  • searchPosts - Get array of posts filtered by type and keyword
  • validateSetting - Validates the user input for a setting
• Caching
  • cachePut - Adds an item to the cache
  • cacheGet - Gets an item from the cache
  • rebuildCache - Rebuilds the cached content with data from post