[wp-hackers] Modifying admin forms via plugins

[Dave]

Keeping plugin settings in a seperate file makes sense to me. It allows 
quick migration of settings between servers.

Of course, the ability eo export and import settings for plugins would 
be handy. If this was implemented then it wouldn't matter where they 
were stored.

Alex King wrote:

> A little extra work by the plugin developers is better than a little 
> extra configuration for end users.
>
> Your plugin doesn't need an extra file for settings, you can store the 
> configuration settings in the database and use the form to manipulate 
> them. This is even more friendly for the users. :)
>
> Maybe I should do a proof of concept when I get some time (if no one 
> else has by then).
>
> --Alex
>
> http://www.alexking.org/
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2004, at 5:23 PM, Jason goldsmith wrote:
>
>> it seems
>> silly to force plugin writers to do that or to have a big block of
>> code surrounded by an if statement to check if the plugin file is
>> being called via the plugins.php page or it is being called by another
>> page and therefore needs to execute.
>
>
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