[wp-hackers] Modifying admin forms via plugins

[Stephen O'Connor]

Two things about this thread bug me.

First, the additioanl hooks. So far most of these examples can be solved
using the DOM. Yet people don't like the DOM... Um, tough? I personally
would like the devs to work toward more meaningful goals than adding hooks
to every three lines... How about an action/filter registry in WP? This
would GREATLY help with backwards-compatibility.

And the plugin extensiblility/configuration/gui thing? Didn't I already do
that? Somebody even mentioned "framework" in this discussion, which is
perfect cause guess what I called it!

http://stevarino.com/wp/framework/

Anyway it's .1 now, and it's probably going to mature to 1.0 in a day or two
with some minor changes, cleanups, and improvements. If you don't take it
seriously now, then you should check out my static-posts plugin that
utilizes the framework (again, to be released in a day or two). I really
like my framework and think it has some real potential. Check out these
screenshots if you don't believe me (these are from my upcoming plugin)...

http://stevarino.com/wp/fakedfolders/img1.jpg
http://stevarino.com/wp/fakedfolders/img2.jpg

(all of that is in one file too!) :)

The idea is super-user friendliness and maximizing modularity. I don't
define 50 unique functions for this to work, just a normal plugin function
and a new plugin class. Inside that class is where I store the UI, install,
uninstall, and other methods to make it really easy for a user to figure out
what's up.

I'm not declaring this as THE PLAN, but I've yet to hear a better idea. So
far Jason is the only one to comment on it. :\

Have a good night!
- Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: hackers-bounces at wordpress.org
[mailto:hackers-bounces at wordpress.org]On Behalf Of Alex King
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:28 PM
To: hackers at wordpress.org
Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Modifying admin forms via plugins


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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