[wp-hackers] Multiple Locations

Kitty kitty at mookitty.co.uk
Sun Sep 12 22:17:55 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 15:01, Ryan Boren wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 20:43 +0000, mark.wordpress wrote:
> > Very nice! It'd be really easy to write a function to take care of
> > number 4. With WP 1.3, this whole thing could be done as a plugin only
> > (or at least no modification of core code), what with the new hooks
> > into the admin menu, (I think). I think I'll hold off for now, but
> > I'll definitely be interested in it when WP 1.3 rolls around.
> 
> I'd like to see all of the Geo/Location stuff move out of core and into
> a plugin.
> 
> The post_lat_lon fieldset could be emitted on the 'edit-form-advanced'
> action.  The plugin could create an Options->Location page for twiddling
> the options.  The Geo options in Options->Misc would then go away.
> 
> I'd like to get the plugin architecture to the point where this is easy.
> add_option_page(), options-header.php, and options-footer.php would get
> us closer.
> 
> So, I say replace the current Geo stuff living in the core with a plugin
> version of Kitty's Location Manager.  We could make it the test case for
> adding admin UI via plugins.

Ok, that actually sounds like a better idea. Anyone want to work with me
on this? Designing this would basically be a reference spec for future
admin UI plugins.
-- 
Cheers!
Kitty
http://blog.mookitty.co.uk/
http://mookitty.co.uk/devblog/

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