Adding Sections To Admin

glenelkins2 · 2008-08-29 15:47:20

Hi

How do I go about adding a new Tab in the admin area under the ADMIN tab?

I have looked around a few files and noticed i can add to some files but it doesnt work like i expect

Any tutorials?

thnx

uli · 2008-08-29 16:36:28

Until someone with a tut shows up, have a look at the source code of e.g. smd_where_used. The first occurrence of “extension” says “make a new tab in extensions”. Just change that to “admin”.
Please post questions concerning the development of plugins in Plugin Development.

redbot · 2008-08-29 16:44:26

Maybe this it’s useful

glenelkins2 · 2008-09-01 13:48:41

Hi

Ok i looked at the smd_where_used and see this as the first piece of code

[code]
if (@txpinterface == ‘admin’) { add_privs(‘smd_wu’,‘1,2’);

// Extensions tab register_tab(‘extensions’, ‘smd_wu’, smd_wu_gTxt(‘smd_wu’)); register_callback(‘smd_wu’, ‘smd_wu’);
}
[/code]

Now I understand that register_tab(‘extensions’, ‘smd_wu’, smd_wu_gTxt(‘smd_wu’)); is what adds the tab. And If i change ‘extensions’ to ‘admin’ it sure enough ads the tab under Admin

But what from here? How do I make a functional page with this? For example, what is “smd_wu” smd_wu_gTxt(“smd_wu” )) what does all that do?

And what does register_callback(‘smd_wu’, ‘smd_wu’); do?

All I want to do is add a tab so i can program in some php code to take values from a specific database table iv created, then display it

thanks

Last edited by glenelkins2 (2008-09-01 13:48:54)

glenelkins2 · 2008-09-01 13:58:10

here look at this quick testing modification iv made:

[code]
if (@txpinterface == “admin” ) { add_privs ( “smd_wu”,“1,2” );

// Subscribers Tab register_tab( “admin”, “smd_wu”, “Subscribers” ); register_callback(‘smd_testing’, ‘smd_wu’); }

function smd_testing ( $event, $step ) { if ( !$step || !in_array ( $step, array (‘smd_wu_search’) ) ) { echo “TESTING”; } else $step();
}
[/code]

Now this works it shows TESTING at the top of the page… but for some reason the rest of the layout including navigation has vanished. All i see is a white page with TESTING then a drop down box saying Go… and then a load of sections

Bloke · 2008-09-01 14:02:16

glenelkins2 wrote:

what is “smd_wu” smd_wu_gTxt(“smd_wu” )) what does all that do?

smd_wu is just the name of the ‘event’ I’m looking for.

The smd_wu_gTxt(‘something’) is just a call to a convenience lookup function (at the very bottom of the code) that translates ‘something’ into a piece of text. If people want to take the plugin and localise it for different languages they only need to edit the text strings in the gTxt() function and not worry about the rest of the code.

And what does register_callback(‘smd_wu’, ‘smd_wu’); do?

That’s the magic part :-) In the URL bar when you click around the admin interface it says things like ?event=files or ?event=admin. That’s what that line is looking for; it associates my plugin (the function smd_wu) with the ?event=smd_wu, which is the name given in the register_tab() call. So every time textpattern visits a page with that matching event, my code gets called.

In your case you’ll want something like:

register_tab('admin', 'your_event', 'My Page, yay!');
register_callback('display_stuff', 'your_event');

function display_stuff() {
  pagetop();
  echo "Hello world";
}

EDIT: I see you have already made progress here. I’ll shut up now :-)
EDIT2: In order to see the header of the page, you’ll need to call pagetop(); cos your code is now the only thing that’s executing for that event. You need to insert the standard bits and pieces around your code. pagetop() is the key part. From memory I think pageend() (or its equivalent) is called automatically for you.
EDIT3: smd_ is my plugin prefix You’ll need to make up your own TLA that’s not been taken and stick to it :-D

Last edited by Bloke (2008-09-01 14:12:59)

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