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#1 2009-03-16 11:28:28
- nardo
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- From: tuvalahiti
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advice on custom backend development ... a new content type
Objective: to add a new content type to the Txp admin to allow adding & editing of about 400 stockists. The stockists’ content type would include several fields: name, street address, suburb, city, state, postcode, URL, maybe more …
An external developer (PHP yoda-level) has written a ‘find your nearest stockist’ application. He suggests integrating it into the Textpattern backend.
I’m looking for any advice or guidance from people who know plugins & the backend. Is it worth doing?
I would like a content type (like links) with its own tab to separate ‘stockists’ from the ‘articles’ – mainly for the benefit of the office staff, having something clear & simple to edit … (article custom fields will be used for product info). The developer can probably create Textpattern tags (easily?) to output this content (based on other plugins?)
Would these resources be the best to send to the developer to help him grok Txp efficiently?
And based on that limited description above, are there existing plugins that could be used or extended by the developer?
Many thanks.
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Re: advice on custom backend development ... a new content type
Please keep in mind that articles aren’t just a “content type” like e.g. images, but also the base elements for feeds and fulltext search. Depending on your needs, this could as well be required for stockists – or not. This has some heavy implications on the task scope.
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#3 2009-03-16 21:36:24
- nardo
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Re: advice on custom backend development ... a new content type
Thanks Wet. I think they can safely be discrete & separate from articles – stockists not required for feeds or search. The application is self-contained.
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