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Posts : 43 Location : 127.0.0.1
Joined : 03/03/08 10:38 am |
Posted on : 20/05/08 06:41 pm Ok, I've decided to have a play with the dashboard because 90% of what it shows is irrelevant to me, so I've started a plugin that allows you to have dashboard widgets ( current state is hardcoded to replicate normal dashboard ++ a couple of "aware" plugins ) ..... and I'd appreciate some feedback ( cos this is gonna be a smidge of a bitch to code as it is ) Where I'm headed is : You can checkout the current state of play here ( Dev blog ), there's 2 users : 1) admin / 987654321 ..... I'm imaginative Whilst all feedback is appreciated I will just laugh at any impossible dreams ¥ ps. EdB eat yer heart out, you can only dream of making such a cool as fuck plugin I may have opened the door, but you entered of your own free will |
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Posts : 3 Joined : 22/04/08 05:17 pm |
Posted on : 20/05/08 07:28 pm i would like to say eat the thing in front of you like mothers say if i wanted to be sarcastic, especially when i am writing these lines in blogrum it also displays signatures |
Posts : 11 Joined : 03/03/08 10:30 pm |
Posted on : 20/05/08 09:50 pm If this results in a cleaner Admin then go for it. Couldn't Widgets be ordered by the current "Move" up/down arrows or even numerical input boxes Your idea for widgets being in two columns (left/right) might get a bit crowded on the one page. Wish list... Category reordering PS: Do you sleep? it's like a blog, but it's a forum .... it's a flog! |
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Posts : 43 Location : 127.0.0.1
Joined : 03/03/08 10:38 am |
Posted on : 21/05/08 06:51 am These widgets are nothing too do with your normal skin widgets, they're purely for your dashboard. They will ( eventually ) have there own up/down arrows ( handled by js though, so no annoying waits for server post backs ) and settings for each user/blog tab that they reside on which will allow users to arrange/populate their dashboards to suit themselves. The "two columns" is done with the separators which are kind of a container widget, you can style them however you like side by side / above each other / whatever. For now I've just tried to recreate the current dashboard layout before I move on to the whole customising code. Wish list ..... more plugin coders I have been known to close my eyes from time to time ¥ I may have opened the door, but you entered of your own free will |
Posts : 6 Location : Antwerpen, Belgium
Joined : 03/03/08 10:41 am |
Posted on : 21/05/08 05:35 pm Perhaps I will be able to alter a plugin once an example will be there Wishlist : a dashboard per user, but the admin is able to preset a dashboard Life can be complecated |
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Posts : 43 Location : 127.0.0.1
Joined : 03/03/08 10:38 am |
Posted on : 21/05/08 05:51 pm Hmmm, that may be a tad beyond the scope that I'm currently aiming for, but certainly a goal to head towards I've slightly changed direction and now I'm attempting to abuse the existing widget system to handle the dashboard, mainly because this enables any/all current widgets to be selected as a dashboard widget without any code changes ..... problem is that it involves a minor core hack, but it saves shedloads of coding and enables all the normal widget stuff .... guess I need go abuse cvs Damn, and it really would have been the coolest plugin ever ¥ I may have opened the door, but you entered of your own free will |
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Posts : 16 Joined : 06/03/08 05:31 pm |
Posted on : 23/05/08 06:03 pm I hadn't thought of doing anything with the dashboard other than killing the spyware, but this here gives me a bit of motivation to think about it. And here's what I think: destroy the whole damned thing and put in a very basic 'site map' with a line of links for each main tab that happens to contain links to each subtab. Or maybe an unordered list for the tabs with another unordered list for the subtabs and maybe a string of links for details that might exist on a specific subtab that aren't actually subtabs. Like a quick link to installing new plugins - duh. But anyway to me it's all just pretties that I'll never use. My browser has this thing called "bookmarks" that let me go to whatever page I happen to add to the list. I totally dig on the work you did for the write page though. THAT is way cool!!! Final thought: fork it. Like, if you need a core hack or ten to make something ultra-groovy just package up a 242-Foo and include your core hacks and tell people it is completely unsupported and there you go. OR create a new word that means "plugin that depends on hacks" ("placks" or "hagins" ?) and package the changed files in the typical path structure. |
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Posts : 43 Location : 127.0.0.1
Joined : 03/03/08 10:38 am |
Posted on : 23/05/08 06:31 pm It's always a joy to read your inane ramblings Here's the kicker though, you could write a plugin that showed all those links ( via SkinTag() ) and it would automatically become usable on the millions of blogs that installed your plugin ..... of course, that'd be a sub-section of the billions that installed this plugin Playing with the write page is easy enough now there's (Un)FilterItemContents() Hacking the core via a plugin that works within the realms that the FG defines is far more satisfying ¥ I may have opened the door, but you entered of your own free will |
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Posts : 43 Location : 127.0.0.1
Joined : 03/03/08 10:38 am |
Posted on : 25/05/08 02:01 pm Ok, for anyone who fancies a play with it you can find it here ( foo.zip ), I wouldn't recommend that you play with it on a production blog What it can do : What it can't do : Some of the above may be cured at a later date, but not today When you install you'll get a warning about it playing with your database, don't worry it'll put everything back how it was on uninstall ¥ I may have opened the door, but you entered of your own free will |
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Posts : 11 Joined : 03/03/08 10:30 pm |
Posted on : 31/05/08 12:28 am This plugin is better than sliced bread. it's like a blog, but it's a forum .... it's a flog! |
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Posts : 43 Location : 127.0.0.1
Joined : 03/03/08 10:38 am |
Posted on : 01/06/08 08:41 am It's not bad huh? ¥ I may have opened the door, but you entered of your own free will |
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( although I look forward to your next valiant/hopeless attempt on ascertaining the pinnacle that reamins juuuuuuuust out of reach 
anywho, the idea sounded very cool, esp. Widget settings per user per blog, puppets like fiddling with preferences (: it seems all the big guys have their cards in their hands already these days.. looking for any further progress 
