Topic: Hooks have been added to 1.3

Rickard just added a few hooks to the source code. That's great news for PunBB!

I've been using Rickards extension system in OpenLD for almost a month now and they work great(except when they conflicts with each other or a third party theme).

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A Textpattern user also, nice.

One suggestion, you should put up an About page, it took me a while to figure out what the project was about.

So you're hanging with Tortoise lately wink

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Sonrep wrote:

Rickard just added a few hooks to the source code. That's great news for PunBB!

I've been using Rickards extension system in OpenLD for almost a month now and they work great(except when they conflicts with each other or a third party theme).

That's nice to hear. I'm adding the hooks required for the private messaging extension (which I am kind of writing at the same time).

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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Sonrep wrote:

Rickard just added a few hooks to the source code. That's great news for PunBB!

big_smile

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hcgtv wrote:

One suggestion, you should put up an About page, it took me a while to figure out what the project was about.

May do, when/if I get time for that.

hcgtv wrote:

So you're hanging with Tortoise lately wink

That was when I started the project, now I've switched to the usual command-line svn wink Also using kdesvn.

Rickard wrote:

That's nice to hear. I'm adding the hooks required for the private messaging extension (which I am kind of writing at the same time).

Another thing I thought about was the ability to write and change extensions right from the admin. Because people have different needs. This could be possible without chmodding.. just by storing the edited extension in the DB(with xml). When you later overview your extension list, you can see a small this-extension-have-been-edited notice in those rows where you have changed code for the extension. It could also be possible to revert the changes back to default if you chose to. But that may be too bloated for PunBB.

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Sonrep wrote:

Another thing I thought about was the ability to write and change extensions right from the admin. Because people have different needs. This could be possible without chmodding.. just by storing the edited extension in the DB(with xml). When you later overview your extension list, you can see a small this-extension-have-been-edited notice in those rows where you have changed code for the extension. It could also be possible to revert the changes back to default if you chose to. But that may be too bloated for PunBB.

We have plans for this. It won't be included out of the box, but we will offer an extension for making extensions. With it, you will be able to edit existing extensions as well as create new ones.

On a related note, Kristoffer (aka Jansson) has been working on a Windows application for extensions authors. It's really cool. Maybe he can show us a small demo?

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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OMG! 1.3 feels closer today than ever. you're a tease Rickard. wink

~James
FluxBB - Less is more

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Maybe a few commonly used extensions could be "officially supported" now that the dev team has such an abundance of members?

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Ulph wrote:

Maybe a few commonly used extensions could be "officially supported" now that the dev team has such an abundance of members?

I believe that's the plan, I just don't know at this point which plugins will become official extensions.

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hcgtv wrote:
Ulph wrote:

Maybe a few commonly used extensions could be "officially supported" now that the dev team has such an abundance of members?

I believe that's the plan, I just don't know at this point which plugins will become official extensions.

Well, at the very least we'll have the PM extension big_smile

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Smartys wrote:

Well, at the very least we'll have the PM extension big_smile

You've got PMs smile

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Ulph wrote:

Maybe a few commonly used extensions could be "officially supported" now that the dev team has such an abundance of members?

Correct. We'll have at least PM, "Easy BBCode" and attachments. I'd like to get polls out as well, but it's not a priority. The plan it so have extensions that in some way affect most scripts so that these extensions can be used as "inspiration" for other extensions. After all, we should know how to write them properly smile

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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Split&Merge threads, and user multigroups belonging aren't upper on the queue than PM and attachments? 

I'm shocked neutral

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I've been planning to make a poll mod.

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Rickard wrote:

Correct. We'll have at least PM, "Easy BBCode" and attachments. I'd like to get polls out as well, but it's not a priority. The plan it so have extensions that in some way affect most scripts so that these extensions can be used as "inspiration" for other extensions. After all, we should know how to write them properly smile

I was hoping to hear something to that effect.

Jérémie wrote:

Split&Merge threads, and user multigroups belonging aren't upper on the queue than PM and attachments?

I've been checking out some "split&merge" abilities via a plugin; It's on my list of extension ideas too. (So it multi-groups, but that's still a bit beyond me. tongue)

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Jérémie: Take a look at PunRes's most popular projects:

* 1. Private Messaging System 1.2.x
    * 2. PBB Gallery
    * 3. Calendar
    * 4. PunDokuWiki
    * 5. Easy BBCode
    * 6. Attachment Mod for PunBB 1.2.*
    * 7. Easy Poll
    * 8. PBB ChatBox
    * 9. Reputation mod
    * 10. Frontpage PunBB

I'd say that the modifications you mentioned are interesting but not necessarily top priority: there are other mods with much greater demand wink

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I look forward for a move posts feature since I'm tired of users that posts in wrong thread. Split and merge threads is also essential.

Jansson wrote:

I've been planning to make a poll mod.

Why not a poll extension? smile

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That's what he meant wink

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Rickard wrote:

We'll have at least PM, "Easy BBCode" and attachments. I'd like to get polls out as well, but it's not a priority.

Yes, Yes, and Yes!   I think you're spot on with the MFAFM  (most freequently asked for mods)... way to be in tune with your community.

Dang I can't wait for this to come out!

Rob Ludlow 
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Cool!! i hope 1.3 is going to be here soon!

Is the PM system compatible with the mod that a lot of us have installed?

big_smile

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I'm hoping for a good Textile plug-in. It's becoming such a popular language now I think it should be integrated right into the system.

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hsl wrote:

Cool!! i hope 1.3 is going to be here soon!

Is the PM system compatible with the mod that a lot of us have installed?

big_smile

Yes, it should be wink

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Fire Fusion wrote:

I'm hoping for a good Textile plug-in. It's becoming such a popular language now I think it should be integrated right into the system.

Amen.

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Yay for extensions for the new parser! big_smile

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how noob friendly is this extension builder extension?

~James
FluxBB - Less is more