[Vtigercrm-developers] Write addons / modules

Torsten Zenk tzenk at gmx.net
Sat Feb 23 08:09:39 PST 2008


Hi everybody,
i would love to see it as simple as the installation in drupal OR joomla.

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When i talk about VTPM in this post i mean vTiger Plugin Module ;)
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I´d appreciate the following steps:

1.just download the module
2.unzip it into the vTiger Plugin module folder
At this point the application (e.g. VTPM) recognizes that there is a new 
folder and automatically includes it into the adminsection
3.The Admin logs in into the VTPM Adminsection and has the choice to 
just leave it unactivated (for testing purposes in the future for 
example) or activates it.

A. A tight set of rules for the development of new modules for that VTPM 
is recommended as the recognition of new folders after step 2 needs to 
have a certain routine to guarantee a certain quality of the code within 
that plugin. Otherwise new plugins may ruin the vTiger install.
B. It would be great if there would also be a "Bridge"- Module that 
would help in the process of letting major PHP/ SQL OpenSource Projects 
get connected to vTiger.

 Best Regards
Torsten Zenk




Thank you Greg.
 
I want to let everybody know that the work has started on this task but 
not directly by us.
I hope more information can be post on this mailing list soon.
 
Meanwhile the team working on this project needs a maximum of comments 
and request from you to be able to focus our needs.
 
So please everyone, reply and let us know what you expect from this 
plugin module.
 
David V.

On Feb 19, 2008 9:37 AM, Gregory Machin <greg at ct-net.org 
<mailto:greg at ct-net.org>> wrote:

    Hi . Thanks for looking into this .. Should you need a beta tester let
    me know I have no issues implementing beta code ;-) . I would definetly
    follow Joomla as an example of how the pluggin system ..
    Many thanks
    Greg

    David V. wrote:
     > Hi Prasad and others,
     >
     > We will base our work on Vtiger 5.0.4 GA.
     > So if everything goes well the next version of Vtiger will have the
     > plugin system.
     >
     > Please post here your requested features for the plugin system.
     >
     > David V.
     >
     > On Feb 13, 2008 5:47 AM, Prasad <prasad at vtiger.com
    <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com>
     > <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com>>> wrote:
     >
     >     Hi David,
     >
     >     Your efforts of building modules for vtiger and willing to share
     >     it with community are appreciated.
     >
     >     Please use our vtiger forge (http://forge.vtiger.com
    <http://forge.vtiger.com/>
     >     <http://forge.vtiger.com/>) to share your work.
     >
     >     We are very positive on getting such plugin feature into vtiger
     >     going forward, in that direction we will definitely be looking at
     >     your work.
     >
     >     Kindly keep us updated on progress. All the best.
     >
     >     Regards,
     >     Prasad
     >     vtiger Team
     >
     >
     >     On 2/13/08, *David V.* <davidv.net at gmail.com
    <mailto:davidv.net at gmail.com>
     >     <mailto:davidv.net at gmail.com <mailto:davidv.net at gmail.com>>>
    wrote:
     >
     >         Hi Prasad,
     >
     >         I made 2 modules for Vtiger. We have 4 installations of
    Vtiger
     >         running for differents activities (differents companies).
     >
     >         I would have some suggestions on how to implement this plugin
     >         system in Vtiger.
     >
     >         We also use Joomla a lot and I think they have a very good
     >         plugin system and that it would be a good model we can
    follow.
     >
     >         We are actually thinking on releasing the modules we have
    made
     >         to the community, and we are planning the developpement of
     >         other open source modules. But we dont want anymore to
    have to
     >         modify Vtiger every time a new version is out.
     >
     >         So we were thinking on working in a plugin system first. But
     >         we have to be sure that this system would be integrated in
     >         futures versions of Vtiger.
     >
     >         We think such a plugin system would be a major
    improvement for
     >         Vtiger. It is a real need. But if the core developpers don't
     >         have the time to work on it, maybe the community could help.
     >
     >         I'm sure a lot of others developpers on this list have the
     >         same problem. They want to switch to the latest version of
     >         Vtiger but they are thinking about all the changes they will
     >         have to make again to the core files.  (If you are a dev
     >         reading this thread and you feel concerned please react and
     >         tell us what you think).
     >
     >         David V.
     >
     >         On Feb 12, 2008 4:07 PM, Prasad <prasad at vtiger.com
    <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com>
     >         <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com>>> wrote:
     >
     >             Hi Gregory,
     >
     >             At present we don't have a way of plugging the components
     >             from forge into vtiger.
     >             This is surely an area we will target soon. Any
    suggestion
     >             from community are most welcome.
     >
     >             Regards,
     >             Prasad
     >             vtiger Team
     >
     >
     >             On 2/7/08, *Gregory Machin* <greg at ct-net.org
    <mailto:greg at ct-net.org>
     >             <mailto:greg at ct-net.org <mailto:greg at ct-net.org>>> wrote:
     >
     >                 Hi
     >                 From what I have seen most of the components on the
     >                 vtigerforge need to
     >                 replace existing files or patch them .. If this don't
     >                 go as planned
     >                 things break , It also means upgrading can be a
     >                 problem.. Is there a
     >                 better way of writing components, so that they could
     >                 me modules that are
     >                 simply uploaded and are registered in a config or the
     >                 database ?
     >
     >                 Greg
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