[Vtigercrm-developers] Write addons / modules
Prasad
prasad at vtiger.com
Sun Feb 24 07:46:22 PST 2008
Hi David,
Good to see some initial inputs we are getting on the addon and plugin
development.
Would be great if you can compile the list of requirements that has been
gathered going forward.
All the best to you.
Regards,
Prasad
On 2/24/08, David V. <davidv.net at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Torsten.
>
> David V.
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Torsten Zenk <tzenk at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> > i would love to see it as simple as the installation in drupal OR
> > joomla.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > When i talk about VTPM in this post i mean vTiger Plugin Module ;)
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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> 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>> 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/>) 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>> 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>> 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>> 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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> > > --
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