<div>Thank you Greg.</div>
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<div>I want to let everybody know that the work has started on this task but not directly by us.</div>
<div>I hope more information can be post on this mailing list soon.</div>
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<div>Meanwhile the team working on this project needs a maximum of comments and request from you to be able to focus our needs.</div>
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<div>So please everyone, reply and let us know what you expect from this plugin module.</div>
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<div>David V.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 19, 2008 9:37 AM, Gregory Machin <<a href="mailto:greg@ct-net.org">greg@ct-net.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi . Thanks for looking into this .. Should you need a beta tester let<br>me know I have no issues implementing beta code ;-) . I would definetly<br>
follow Joomla as an example of how the pluggin system ..<br>Many thanks<br>Greg<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>David V. wrote:<br>> Hi Prasad and others,<br>><br>> We will base our work on Vtiger 5.0.4 GA.<br>> So if everything goes well the next version of Vtiger will have the<br>> plugin system.<br>
><br>> Please post here your requested features for the plugin system.<br>><br>> David V.<br>><br>> On Feb 13, 2008 5:47 AM, Prasad <<a href="mailto:prasad@vtiger.com">prasad@vtiger.com</a><br></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:prasad@vtiger.com">prasad@vtiger.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi David,<br>><br>> Your efforts of building modules for vtiger and willing to share<br>
> it with community are appreciated.<br>><br>> Please use our vtiger forge (<a href="http://forge.vtiger.com/" target="_blank">http://forge.vtiger.com</a><br>> <<a href="http://forge.vtiger.com/" target="_blank">http://forge.vtiger.com/</a>>) to share your work.<br>
><br>> We are very positive on getting such plugin feature into vtiger<br>> going forward, in that direction we will definitely be looking at<br>> your work.<br>><br>> Kindly keep us updated on progress. All the best.<br>
><br>> Regards,<br>> Prasad<br>> vtiger Team<br>><br>><br>> On 2/13/08, *David V.* <<a href="mailto:davidv.net@gmail.com">davidv.net@gmail.com</a><br></div>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:davidv.net@gmail.com">davidv.net@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi Prasad,<br>><br>> I made 2 modules for Vtiger. We have 4 installations of Vtiger<br>
> running for differents activities (differents companies).<br>><br>> I would have some suggestions on how to implement this plugin<br>> system in Vtiger.<br>><br>> We also use Joomla a lot and I think they have a very good<br>
> plugin system and that it would be a good model we can follow.<br>><br>> We are actually thinking on releasing the modules we have made<br>> to the community, and we are planning the developpement of<br>
> other open source modules. But we dont want anymore to have to<br>> modify Vtiger every time a new version is out.<br>><br>> So we were thinking on working in a plugin system first. But<br>
> we have to be sure that this system would be integrated in<br>> futures versions of Vtiger.<br>><br>> We think such a plugin system would be a major improvement for<br>> Vtiger. It is a real need. But if the core developpers don't<br>
> have the time to work on it, maybe the community could help.<br>><br>> I'm sure a lot of others developpers on this list have the<br>> same problem. They want to switch to the latest version of<br>
> Vtiger but they are thinking about all the changes they will<br>> have to make again to the core files. (If you are a dev<br>> reading this thread and you feel concerned please react and<br>
> tell us what you think).<br>><br>> David V.<br>><br>> On Feb 12, 2008 4:07 PM, Prasad <<a href="mailto:prasad@vtiger.com">prasad@vtiger.com</a><br></div></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:prasad@vtiger.com">prasad@vtiger.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi Gregory,<br>><br>> At present we don't have a way of plugging the components<br>
> from forge into vtiger.<br>> This is surely an area we will target soon. Any suggestion<br>> from community are most welcome.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> Prasad<br>
> vtiger Team<br>><br>><br>> On 2/7/08, *Gregory Machin* <<a href="mailto:greg@ct-net.org">greg@ct-net.org</a><br></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:greg@ct-net.org">greg@ct-net.org</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi<br>> From what I have seen most of the components on the<br>
> vtigerforge need to<br>> replace existing files or patch them .. If this don't<br>> go as planned<br>> things break , It also means upgrading can be a<br>
> problem.. Is there a<br>> better way of writing components, so that they could<br>> me modules that are<br>> simply uploaded and are registered in a config or the<br>
> database ?<br>><br>> Greg<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Reach hundreds of potential candidates -<br></div>> <a href="http://jobs.vtiger.com/" target="_blank">http://jobs.vtiger.com</a> <<a href="http://jobs.vtiger.com/" target="_blank">http://jobs.vtiger.com/</a>><br>
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