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Michael Scofield	Tuesday 10 June 2008 3:15:01 am Hello, I'm trying to create a new Tab at the administration interface to make an interface to manage some additional tables I have in the database. I changed the menu.ini.append.php and now I have a tab showing at the back end. But I don't know how to proceed from this step. Do I have to create a module? The screens I need are from basic management. For each table I want to have a link to manage the table. When I click this link, it's supposed to show me buttons to Insert a new registry, Search for inserted registries, delete and edit. Do I need a module for that? Thank you Michael Scofield
Piotrek Karaś	Tuesday 10 June 2008 9:43:20 am If you managed to create a tab, you're almost there. But of course module view will be necessary for the tab to be able to point to. So yes, you need a module and view(s). You would probably at least need views like browse and edit. Deletion and adding_blank can usually be combined within browse view, but that's up to your preferences. If you plan more than one view, you may want to create a left-side menu for that tab. This is defined in the module.php, the definition file for your module, with the following line for each view array: 'default_navigation_part' => 'somecustomnavigationpart', and has corresponding templates in /design/admin/templates/parts/* -- Company: mediaSELF Sp. z o.o., http://www.mediaself.pl eZ references: http://ez.no/partners/worldwide_partners/mediaself eZ certified developer: http://ez.no/certification/verify/272585 eZ blog: http://ez.ryba.eu
anry gon	Tuesday 17 June 2008 1:49:31 am try add extension/ext_name/design/standart/templates/ext_name/parts/menu.tpl and $Result ['left_menu'] = 'design:ext_name/parts/menu.tpl' ; in your view file It's works in my case.

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Tuesday 10 June 2008 3:15:01 am

Hello,

I'm trying to create a new Tab at the administration interface to make an interface to manage some additional tables I have in the database.

I changed the menu.ini.append.php and now I have a tab showing at the back end.

But I don't know how to proceed from this step.

Do I have to create a module?

The screens I need are from basic management. For each table I want to have a link to manage the table. When I click this link, it's supposed to show me buttons to Insert a new registry, Search for inserted registries, delete and edit.

Do I need a module for that?

Thank you
Michael Scofield

Piotrek Karaś

Tuesday 10 June 2008 9:43:20 am

If you managed to create a tab, you're almost there. But of course module view will be necessary for the tab to be able to point to. So yes, you need a module and view(s). You would probably at least need views like browse and edit. Deletion and adding_blank can usually be combined within browse view, but that's up to your preferences.

If you plan more than one view, you may want to create a left-side menu for that tab. This is defined in the module.php, the definition file for your module, with the following line for each view array:

'default_navigation_part' => 'somecustomnavigationpart',

and has corresponding templates in /design/admin/templates/parts/*

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anry gon

Tuesday 17 June 2008 1:49:31 am

try add
extension/ext_name/design/standart/templates/ext_name/parts/menu.tpl
and

$Result ['left_menu'] =  'design:ext_name/parts/menu.tpl' ;

in your view file
It's works in my case.

eZ debug

Timing:	Jan 19 2025 07:16:52
Script start
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 07:16:52
Module start 'layout'
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 07:16:52
Module start 'content'
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 07:16:52
Module end 'content'
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 07:16:52
Script end

Main resources:

Total runtime	0.0135 sec
Peak memory usage	2,048.0000 KB
Database Queries	3

Timing points:

Checkpoint	Start (sec)	Duration (sec)	Memory at start (KB)	Memory used (KB)
Script start	0.0000	0.0055	589.1797	152.6250
Module start 'layout'	0.0055	0.0026	741.8047	39.4453
Module start 'content'	0.0081	0.0037	781.2500	89.4609
Module end 'content'	0.0118	0.0016	870.7109	34.3047
Script end	0.0135		905.0156

Time accumulators:

Accumulator	Duration (sec)	Duration (%)	Count	Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache	0.0022	16.1141	14	0.0002
Check MTime	0.0011	7.8819	14	0.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection	0.0012	9.1716	1	0.0012
Mysqli_queries	0.0027	20.2222	3	0.0009
Looping result	0.0000	0.2442	1	0.0000
Template Total	0.0014	10.1	1	0.0014
Template load	0.0007	5.2174	1	0.0007
Template processing	0.0007	4.8901	1	0.0007
Override
Cache load	0.0005	3.6145	1	0.0005
General
dbfile	0.0002	1.7692	8	0.0000
String conversion	0.0000	0.0531	4	0.0000
Note: percentages do not add up to 100% because some accumulators overlap

Templates used to render the page:

Usage	Requested template	Template	Template loaded	Edit	Override
1	print_pagelayout.tpl	<No override>	extension/community/design/community/templates/print_pagelayout.tpl
Number of times templates used: 1 Number of unique templates used: 1

Time used to render debug report: 0.0001 secs