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Don Blogger	Tuesday 31 March 2009 9:45:12 am Hi, I've written an extension and would like to be able to link to it from within the ez publish interface. Could anybody help me and tell me how I could do that? I was thinking of including a link in the top menu bar (next to setup, for example). If possible, it would be great to be able to include further links to the extension's different modules on the left side instead of the content tree. These links should show up after clicking on the new included top menu item. I'd appreciate your help because I don't know how this could work. Thank's in advance, DonBlogger
Gert	Thursday 02 April 2009 1:03:21 am I usually link to my extensions on the right admin bar or right developer bar as follows: 1) duplicate and rename one of the templates in design/admin/templates/toolbar/full (eg. admin_bookmarks.tpl to "yourtemplate.tpl") 2) adapt this template, include the links you need and eliminate stuff you don't 3) open settings/siteaccess/plain_site_admin/toolbar.ini.append.php and make sure you have the following section: [Tool] AvailableToolArray[] AvailableToolArray[]=yourtemplate 4) return to the admin interface, go to design/toolbars and select either admin_right or admin_right_developer (depending on whether you want your section to appear in the first or second block) 5) "yourtemplate" will now appear in the select box as a possible tool to add That's it! I guess there are more sophisticated ways to do this, but I believe this is a viable solution as well! Best regards, Gert canguro web solutions consulting & development http://www.canguro.at
Kristof Coomans	Saturday 25 April 2009 6:49:19 am Hi DonBlogger There are some other extensions adding tabs to the admin interface, you will find them here: http://projects.ez.no/types/ez_publish/admin_interface_integration/menu_tab. Look at the settings in menu.ini. Good luck! independent eZ Publish developer and service provider \| http://blog.coomanskristof.be \| http://ezpedia.org

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Don Blogger

Tuesday 31 March 2009 9:45:12 am

Hi,

I've written an extension and would like to be able to link to it from within the ez publish interface.

Could anybody help me and tell me how I could do that? I was thinking of including a link in the top menu bar (next to setup, for example).

If possible, it would be great to be able to include further links to the extension's different modules on the left side instead of the content tree. These links should show up after clicking on the new included top menu item.

I'd appreciate your help because I don't know how this could work.

Thank's in advance,

DonBlogger

Gert

Thursday 02 April 2009 1:03:21 am

I usually link to my extensions on the right admin bar or right developer bar as follows:

1) duplicate and rename one of the templates in design/admin/templates/toolbar/full (eg. admin_bookmarks.tpl to "yourtemplate.tpl")

2) adapt this template, include the links you need and eliminate stuff you don't

3) open settings/siteaccess/plain_site_admin/toolbar.ini.append.php and make sure you have the following section:

[Tool]
AvailableToolArray[]
AvailableToolArray[]=yourtemplate

4) return to the admin interface, go to design/toolbars and select either admin_right or admin_right_developer (depending on whether you want your section to appear in the first or second block)

5) "yourtemplate" will now appear in the select box as a possible tool to add

That's it! I guess there are more sophisticated ways to do this, but I believe this is a viable solution as well!

Best regards,

Gert

canguro web solutions
consulting & development
http://www.canguro.at

Kristof Coomans

Saturday 25 April 2009 6:49:19 am

Hi DonBlogger

There are some other extensions adding tabs to the admin interface, you will find them here: http://projects.ez.no/types/ez_publish/admin_interface_integration/menu_tab. Look at the settings in menu.ini. Good luck!

independent eZ Publish developer and service provider | http://blog.coomanskristof.be | http://ezpedia.org

eZ debug

Timing:	Jan 31 2025 01:14:38
Script start
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 01:14:38
Module start 'layout'
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 01:14:38
Module start 'content'
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 01:14:38
Module end 'content'
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 01:14:38
Script end

Main resources:

Total runtime	0.0253 sec
Peak memory usage	4,096.0000 KB
Database Queries	3

Timing points:

Checkpoint	Start (sec)	Duration (sec)	Memory at start (KB)	Memory used (KB)
Script start	0.0000	0.0044	588.2656	151.2266
Module start 'layout'	0.0044	0.0037	739.4922	220.7344
Module start 'content'	0.0081	0.0155	960.2266	997.8672
Module end 'content'	0.0237	0.0016	1,958.0938	33.9922
Script end	0.0252		1,992.0859

Time accumulators:

Accumulator	Duration (sec)	Duration (%)	Count	Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache	0.0025	10.0706	14	0.0002
Check MTime	0.0011	4.2427	14	0.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection	0.0005	2.0803	1	0.0005
Mysqli_queries	0.0021	8.1997	3	0.0007
Looping result	0.0000	0.0396	1	0.0000
Template Total	0.0012	4.6	1	0.0012
Template load	0.0009	3.4251	1	0.0009
Template processing	0.0003	1.1354	1	0.0003
Override
Cache load	0.0006	2.3340	1	0.0006
General
dbfile	0.0029	11.5304	8	0.0004
String conversion	0.0000	0.0245	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