Plugin suggestions

[Bruceper]

Since users are asking for plugins, and one of my recent mandates is to release a number of plugins this month I figured I might as well ask for suggestions for those plugins.

I gave the programmers one suggestion last night which would be a gallery plugin. Essentially this would enable users or administrators to add a number of pictures to a listing. Using said plugin would mean that users would not need to add a custom field and manually add the code to the detail_link.html page.

Not everything is going to be possible with a plugin, so please give as detailed an explanation as possible so we can determine if the plugin you are requesting is even possible.

Please note that the "how to write a plugin" manual is also underway.

[esm]

vBulletin plug-in to integrate INDEXU database into vBulletin


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[FSGDAG]

Should we be suggesting things that are NOT in this thread

IndexU product suggestions

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[Bruceper]

Even if they are duplicates post them here.

ESM do you mean the user database? That's beyond what plugins for IndexU can do.

A plugin is basically a function that can be easily enabled or disabled in the admin panel and it adds/removes features from a few pages such as detail_link.html, browse.html and a few others.

[esm]

ESM do you mean the user database? That's beyond what plugins for IndexU can do.

for your purposes, you can disregard the word database.

the plugin would be integrate INDEXU and vB to allow for a single signin



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[echo@]

vbulletin plugin , even if its just an api bridge,

[Bruceper]

I think I have found a way to do this (for vb anyways, possibly other programs), that's actually quite simple. Now I need to get a programmer to test out the theory.

[echo@]

Bruce said

The plugins are an issue, since we have no idea what kind of plugins users want (hence the other thread).

OK first up would be a vbulletin api bridge and or user integration.

2nd up would be geolocation mod for US and the comonwealth

3rd up would be a wordpress plugin just like zubbys

Contact us plugin

Latest Searchs plugin

Banner Plugin for advertising just like inspiremes

Review Management plugin

Youtube video plugin just like zubbys

Ip address plugin like esms

Google maps plugin like Gspineys

Fix for loged in users like mpdaddys

These ones above are some of the best that should be ported to a plugin (except the vbulletin as it does not exist yet)

My ideas for a plugin

Indexu Directory type mod
This would allow the admin to customise the particular behavuor of indexu.
For instance, download directory, product directory
This would also allow the mandtory fields like url and email etc to be disabled.

wysiwyg plugin
decide what you think is best, html or bbcodes, ideally ill go with what you think is best , anything is better than just a plain old textbox.

Minimum amount of charicters in text box
force users to add as much content as possible
maybe good idea for free listings

Power search on the index.html


Its late so ill retire for tonight but im sure ive forgoten a few things

[esm]

you forgot to add "and a partridge in a pear tree."


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[Mitchell]

Nice list echo@, I am glad some one is working hard.

[esm]

Nice list echo@, I am glad some one is working hard.

The problem is no one knows what is a good candidate for a plugin and what is not.


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[FSGDAG]

Agreed!!! Nice list echo!

I'd also like to again suggest that a plugin be made, similar to mpdaddy's, that allows for validating listings easier.

[FSGDAG]

The problem is no one knows what is a good candidate for a plugin and what is not.


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Good candidate in the sense of, if a plugin can be made for it??? Or good candidate as in, it should be developed???

I cant see any reason why a plugin shouldn't be developed, even if only one person is asking for it. I'm sure it shouldn't be at the top of the development list, but you never know who later on is also going to find a good use for that plugin.

Obviously if a plugin is unable to be developed because of what we want it to do, is a whole other story

[esm]

Good candidate in the sense of, if a plugin can be made for it??? Or good candidate as in, it should be developed???

some "things" would/could only be a MOD. some "things" would/could only be a plugin.

of course, the ultimate question is should it be a MOD/plugin or just part of the regular INDEXU code.

Things like a forum "thing" would be a plugin since you could have a number of forums that could be plugged in.

So maybe a definition of MOD/plugin would be in order.


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[FSGDAG]

A plugin that allows you to make the following filter changes to the validation page:

- Filter Newest to Oldest Submissions
- Filter Oldest to Newest Submissions
- New Submissions
- Modified Submission