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    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.

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    vBulletin plug-in to integrate INDEXU database into vBulletin


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    Should we be suggesting things that are NOT in this thread

    IndexU product suggestions

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruceper View Post
    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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    vbulletin plugin , even if its just an api bridge,

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    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.

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    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

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


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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mitchell View Post
    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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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by esm View Post
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by FSGDAG View Post
    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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    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
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