[geeklog-modules] Center block API

[geeklog-modules-admin at lists.geeklog.net]

Okay, I see.  Well, it's definitely much better than we have now.

JD

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From: <geeklog-modules-admin at lists.geeklog.net>
To: <geeklog-modules at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-modules] Center block API


JD,

This is being implemented as a Plugin API and thus will only look
for
registered plugins to see if they have such a function.
All the plugin API's are like this.

So example. If I am making a plugin called mystuff and its
installed and
tested. When  PLG_showCenterblock() is called, it will look for a
function
called plugin_centerblock_mystuff(). If it exists - it will be
executed.

You could modify index.php and add a call to your own centerblock
routine -
right after the call to PLG_showCenterblock. I have done that on
my site.

GL needs to know what possible functions to call and using
registered
(installed) plugins is one such way. I'd imagine we could also
use the name
of installed blocks and see if there is such a defined function
as well. So
if I have a stockblock that I want to show in the center. Look
for
phpblock_centerblock_stockblock();

Blaine
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From: <geeklog-modules-admin at lists.geeklog.net>
To: <geeklog-modules at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-modules] Center block API


> I like your idea of making a flexible centerblock so we can
place
> it in different positions on the frontpage and topics.  Having
> them between stories would be nice too, but I personally would
> not miss this if it's not included.
>
> I'm confused though on how someone would use this feature.  Say
I
> wanted to make three different center blocks...two on the
> front-page (one top, one bottom) and the third at the top on a
> specific topic.  Would this require making a totally separate
> plugin for each or could one plugin do as many different
> centerblocks as a person wants?  What I'm thinking of is a
> similar functionality as we already have in the block manager
but
> for the center.
>
> JD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <geeklog-modules-admin at lists.geeklog.net>
> To: <geeklog-modules at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-modules] Center block API
>
>
> Blaine wrote:
>
> >So... each plugin can configure these variables either tru a
> common admin
> >(all plugins - yet to be developed) or individual plugin
admin,
> or via
> >modifiying the plugin function?
>
> It would be up to the plugin to provide any form of user
> interface for
> these options. At least that was my idea ...
>
> For example, the position of the block could simply be a an
> option in the
> plugin's config.php file. Or the author of a plugin could
decide
> to not
> make this configurable at all.
>
> Admittedly, there's a bit of a problem here with the topics.
> Since topic
> IDs are configured in Geeklog directly, having those in (e.g.)
> the
> plugin's config.php file bears the risk of them getting out of
> sync. In
> this case, the author of the plugin may need to do some more
work
> and
> actually provide a setup form for them ...
>
> bye, Dirk
>
>
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