Custom manager page question

Is there a way to create custom manager page which will list subresources of one resource id in tabular form? Like:



I think you get the idea, it might even have the 'Sort by' column but optional.

I just need to know whether or not this is possible with Revo, so I can dig deeper into it, or to look for alternative solution. Thanks.

It's definitely possible, though I think you could also do it in the front end with getResources and NewsPublisher. That might be easier, since doing it as a CMP would probably require some ExtJS voodoo.

Thanks Bob, was thinking about that as well. Probably will go that route as I'm not ExtJS magician

Thinking of building custom admin area in frontend, just need to figure out how to do one-click posts (ie on creation post will go into specific folder, using specific template), hope that's possible with your NewsPublisher.

BTW congrats on your book, going to buy next month.

Sure it's possible! It's going to take some effort though, but once you've got the hang of that 'voodoo' you'll be able to do amazing things.

Check out this tutorial for starters (skim through part one but Part 2 is what you'll be interested in):
http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Developing+an+Extra+in+MODX+Revolution,+Part+II
Also:
http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Custom+Manager+Pages+Tutorial

You'll need to use a Grid in a similar way to the Doodles extra, and your back end 'getList' processor will need to return the resource data you require.

Sorting is built in

To answer your question: yes, NewsPublisher will let you set the parent folder and template in the snippet tag.

Lucas is right, though, CMPs are very cool if you're willing to spend the time developing them. An additional consideration, however, is that if you let users into the Manager, you need some complex permissions to keep them from doing harm and will also probably want to customize the Manager extensively and use Form Customization to customize the Create/Edit Resource form.

Before you put a lot of time into NewsPublisher, I should warn you that it doesn't handle file TVs -- so if you need them, you'll have to go another route.

Spoiled for choice Thank you both, I think I will do it on per-project basis; for this one I need files/images - hopefully it will be possible in near future (thanks for the tip). @Bob - what about other tvs, guess they're all ok?

AFAIK, all the other TV types are fine (except maybe resource list).

As for file TVs, every few months I spend several long days trying to get some kind of file browser to work in the front end with NewsPublisher and then give up. Someday . . .

Some time ago, a very capable NewsPublisher user did get it to work by sneaking the user into the Manager, but I was afraid that might introduce security issues. I didn't have time to check it out then and I can't seem to find his work now. TinyMCE has an add-on file browser, but they charge for it.