Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

I have edited the "welcome.html" page the the end user to edit content.
I want to link to chunks and TV's for them to edit.

Can this be done? I can't find any info on this.

Thanks
BG66

If you could supply the modified welcome.html page's code so I could see exactly what it's doing I'd have a better idea of what you want to do. Does the welcome page just redirect to the edit resources page? I think it could be done with a plugin.

Hi,

I'm not quiet sure what you're asking for. Maybe some more information would be good. Like:

- What do you mean that you want to "link" to a chunk and TV?
- Which version of MODx are you using? I am assuming that you are using Revo.

Here's something that you might find handy:
- Creating a TV: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Creating+a+Template+Variable
- Creating a Chunk: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Chunks

I do believe this is Evolution. Revo doesn't use ManagerManager. ManagerManager uses javascript to manipulate the existing forms and fields in the Edit Resource page. To add more to the page, a plugin would be used. ManagerManager could then be used as usual to manipulate the additional sections and fields.

Heres a set of plugin examples for the manager welcome screen which might be of use.
1. Unzip the attached manager_welcome_screen.zip, upload the manager_welcome_screen folder into your assets/plugins/ folder.
2. Rename your current welcome.html, and drop the modified welcome.html into your assets/templates/manager/ folder.
3. Create a plugin named "manager_welcome_screen" with the code below ( no php tags )

check the following events:
OnManagerWelcomePrerender
OnManagerWelcomeHome
OnManagerWelcomeRender
OnDocFormRender

Thanks everyone,

I am using Evo and following this procedure:
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Customizing_the_Manager_Homepage

I have chunks and TV's set up for the content.
I want the editor to be able to quickly and easily access the chunks and TV's for editing.

Example: I have a chunk of text for the home page intro. It is a couple of sentences.
I want the editor to be able to edit the content whenever they want.

I already have the welcome page set up to add and edit resources.
I want everything in one place.

I will try out your code breezer.
Thanks
BG66

That wiki page is pretty outdated and most of the instructions do not apply for the newer Evolution changes made to the welcome screen.

Thanks breezer,
I created the new plugin, but it kinda looks like the original manager page.

Still looking for a way to list the chunks and TV's I want the user to edit.

I am using EVO 1.05 and MM 0.3.9.
So I just updated to MM 0.3.11
Will try some more things with this version... [ed. note: BobbyG66 last edited this post 12 years, 8 months ago.]

You can make direct links like this

index.php?a=78&id=14

where "a" is the "action" to be done and "14" is the ID of the item in question. This link would open an editing screen for chunk #14.

You can find the action IDs in the manager/index.php file; this is mostly a huge switch that includes the appropriate action .php file depending on what was clicked on.

Using this method, you could even create a management page with these links to show on the front-end (unpublish it and only logged-in Manager users could access it), then create a menu item in Quick Manager for that page. A plugin using the onSave... events would return the user to the front-end page when the element is saved. This has a few flaws in it, but it's a beginning anyway.

[ed. note: sottwell last edited this post 12 years, 8 months ago.]

I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to modify QuickManager to allow use in the case of front-end access for users whose Manager Interface Access is set to No. That way a user could be allowed to edit using the QM interface from the front-end, without having any access to the Manager itself.