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    • 49124
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    Hello,
    I've been learning about form customization, CMP and menu creation in MODx in order to customize the manager so my client can handle his projects page very simply. But I can't figure how to do that :

    - Have a menu "create new project" to create a resource with a specific template ("project") that will be automatically put as a child of another resource
    - Maybe the perfect solution would be to create a custom dashboard with button "create new project" but that seems harder to me

    thank you for your help

    This question has been answered by absent42. See the first response.

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      You could look at NewsPublisher, which lets you create resources in the front end and select their parent and template.

      An upcoming version will let you select them from a drop-down list, but I need to get some bugs fixed first.
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        • 49124
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        Thank you very much Bob.
        I tried NewsPublisher which is a great addon but it doesn't support migx TV so I'm afraid I have to configure the manager for my client user. Do you know how I can do it (propose a create project button) from the manager ?
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          Here's a tutorial to create custom dashboard buttons. Specifying a template and what not is simply a matter of adding a parameter to the url link eg:

          <a href="?a=55&parent=2&template=2" title="New Blog Post">


          http://chsmedien.com/blog/2013/02/customize-your-modx-dashboard

          Or there's a free Modmore extra to create and manage:

          https://www.modmore.com/extras/quickstartbuttons/
            • 49124
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            Thank you Dan !
            That was exactly the information I was looking for. I will try to create my widget so the user can create new project. And he will be able to edit them in the resource tree. Thank you again !