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Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

BobbyG66 — Mar 31, 2012, 07:01 AM

Thanks everyone,

Once I installed the latest MM I was able to figure it out, sort of.

Sottwell,

index.php?a=78&id=14

works great, I can link directly to each chunk.
This will probably work for what I need.

When I view the chunks in MM, it shows all, even the locked ones.
That is not what I want.

Thanks
BG66

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

sottwell — Mar 30, 2012, 08:15 PM

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.

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

sottwell — Mar 30, 2012, 07:51 PM

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.

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

BobbyG66 — Mar 30, 2012, 06:34 PM

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...

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

breezer — Mar 30, 2012, 09:48 AM

That wiki page is pretty outdated and most of the instructions do not apply for the newer Evolution changes made to the welcome screen.

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

BobbyG66 — Mar 30, 2012, 07:12 AM

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

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

breezer — Mar 30, 2012, 03:00 AM

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 )

include MODX_BASE_PATH.'assets/plugins/manager_welcome_screen/mws_plugin.php';

check the following events:
OnManagerWelcomePrerender
OnManagerWelcomeHome
OnManagerWelcomeRender
OnDocFormRender

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

sottwell — Mar 29, 2012, 10:02 PM

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.

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

insightdesign — Mar 29, 2012, 09:40 PM

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

Re: Edit chunks and TV's in ManagerManager?

sottwell — Mar 29, 2012, 09:37 PM

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.