Re: Admin Section as plugin

I've wrote a very simple plugin @ http://jobber.my/imz

On Jan 31, 9:04 am, cronet <cro...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i want to create a plugin, which covers a little admin section, e.g.
> Usermanagement,Basic Authentication and website Settings....
> The idea is to have a admin section which is easy maintainable, but
> also extendable to fit the needs of different projects...
>
> Do I run into problems creating this as plugin?
> Could it be possible involve other plugins in my admin plugin?
> Can I use the plugin layout in other plugins?
>
> One point could be the navigation menu. But if I store the menu array
> in the session i could easily extend the menu in other plugins...
>
> An example:
> I have my admin plugin ready, with basic stuff. In one project i need
> a newsletter module/plugin, which should be triggered by the admin
> section... The specific newsletter models, controller and views are
> handled by the newsletter plugin, but uses the layout of the admin
> plugin...
>
> Now, if i do adjustments to the basic stuff in the admin plugin, I
> simply update the plugin and could be sure, that the newsletter plugin
> is working as usual!
>
> I could easily update the admin plugin in several projects, without
> touching other areas of the different projects!
>
> Sure, all other plugins need to folllow a kind of conventions the
> admin plugin dictates... But that shouldn't a problem at all...
>
> Is this a stupid idea? Anyone of you implented something similiar
> before?
> I would like to hear your opinions !
>
> Regards,
> AxlF

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