Admin Components menu and JComponentHelper

[jonnsl]

I made a patch to delete the table # __components because there is
already a table # __extensions.

This patch contains the following changes:

The com_config save the params into the #__extensions table;
JComponentHelper load one component at a time from the table
#__extensions;
In the Back-end the Module menu uses the table #__menu.

the only field that I needed to add in the #__menu table was the
`img`, which also can be used by the 3dr party to create menu modules
with icons.

http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/web/jonnsl_patch_2009_12_28.patch

[Sam Moffatt]

Have you patched the installer as well to prevent it putting the new
menu entries into the components table?

Sam Moffatt
http://pasamio.id.au

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[Andrew Eddie]

We are still using jos_components for the backend menu no?

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Andrew Eddie

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[Sam Moffatt]

I think that is what this patch is going to remove, shift that menu
into the main table.

Sam Moffatt
http://pasamio.id.au

[Hannes Papenberg]

That sounds absolutely great. :-)

Maybe we could use an underscore prefix to signale, that this menu is
not editable via the normal menu manager? something like '_admin_menu'
for the backend menu...

I love this change. The only problem that I currently see is, that you
can't just clear the #__menu table anymore to start with a clean slate
with your menu...

Hannes

[jonnsl]

http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/web/jonnsl_patch_2009_12_29.patch

Patch 1.1
- Correct bug when trying to load a component that doesn't exists
- Change the meny type to _adminmenu
- Add a Notice when trying to create a menu with the name _adminmenu
- Start modifing the installer adapter
- - Until Now a have done only the _removeAdminMenu function , I
doesn't test yet.

I have a small doubt: How the 3rd Party can through the installation
file insert menu items in the components menu?

On 29 dez, 09:27, Hannes Papenberg <hackwa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> That sounds absolutely great. :-)
>
> Maybe we could use an underscore prefix to signale, that this menu is
> not editable via the normal menu manager? something like '_admin_menu'
> for the backend menu...
>
> I love this change. The only problem that I currently see is, that you
> can't just clear the #__menu table anymore to start with a clean slate
> with your menu...
>
> Hannes
>
> Am 29.12.2009 07:30, schrieb Sam Moffatt:
>
>
>
> > I think that is what this patch is going to remove, shift that menu
> > into the main table.
>
> > Sam Moffatt
> >http://pasamio.id.au
>

> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Andrew Eddie <mambob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> We are still using jos_components for the backend menu no?
>
> >> Regards
> >> Andrew Eddie
>

> >> On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Sam Moffatt <pasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Have you patched the installer as well to prevent it putting the new
> >>> menu entries into the components table?
>
> >>> Sam Moffatt
> >>>http://pasamio.id.au
>
> >>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:48 AM, jonnsl <jon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> I made a patch to delete the table # __components because there is
> >>>> already a table # __extensions.
>
> >>>> This patch contains the following changes:
>
> >>>> The com_config save the params into the #__extensions table;
> >>>> JComponentHelper load one component at a time from the table
> >>>> #__extensions;
> >>>> In the Back-end the Module menu uses the table #__menu.
>
> >>>> the only field that I needed to add in the #__menu table was the
> >>>> `img`, which also can be used by the 3dr party to create menu modules
> >>>> with icons.
>

> >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/web/jonnsl_patch_2009_1...

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[Andrea Tarr at Tarr Consulting]

So does this mean that the admin menu items would have itemid's which could
at some point be used for module assignments in the backend?

Andrea Tarr
www.tarrconsulting.com

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[Hannes Papenberg]

That would be a possibility, but I don't think that we will do this in 1.6.

About adding the entries during installation: Can you take a look at the
normal component installation and replace the code that adds the entries
in #__components with the code to add it to #__menu?

Hannes

[Andrew Eddie]

I think that's a bad idea to polute the extensions table with that
data. If you are going to change it, make a special admin menu to
handle it, but I don't see this is a priority to fix in 1.6.

[Hannes Papenberg]

This is what the patch does. I don't want more than one line per
extension in the #__extensions table either. This patch adds an
admin-menu to the #__menu table.

Hannes

[jonnsl]

Exactly!

I forgot to mention that I also exclude the self population of
submenu.
patch 1.2
- Finally I finished the modification of the component adapter
installer
http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/web/jonnsl_patch_2009_12_29_1.2.patch

On 29 dez, 21:00, Hannes Papenberg <hackwa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> This is what the patch does. I don't want more than one line per
> extension in the #__extensions table either. This patch adds an
> admin-menu to the #__menu table.
>
> Hannes
>
> Am 29.12.2009 23:41, schrieb Andrew Eddie:
>
>
>
> > I think that's a bad idea to polute the extensions table with that
> > data. If you are going to change it, make a special admin menu to
> > handle it, but I don't see this is a priority to fix in 1.6.
>
> > Regards
> > Andrew Eddie
>

> > On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Sam Moffatt <pasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I think that is what this patch is going to remove, shift that menu
> >> into the main table.
>
> >> Sam Moffatt
> >>http://pasamio.id.au
>

> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Andrew Eddie <mambob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> We are still using jos_components for the backend menu no?
>
> >>> Regards
> >>> Andrew Eddie
>

> >>> On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Sam Moffatt <pasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> Have you patched the installer as well to prevent it putting the new
> >>>> menu entries into the components table?
>
> >>>> Sam Moffatt
> >>>>http://pasamio.id.au
>
> >>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:48 AM, jonnsl <jon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> I made a patch to delete the table # __components because there is
> >>>>> already a table # __extensions.
>
> >>>>> This patch contains the following changes:
>
> >>>>> The com_config save the params into the #__extensions table;
> >>>>> JComponentHelper load one component at a time from the table
> >>>>> #__extensions;
> >>>>> In the Back-end the Module menu uses the table #__menu.
>
> >>>>> the only field that I needed to add in the #__menu table was the
> >>>>> `img`, which also can be used by the 3dr party to create menu modules
> >>>>> with icons.
>

> >>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/web/jonnsl_patch_2009_1...

>
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[Hannes Papenberg]

Commited the patch. :-) This is a nice one.

Hannes

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[jonnathan]

I found some bugs, Here's the tracker :
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=19291

On 5 jan, 19:51, Hannes Papenberg <hackwa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Commited the patch. :-) This is a nice one.
>
> Hannes
>
> Am 30.12.2009 00:37, schrieb jonnsl:
>
>
>
> > Exactly!
>
> > I forgot to mention that I also exclude the self population of
> > submenu.
> > patch 1.2
> > - Finally I finished the modification of  the component adapter
> > installer

> >http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/web/jonnsl_patch_2009_1...

> >>>>>http://www.theartofjoomla.com-the art of becoming a Joomla developer

[elin]

Hi,

This patch causes some routing problems in existing data (such as
sample data) because it changes the id numbers of various components.
(The links work but the URLS are wrong e.g. the Weblinks categories
has a Messaging segment instead of a Weblinks.) Could we please
reorder the core front end extensions so that their numbers match 1.5?

Thanks,

Elin

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> I found some bugs, Here's the tracker :http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEd...

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[Christophe Demko]

Since some days, installed components don't appear in the admin
component menu. Is this patch the problem?

I don't know i

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[Christophe Demko]

I mean new third party installed components

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[elin]

Yes I would think so, I suspect that no existing 1.5 3rd party
components are going to be set up to install completey without
#__components table or to put anything in the #__menus table.

Elin

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