Custom plugin development

[Tomas Cohen Arazi]

Hi, I need to add some fields to DublinCore plugin. Is there any qubit
reference on how to do it ? Is it symfony stuff? Any links?
I couldn't find in qubit site any hint on how to actually use the framework.

Thanks in advance
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[Jesús García Crespo]

Hi Tomas,

Unfortunately, there aren't any docs describing how to do that, but you can get an idea just reading the existing code. Of course, you'll need some PHP and Symfony background. Please, take into account that sfDcPlugin contents some actions which extend main classes in apps/qubit/modules/informationobject.

You can implement these new fields as database columns or Qubit properties. The last method could be faster and with no big differences. A good example would be "Standard number" from RAD. The next files are directly involved with this field:

plugins/sfRadPlugin/modules/sfRadPlugin/actions/editAction.class.php
plugins/sfRadPlugin/modules/sfRadPlugin/actions/indexAction.class.php
plugins/sfRadPlugin/modules/sfRadPlugin/templates/editSuccess.php
plugins/sfRadPlugin/modules/sfRadPlugin/templates/indexSuccess.php
plugins/sfRadPlugin/lib/sfRadPlugin.class.php

Please, don't hesitate to contact us in case that you need more help.

Regards,

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Jesús García Crespo,
Software Engineer, Artefactual Systems Inc.
http://www.artefactual.com | +1.604.527.2056

[verslu...@gmail.com]

Hello Jesus,
I would like to make a copy of the existing sfEadPlugin in ICA-AtoM and name it sfRepositoryPlugin. But after trying and trying I still don't see how this can be done.

I copied the all scripts form sfEadPlugin and renamed all references to sfEadPlugin into sfRepositoryPlugin.

When I try the url <ead_id>;repository?sf_format=xml
all I get is an exception:
sfRenderException: The template "indexSuccess.xml.php" does not exist or is unreadable in "".

I followed the error traces, but it doesn't lead to anything comprehensible.
Could you please give me a hint how to do this?

Thanks!
Hans


Op woensdag 11 mei 2011 00:55:06 UTC+2 schreef Jesús García Crespo het volgende:

[Jesús García Crespo]

Hi Hans,

Please double check that the following file exists:

/plugins/sfRepositoryPlugin/modules/sfRepositoryPlugin/templates/indexSuccess.xml.php

It seems that Symfony reached your action but the template couldn't be found. It can be useful to switch to the debug mode (qubit_dev.php) and monitor /log/qubit_dev.log during the request/response cycle, you'll find there tons of details!

Regards,

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:00 AM, <verslu...@gmail.com> wrote:

When I try the url <ead_id>;repository?sf_format=xml 
all I get is an exception:
sfRenderException: The template "indexSuccess.xml.php" does not exist or is unreadable in "".