Student projects/Admin page cleanup: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:44, 18 August 2006

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(done) Design XML DTD (done) Design OO format for admin
(almost done -- 3 issues remaining) Design new admin block
(in progress -- 100% complete) Reorganize and port Moodle admin settings to OO structure
(almost done -- 3+ issues remaining) Code script for displaying and accepting input from new admin interface
(almost done -- 2 issues remaining) Build a per-user bookmarking system for admin settings
(not yet started) Code the necessary PHP to highlight changed settings after an upgrade

Find a good way to mark settings that are set on initial install
Find a good way to display settings that are added (or set to default values) during an upgrade
Figure out how user_is_editing() should work in admin/pagelib.php
Specify the $paramtype for all admin_setting_configtext objects and children
Specify the $role for all admin_externalpage and admin_settingpage objects
Specify explicit $precedence values for all admin_externalpage, admin_settingpage, and admin_category objects
Fix non-language-specific strings, and add required langfile strings
Work out a way to handle gd_version

Get back to the Student Projects listing.
You can get my official SoC app here.
My sample moodle setups are ~~here for 1.5~~, ~~here for 1.6~~ and here for 1.7 beta.

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-<strike>I'm currently working on porting the settings to XML and putting together the new index.php admin page. Please use the talk page to leave me any comments, I'll be checking it regularly.</strike>
-This just in: no XML! The new format will be PHP/OO-based. New code to come soon. (Till then, take a look at the [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/Reorg|Reorg]] page, which still contains useful data.)
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