Comments on: The Magical MODx ManagerManager Plugin

By: Some0ne

Some0ne — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:28:44 +0000

I’ve made a function for ManagerManager to set a template depending on parent id:

function mm_selectTemplate($parentIDs, $tplID) {
global $modx;
$e = &$modx->Event;

$output = ” // ———– select template ————– \n”;
$parentIDs= makeArray($parentIDs);
foreach ($parentIDs as $parent)
$output .= ‘ if(document.mutate.parent.value == \”.$parent.’\') $j(“select[name=template]“).val(“‘.$tplID.’”);’ . “\n”;

$e->output($output . “\n”);
}

By: Alistair Robinson

Alistair Robinson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:49:47 +0000

Excellent point Tom. Being unfamiliar with plugins I think maybe that’s what was puzzling me to begin with.

The answer is the system events, which I only mentioned in passing above. Once the relevant system events are checked for the plugin configuration, the code will run when those events fire.

The events are:

OnDocFormRender
OnDocFormPrerender
OnPluginFormRender
OnTVFormRender

With mm already installed, they’re probably checked already, so that all you have to do is define rules, and whenever you edit a resource they will be applied.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:40:00 +0000

I’ve read about managermanager, and I am puzzled about how to make it actually APPLY to the manager site, templates, etc.

Is your comment above about the configuration pasting-in, is this how one ‘activates’ the mm rules??

‘Activating’ the mm rules etc. and knowing that they are now ‘in force’ is what puzzles me etc.

I have mm already installed because I’ve started right off with Evo 1.0.2…

Thank you, Tom

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:47:19 +0000

Excellent post, very useful. ManagerManager is an incredibly powerful part of any MODx setup. I build all my websites using MODx and it’s great being able to customize fields depending on the nature of the project and the needs of my clients.