The code is pretty much ready, I am just doing preliminary testing of it before I merge down. I should have it complete and in master by beginning of next week, including a basic tutorial on how to implement/install UI plugins.
Thanks, Brian On Feb 8, 2013, at 1:21 PM, David Nalley <[email protected]> wrote: > Sonny: et al: > > I see work going on in the ui-plugins feature branch that I assume is > where this work is happening for this. What is the current status of > this work? > > Thanks, > > --David > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Chhen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I would like to discuss a new feature that is being worked on for the next >> release of CloudStack. It is the ability to add third party plugins into >> CloudStack while still utilizing the current ui. The procedure in which this >> would occur is as follows: >> >> >> 1. The developer will write a plugin that they would like to add into >> CloudStack >> >> 2. Using a predetermined file hierarchy we create, the developer will >> place their plugin within the folder structure and fill out a plugin.js file >> >> 3. The admin will then place this folder into the existing CloudStack >> "plugin" >> >> 4. The admin will then add this new listing onto the plugin.js file >> that lies within that folder >> >> 5. The user then just has to refresh the browser and the plugin will >> be available to use. >> >> We will be toying with the idea of adding a plugin button to the navigation >> so that the user can see what plugins have been installed and click on them >> to access them. >> >> Please see the link below for more information. >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30744936/plugin.jpg >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/3rd+Party+Plugin >> >> Thoughts, comments, suggestions? >> >> Thanks You and Best Regards, >> >> Sonny H. Chhen >> Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems - CloudPlatform >> 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA >>
