[Chris M]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Macks should be categorized based on functionality - not on how it affects the backend.

I agree that this information needs to be apparent, however people decide on the macks they want based on what it does - not how it does it.

Just my thoughts

O yea - and I couldnt agree with saber more. I think its just as important to provide a common mechanism for installing/uninstalling a mack as it is to provide hook capability. Sure you can only do so much at one time - however it would be cool to know that this was a possability being looked at.

Funny thing was that when I first ventured here, I stupidly assumed that clicking the install button would somehow literally install it (i.e. I would download a single file and upload/unpack it via my admincp)... then again I also thought that it would do my laundry if configured right (still working on that mack).

Something that may be possible is for someone to create a "Admin CP Hack Installer" modification

Basically, you can "create installers", which create a .xml file or other file with the template and queries you wish to run - You put this in your .zip file for users to run

They upload it to the installer, and the installer executes the templates and queries, therefore requiring no ftp access apart from to install the actual auto-installer

Satan