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[HowTo] Add Custom Pages to WOL
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noppid noppid is offline 06-10-2005, 10:00 PM

I'd like to suggest we follow the the way we did this in the past for the most part. We usually hacked into the two switch statements in the functions_online.php file. So staying with that convention, we can all easily coexist in the two necessary plugins will we need to use to accomplish this.

Why did I say coexist? Well based on this thread, multiple use of hooks, it seems it would be best to share a common plugin to a given hook location for now. That is if I understand it correctly.

So moving right along, this will help you create WOL plugins for your custom pages either way. If we all share a plugin or if we get a system that manages multiple plugins to a given hook, this should be a good example to follow when you need to display custom addin page WOL information.

There are two hook locations we need to add plugins to:
  • vBulletin : Who's Online? -> online_location_process
  • vBulletin : Who's Online? -> online_location_unknown

Add the online_location_process hook plugin...
Hook Location: online_location_process
Name: WOL Online Location Process
Active: YES
Code:
PHP Code:
if($filename=='YOUR_ADDIN_FILE.php'){$userinfo['activity'] = 'YOUR_ACTIVITY';} 

Add the online_location_unknown hook plugin...
Hook Location: online_location_unknown
Name: WOL Online Location Unknown
Active: YES
Code:
PHP Code:
if($userinfo['activity']=='YOUR_ACTIVITY')
{
    
$userinfo['where'] = '<a href="YOUR_ADDIN_FILE.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars[sessionurl].'">'.$vbulletin->options[bbtitle].' YOUR_ACTIVITY</a>'
    
$userinfo['action'] = 'YOUR_ACTIVITY';
    
$handled true;


Following this convention should allow us to coexist in one plugin for each of those hooks or create good plugins for those hooks, either way.

I hope this is in the spirit of the howto forum and will be useful.

Regards
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Thank you for this Howto, I earlier made a request for a new hook location in the middle of the switch() at vBcom, but I guess I can just make myself a new switch inside those 2 locations.
I did think of this myself, but I found it to be a better idea to be able to plugin in the middle of the switch. We'll see what the devs do
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I thought that the logical place for this was in the switch too. But we can accomplish the same thing here.

My initial thought is that a hook in the switch would be more efficient then the bunch of if()'s this may create.

This will evolve. There's always more then one way to skin a cat.
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wow..
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I thought that the logical place for this was in the switch too. But we can accomplish the same thing here.

My initial thought is that a hook in the switch would be more efficient then the bunch of if()'s this may create.

This will evolve. There's always more then one way to skin a cat.
Im not sure that a hook inside the switch would work how you guys think it will.

You could just add another switch statement in your plugin code instead.

a few ifs wont slow the page down.
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"a few"? You obviously have not seen the WOL location list for the RPG hack
Not saying it WILL slow it down, just saying that a hook in the middle of the switch as well would be more useful.
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"a few"? You obviously have not seen the WOL location list for the RPG hack
Not saying it WILL slow it down, just saying that a hook in the middle of the switch as well would be more useful.
Then please suggest so at vb.com.

PS i agree a hook at that spot would be welcomed.
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Erm ... you can't put the hook "in the middle of the switch".
You can only put one above it, below, or in one (ore more) of the case: statements - and this is how it does currently work: The hooks are in case default:, eg. will be executed when there is an unknown location.
Now if you have several custom locations put another switch there and everything is just fine.
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I agree, maybe if a plugin has multiple pages to deal with, it should be inside an if() and have it's own switch statement to make it efficient?
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Then please suggest so at vb.com.

PS i agree a hook at that spot would be welcomed.
Been there, done that (quite literally as well)
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Erm ... you can't put the hook "in the middle of the switch".
You can only put one above it, below, or in one (ore more) of the case: statements - and this is how it does currently work: The hooks are in case default:, eg. will be executed when there is an unknown location.
Now if you have several custom locations put another switch there and everything is just fine.
You can put a hook location in the middle of a switch just fine.
Remember before, when we edited the function to put in our own case:'s? That is what I mean. A hook that allows us to add case: instead of switch() in the default:
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