specialtemplates and plugins ?

[Zachariah]

I am working on an add-on that adds $specialtemplates to forums/index.php but I am not having any success.

EX:
First, open your forum/index.php file and find:

PHP Code:

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(
    'userstats',
    'birthdaycache',
    'maxloggedin',
    'iconcache',
    'eventcache',
    'mailqueue'
); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

 // get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(
    'userstats',
    'birthdaycache',
    'maxloggedin',
    'iconcache',
    'eventcache',
    'mailqueue',
      'stuff' 
); 


I've tried array_merge in cache_templates hook--nothing.

$specialtemplates = array_merge($specialtemplates, array('stuff',));

Ideas / thoughts ? - I know $globaltemplates works this way, but not $specialtemplates?

[Andreas]

Can't work as Plugins are Datastore Items themself, see this Thread.

Currently, there is no way to cache Datastore Items through Plugins.

What you can do to cut down File Edits to a minimum: use config.php

[Zachariah]

Thank you Sir
- so who do we "nudge" to request them work?

It would be great to have all "code" in the plugin vs. file edits.

[Andreas]

Ask at vb.com, maybe in the Thread I started