Advanced Plugin Manager - Reloaded

Advanced Plugin Manager - Reloaded v2.6

The original Advanced Plugin Manager was written by KirbyDE (found here). He expressed that this was not a release he intended to make into a full-fledged mod, and it also contained some bugs.
When I first saw the thread over at vB.com posted by Live Wire, he had photoshopped the Template Manager to indicate how Products and Plugins could work with this interface. I quite liked the idea, so I decided to make it so.
A week and one permission from Kirby later, I can present to you this Extension.

Features:

• Mimicks the Template Manager in pretty much every sense
• "Flag" Plugins for export/deletion
• Remembers the expanded products indefinetely
• Remembers the "flagged" plugins indefinetely
• Automatically de-flags plugins when they have been exported/deleted.
• Plugins that are subject to a disabled Product are marked as disabled themselves at runtime. Their TRUE state (as stored in the database) remains untouched.
• Mass deletion of "flagged" plugins
• Mass export of "flagged" plugins
• Working "Save & Reload" button (Credits to Kirby for fixing it)
• Shortcut to "Add / Import Product"
• Fully phrased
• NO Code Modifications needed!

Note:
This Extension will require page reloads for pretty much all its actions, as the Template Manager does. If you do not like this, please use Kirby's version.
Kirby does in no way support this version, nor do I support his.
Important! You need to uninstall Kirby's version before installing mine, should you choose my version.

Screenshots attached in 2nd post.

Install instructions:

1. Click install (you want your precious support, don't you? ).
2. Upload the files.
3. Import the Product XML file through your ACP.
4. Enjoy.

Upgrade instructions:

1. Upload all files again.
2. Import new product XML.
3. Enjoy the improvements.

[Xplorer4x4]

Originally Posted by Oblivion Knight

Any chance of making this "anchor" a product group after it has been expanded (and possibly edited)?

If you have many plugins and products installed, it's rather frustrating to have to continually scroll down the page to access them while working on them..

I agree. This is seriously my only complaint with your interphase. Still uses it though.

[Revan]

Originally Posted by Oblivion Knight

Any chance of making this "anchor" a product group after it has been expanded (and possibly edited)?

If you have many plugins and products installed, it's rather frustrating to have to continually scroll down the page to access them while working on them..

I don't really understand what you mean there mate, can you elaborate?

Originally Posted by Oblivion Knight

Another suggestion; hide products with no plugins.!

I've tried doing this myself, but to no avail.

Then how do you suppose we have access to editing those products? Typing the URL manually?

Originally Posted by Xplorer4x4

I agree. This is seriously my only complaint with your interphase. Still uses it though.

I wrote this interface just BECAUSE it is like the Style Manager, because I love it

[Oblivion Knight]

Originally Posted by Revan

I don't really understand what you mean there mate, can you elaborate?

Ok, with the style manager if you scroll down and expand a template set, the page reloads and "anchors" the set that you have expanded (see screenshot 1). Similarly, after editing a template the page anchors the template that you have just edited (see screenshot 2).

With the plugin manager, if you do the same and scroll down to expand a product, the page reloads but the product isn't anchored. Instead you have to scroll down again, and the same occurs after editing a plugin (see screenshot 3 and 4).

Is it possible to fix?

Originally Posted by Revan

Then how do you suppose we have access to editing those products? Typing the URL manually?

Ah touch?. How about a small line saying "There are no plugins for this product." in italics or something? Just to let the administrator know that everything is working as intended more than anything..

[Xplorer4x4]

Am I the only one that seems to have problems with plug-ins, not products, showing up in the list after i upload them? I usually end up having to disable this, find the plug in, edit and save, then turn this back on and then I see the plug in.

Keep up the good work Revan.

[biggjoe]

Revan, very sweet hack! Thanks so much!

Notes:

- Working perfectly with vb 3.5.1!

- I actually installed the [APM] Advanced Product Management 2.0.3 mod first, then used APM to install your hack! They work VERY nice together.

- Also have the following hack installed Quick Import-Add Product and works fine with this one as well!

Thanks again amigo!

J.

[Antivirus]

Fillip, i have been using the Advanced Plugin Manager - Reloaded for a while now, and it's great. The only suggestion I would make though, is for the new manager to also display the version number for each product.

[Mudvayne]

Oh man awsum!!! hehe I installed adv plugin system by kier 5 minutes ago then see urs screenshot.. thn I install it oh ya also clicked install..

[mkdevo]

hi,

i'm getting the following message when trying to expand plugins:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/www/xxxx/forum/includes/adminfunctions.php
Line: 246

any idea what could be causing that? i disabled it and i'm able to see all plugin options just fine...

[Hellcat]

OK, now this is JUST PERFECT!

Exactely how I wanted it to have!
Just tested it on my local 3.5.3 testinstall, and going to put this into my real board!

Thanks man!

[Gray Matter]

Originally Posted by mkdevo

hi,

i'm getting the following message when trying to expand plugins:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/www/xxxx/forum/includes/adminfunctions.php
Line: 246

any idea what could be causing that? i disabled it and i'm able to see all plugin options just fine...

I'm getting the same message, so I've had to disable it as well. :ermm: