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Why is there no "Product Maker" Plug-in?
Hello!
This might sound like a dumb question. Sorry about that! I have created a number of mods lately. So, I searched for a vB plugin where I could cut-and-past all the mod code, the PHP code, the phrases, the install code, the uninstall code, the template code etc and then click "create XML product file" . To my surprise, there seems to be nothing like this It appears the only way to do this create a few file using an editor. For example, I assume most people simply take an existing product XML file and edit that file to create a new one. Isn't it surprising there is no "Create and XML Product File" plugin? Or, maybe it exists and after 45 minutes of searching I have missed it? |
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Open the Admin CP and go into the Product Manager. You will see "Create New Product". On the same page, in the drop-down next to a product, you will also see "Export XML".
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Sorry to reply like this.
I am familiar with the menu: Plugins & Products. There are four menu items:
If you go to Manage Products, there is only this menu item at the bottom:
If you go there, there are no forms to create a new product by adding all the code, etc. to some forms, there is only:
This is not what I was asking. So, I am a bit confused by the reply sorry. I want to know why there is no "Product Maker" not a "Product Import/Export" I know about Importing and Exporting products, having done that at least 200 times My query was about a form based "Product Maker" where there are form fields to add add the elements of a product. Did I not ask my question clearly? Or did I not understand the reply? |
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I guess most people don't see it as nessary and no one has created it. Maybe the stock tools are working just fine for them.
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There are no other tools than "an editor" to create a new product is there? I find it strange there are options and plugins and products for tasks much more trivial than editing a new product. Error checking when saving would be useful too :-) |
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Um, in your Product Manager, use the dropdown menu next to the product you want to create an XML file for. Then just click "export".
It takes all the templates, phrases, plug-ins and options associated with the product and creates an XML file... I'm no expert, so if I'm wrong, correct me. |
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I am asking for a form when creating this Product from scratch for the first time, which includes defining all the components of a Product. ( And also includes error checking in the XML file). As Zack mentioned, apparently this is created the first time with an editor, not with any vB tool or plugin. |
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If you are in debug mode, you simple create a product (give it a name, etc) and then when you create templates/phrases/plugins, you select that product as what they belong to and then when you export the product, all those templates/phrases/plugins get exported with it and viola - you have a product!
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As Lynne said... Quote:
However, if you really insist that you need something else, then try this: http://www.vbseo.com/f46/vbproductma...elopers-32289/ |
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<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=197071" target="_blank">APM</a> is pretty much an all in one place product maker/editor.
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