Extensions: Information-Text for the Admin on acp-page

[nachtelb]

IMO there should be informational text in the ACP that describes everything important to know when dealing with Extensions.

refers to http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-12022

...administrators should just not delete things before they know they are safe to be deleted...

When they should know, we have to tell them directly.


Directly on page

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You have to purge the cache of an extension (after disabling) before you are allowed to delete the files via ftp.

Within error-message (files not found for extension)

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Files are missing. Please put the files back to place for a correct database-cleanup. Otherwise ... 

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Complete process for getting Extensions working and removing them.

[Master_Cylinder]

That seems reasonable. +1

[DavidIQ]

Maybe there should be an option to also delete all of the extension's files from within the ACP instead of requiring deletion through FTP and possibly deleting something that is needed (by accident) and blowing up the forum.

[EXreaction]

Yes, this needs to be done along with adding the instructions for updating extensions (safely).

[MattF]

+1 to delete files via ACP.

Would be nice if we could add optional messages to the Extensions enable/disable process.

For example, upon Enabling a MOD, it may be useful to relay a message:

Thanks for choosing to use Foo by Bar. You can find the settings for Foo under the Posting -> Messages section of the Admin Control Panel.

Or a warning before an admin tries to enable an ext:

Warning: This extension requires a MySQL 5 database using a MyISAM or InnoDB table storage engine. This extension also requires that the Foo Bar Plus extension be installed for full functionality.

Or for example, after deleting an Extension:

Foo Bar has been removed. The custom BBcodes Foo Bar added are still available for your board to use. To remove them, visit the Posting -> BBcodes section of the ACP and remove them manually. Beware that deleting these BBcodes will prevent them from rendering in older posts. You can simply untick "Display on Posting" to stop displaying these BBcodes in the post editors, while still allowing them to render on older posts.

[EXreaction]

Some basic requirements are supported, although I'm not sure if database type is. You could add a request for that if it's not supported now.