[RFC|Merged] Extensions

[MattF]

In ACP, will the name of the tab for extension settings remain as .MODS?

No, they need to fix it... Not sure why no one has done anything yet though.
http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-11645

[aleha]

Ι read your proposal in the link you give and I fully agree with it.

[Meis2M]

i have a question about extensions. for example i have a style with name XXX based on prosilver. after install an extension , all feature of ext work on my XXX style? or not , i must rename prosilver folder in ext to XXX?

[keith10456]

i have a question about extensions. for example i have a style with name XXX based on prosilver. after install an extension , all feature of ext work on my XXX style? or not , i must rename prosilver folder in ext to XXX?

Good question! Pretty much you're asking will we have to do as we do now when we install a mod... Will we have to rename the style folder of the ext to the style that we're using.

I look forward to the answer

[DavidIQ]

Here's an example:
https://github.com/phpbb-extensions/boa ... l/template

You can do the same with template files as well, if they won't be any different based on the different styles. In the case of Board Rules the template files ended up being different so those got created:
https://github.com/phpbb-extensions/boa ... /prosilver

[keith10456]

@ David IQ - So in short this means... ?

[MattF]

@ David IQ - So in short this means... ?

It means that extensions that have template files in an "all" folder will apply to all styles.

Template files in "prosilver" will apply to prosilver only. However, this could also include 3rd party styles if the 3rd party style is inheriting templates from prosilver, and the inherited templates happen to be the same one's the extension is using.

When an extension does not work with a particular style, it is up to the extension author to make a specific template for that style, and place those files in a style folder named after the 3rd party style. This can be seen, for example in many of the extensions under development, for subsilver2.

[keith10456]

@ VSE & David IQ - Thanks for the explanation

[Meis2M]

so it means we don't need rename any folder?

[DavidIQ]

so it means we don't need rename any folder?

One does not rename folders right now with MODs so not sure when/why you would do that with Extensions.