[imp] Custom Options

Jan Schneider jan@horde.org
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 23:13:19 +0100


Zitat von Mike Coughlan <mcoughlan@gothambroadband.com>:

> We have been asked to add custom entries to the IMP "Options".  I've
> added
> the following lines to horde/imp/conf/prefs.php, and I see it appear as
> an
> option:
> 
> $prefGroups['sms'] = array(
>     'column' => _("Your Information"),
>     'label' => _("SMS Forwarding"),
>     'desc' => _("Set your sms Prefs."),
>     'members' => array('sms')
> );
> 
> However, the implementation of
> http://my.web.server/horde/imp/prefs.php?group=sms eludes me.

It depends on what you want to be entered there. If you just want to 
provide an text field to enter a mobile number, all you have to add to 
config/prefs.php is something like:

$_prefs['sms'] = array(
    'value' => '',
    'locked' => false,
    'shared' => false,
    'type' => 'text',
    'desc' => _("Enter your mobile number:")
);

> Is it safe to assume that adding this "pref" and the necessary php code
> would mean branching IMP?  It is even possible to add it here because we

What do you mean by "branching"? Do you mean "breaking"?

> are
> not really out to effect horde_prefs, and that code seems to want to do
> only
> that? Finally, is this a common addition, or do most people simply
> effect
> /imp/conf/menu.php and add another icon & link?
> 
> Our UI guys really want the former. Our engineering folks prefer the
> latter,
> but not necessarily for the right reasons.
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
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Jan.

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