Hello i have been researching on how to make plugins for elgg and for 2 months have not found a tutorial or any sample plugins or plugins to make plugins that are clear and basic so i can understand how to make plugins. Can anyone please give me some links or advice on how to make a plugin and be very basic please so i can understand how to do this as so far i do not understand and the instructions i could not follow all i need is a good tutorial and some good advice and i can make plugins, i already have edited plugins lots of times but now its time for me to to start making plugins as i do not feel i am good enougth to be a elgg user uintill i have made some originl plugins.
thank you any replys would be most appreciated : )
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can some one please tell me were i can donwload the
HELLO WORLD plugin for 1.8.1.6 or just for 1.8 please
and any other information would be appreciated : )
i made this though i am still confused
http://community.elgg.org/plugins/1524090/1.0/example-plugin
@ UK
I cannot even download the plugin from http://community.elgg.org/plugins/1524090/1.0/example-plugin
There seems to be a problem with the zipped file?
oh i will check again thanks, edit: i just uploaded again should work now i just downloaded it works ok for me : ),
oh and people please replys should be making a elgg plugin for dummies as that is what i need lol ^_^
@ UK
I have just tried again and got this ...
@ UK
I have just tried again and got this ...
works ok for me using 7zip http://7zip.org
i uploaded a new one
http://community.elgg.org/plugins/1524090/1.1/example-plugin
@UK: "7z" format is not the same zip format than the usual "zip" format. I'm not sure about Windows as I'm working only with Linux but I think any recent version of the Windows OS already has support for the normal zip files (compressing / uncompressing) included. So, stick to that instead of using 7z.
Regarding your tutorial plugin: it's impotant to follow ALL instructions to the detail. Starting with the minimal content of a plugin: at least start.php and manifest.xml are necessary for any plugin. Additionally, you will have to create the files not only with the filenames given but also within the described directory structure within your plugin folder. As it is now your example plugin won't work.
i see ok thank you : ) can you upload a very basic very simple example plugin please? named example plugin etc if possible as there is no example plugin to download at this time, well i cant find 1
I already have published some quite basic plugins (in the sense of that they consist of only a few lines of code but nevertheless do what they are supposed to do). Just take a look at my plugins. You need some basic understanding of html, php and also of the way Elgg works to be able to code a plugin. The Hello World and Blog tutorials should give you a starting point. But you really need to understand them and not blindly try to get together a plugin. The tutorials should guide you to create a basic plugin. If you simply rely on someone else providing you with even such a basic plugin I don't think it will help you in the slightest as you still wouldn't have learned even some little fundamentals.
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