How to make New design extension

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paul bolger	Monday 01 September 2008 4:56:45 pm Can anybody point me to a succinct guide to making a new design extension? A plain install with the website interface seems to have settings and design files in both the /design and /settings folders as well as the extension, although the design folders are empty. Are these all necessary? Paul Bolger
André R.	Tuesday 02 September 2008 10:12:09 am The design folder is created by the installer and can safely be removed (might be the one used if you create a template override with the admin interface though). As for creating extension there is a article on it: http://ez.no/developer/articles/an_introduction_to_developing_ez_publish_extensions But might not be what you where looking for? eZ Online Editor 5: http://projects.ez.no/ezoe \|\| eZJSCore (Ajax): http://projects.ez.no/ezjscore \|\| eZ Publish EE http://ez.no/eZPublish/eZ-Publish-Enterprise-Subscription @: http://twitter.com/andrerom
Andrew Duck	Wednesday 17 September 2008 10:13:57 am Hi Paul, I am unaware of a short guide to design extensions at the moment, though it certainly is something I will consider writing in the near future if others are looking for similar information. In short you are looking to replicate the identical directory structure from a normal design in the /design folder. Your new extension, for instance "myext" with a design "mydesign". /extension/myext/design/mydesign Within this design you would have folders for images, javascript, override/templates, stylesheets and templates as per the ezwebin and similar extensions. The one other thing that is required is a settings folder: /extension/myext/settings/ with a design.ini.append.php file specifying: <?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"? [ExtensionSettings] DesignExtensions[]=myext */ ?> Once you have activated your extension via the administration interface (Setup -> Extension) or via settings/override/site.ini.append.php, eZ Publish will check within your activated extensions and register the fact that <i>myext</i> contains a design. You can then specify that design name, <i>mydesign</i> within your siteaccess [DesignSettings] block. I hope that provides a quick overview as to how you can get up and running with your design inside an extension. If you run into any problems shoot back more questions :) Regards, Andrew. Andrew Duck, Executive Director, Quiqcorp Limited eZ Certified Developer and Trainer. Member of the Community Project Board http://quiqcorp.com \| http://twitter.com/andrewduck
DeAndre Johnson	Monday 03 November 2008 8:12:59 pm Yes I also would like for a guide to making a new design extension. That would be a great thing to have. I am, because I choose to be!