Questions tagged [extension]
Extensions enable third party developers to modify aspects of ExpressionEngine without hacking the backend scripts.
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Is there a way to modify the CP home screen?
Are there any plugins available to update the layout / available list of actions on the home screen once a user is logged in?
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Trouble Upgrading from 2.5.5 to 2.8.1 - white screen
I have been trying to upgrade a site from EE 2.5.5 to EE 2.8.1, but I get a white screen on the admin.php page after the upgrade is complete. The only way to get rid of the white screen is to disable ...
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With new Routing capabilities in EE 2.8 - Trying to figure out the best solution
I'll start with an example.
An image with an embedded watermark URL example.com/1203020202, in the lower right-hand corner in small text will serve as a redirect to the original URL. So when a user ...
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EE2 Use Of Action ID's
One of my pages in a website is a simple form to redeem a coupon (update the status of the coupon in the database). My update function exists in my own custom extension and I have added the id, class ...
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Hook for when viewing single entry
I'm in the process of building my 1st extension (oi!) and I need to find a hook that allows me to fire off a routine when a member visits a single entry page.
I have listing pages and single view ...
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iStockPhoto Lightbox-type extension
Has anyone come across an extension that will allow a user to create multiple "lightboxes" of their favourite channel entries?
I am aware of the Solspace Favourites module, but that only allows users ...
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Mailchimp Subscribe with Profile:Edit / Cartthrob
I'm having problems getting Mailchimp Subscribe working when used in conjunction with Profile:Edit registrations or Cartthrob Checkout. Does anyone know if there are known conflicts with these ...
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Updating hooks from v2 to v4
My company has a legacy add-on from version 2 and has now updated to version 4 of EE.
With the upgrade, the hooks that fire when a new entry of a specific channel type are no longer triggering.
After ...
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Is it possible to use an extension in a template like a plugin?
I built an extension which works fine and I'm trying to make it work in my template but I don't know how to do and actually, I don't even know if it could work.
My code looks like:
class ...
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Custom add-on accessing method from another custom add-on …
I've got a custom add-on/extension that extends the Store module by tapping into the store_order_complete_end hook to save details of an order to an XML file stored on the server.
I want to access ...
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Expresso Store: Extension to exclude modifier amounts when calculating tax
I'm developing an extension for Expresso Store that updates the tax calculation for items to exclude any amounts in the modifiers as for this application they are tax free. For example, if the price ...
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Using FreeMember to record interests (categories) to a member profile
I have a FreeMember based registration form where I want to record a users areas of interest at time of registration and also provide a mechanism to edit those interests after registration through a ...
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Extension Development - Getting the editing author's ID in entry_submission_end hook
I may just be being thick here - but I can't seem to find this even when debugging the code I am writing.
Here's my scenario:
I have an extension that does something whenever someone created or ...
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How to get data from a hook?
How do I get the last "ID" (row) created after using the "channel_form_submit_entry_end" hook? Can the hook send me the "ID"? EE5
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Updating an entry field, without updating every field
Using the Expression Engine Channel Entries API, is it possible to only update 1 field?
Using the below code, it appears you have to grab all the field data and then re-add it to the fields.
Is it ...
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How to create a Grid field in extension [duplicate]
I’m creating an extension that on installation, programmatically creates a channel and fields for that channel.
One of the fields I’d like to create is a Grid field to store PDF documents against an ...
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blank page when saving extension settings
I am developing an EE extension and everything was working fine and I thought I was done. So I uninstalled the extension and re-installed it to testing everything. It uninstalled fine and re-...
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Return validation error to publish form from extension
I've written an extension to do some additional processing on submitted form content within the ExpressionEngine publish page, however there is a scenario where I want to return an error to the user ...
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Custom Extension Help (entry_submission_absolute_end() hook)
I'm making a custom extension to add a channel entry's data to another remote database, but I only want to do this with certain channel(s).
How do I check inside my extension hook what channel the ...
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Custom config files in an EE addon
I moved a custom addon out of system/third_party into a third_party folder above web root
all was well until I realized that the addon didn't account for a different third_party folder location
I ...
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Extension Development : Redirect on error
I'm developing an extension that uses the member_update_end hook. This extension requires communicating with a 3rd party API, which I can't guarantee will always be active.
As a side note, the hook ...
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PHP errors Message: Undefined index: From using MX Notify Control
getting these errors when an entry is updated. It is supposed to send an email to a mailing list using mx notify control:
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined index: From
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Zoo Visitor and Cartthrob
I'm building a member/ecommerce site with CartThrob and Zoo Visitor.
I have a multi-page checkout.
From looking around for solutions on how to do this, people have said to use the Zoo Visitor update ...
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Minimee 2.18 with Cloudfront
I'm still quite new to ExpressionEngine
Been messing around with using JohnDWells' Minimee extention to serve minified .css and .js files from cloudfront rather than the site itself (Base URL) using ...
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Allow users to add coupons to CartThorb
I was wondering what is the best way to allow users to add coupons to CartThorb? Does CartThorb allow coupons to be added from templates, if not where should I start from to enable this functionality? ...
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set_flashdata with save_settings for extensions
After saving an extension's settings, EE by default redirects you to the Extensions landing page. I want to keep the user in the extension settings after saving but also use EE's flashdata.
The below ...
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Extensions Manager returns "Internal Server Error"
An EE1 site that I developed many years ago was recently moved to a new server. I logged into the CP to do some work and everything seemed fine, but when I tried to pull up "Utilities -> Extensions ...
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CartThrob price field modifier to minus some amount from cart total
I am having issue in developing cartThrob tax plugin with fieldtype
Tax plugin have this fields.
I have created a field type that will call that tax settings and populates here.
When I view in ...
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Expresso Store: Updating stock after order completed
Is there a way in Expresso Store when refunding or deleting an order record (eg with Extension Hooks) to modify the Stock levels.
For example if an order is placed for 10 items and is subsequently ...
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freeform multipage reset some values from other pages
I have a multi-page form set up as following :
question 1 > question 2 > question 3 >
question 4 if answered yes > question 5
question 4 if answered no > question 6
All my questions have a return ...
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Cancel Entry Update / Display Error using EE3 Extension Hook
I am using a 'Channel Entry Model Extension Hook' in EE3 to allow me to carry out further validation of a selection of fields.
This is working fine, currently with the 'before_channel_entry_update' ...
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How to use FreeForm Pro or EE Extension Hooks
I am a .NET/Java developer so I'm not very familiar with PHP although I have dabbled with it in the past and am a total noob with Expression Engine. I am working on a project at work along side our ...
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Syntax for checkboxes in extension
I’m creating a custom ExpressionEngine extension and I need to add a checkbox. I’m struggling to find the options I need to use for the channel fields API.
Currently I have:
array(
'field_name' =...
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Get IDs of deleted entries
I’m creating an ExpressionEngine extension. I want to get the IDs of any records that are deleted. I’m aware of the delete_entries_end() and delete_entries_loop() hooks, but they both return void ...
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MD Character Count Duplicate Display Issue
Just installed MD Character Count on a site. Everything is working as expected, with the exception of the extension's output. It's duplicating on render. See the attached screenshot for an example. ...
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Parse custom field data in entry_submission_end_hook
What I'm trying to do is parse the custom field data sent to the entry_submission_end hook.
Here's what I was able to dissect out of the channel entries module, but what I'm confused is how to ...
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Server Error on Field Types
I am trying to navigate to my Field Types area in the admin and I get this error:
The website encountered an error while retrieving http://development.pixelsandcode.co.uk/pixels/index.php?S=...
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"TAG" Extension File?
I've NEVER seen this before! I'm migrating an EE site from one server to another and am getting this error:
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Unable to load the following extension file:
ext.tag.php
I'm running EE version 2....
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Structure of an Extension
I am trying to learn how exactly hooks and extensions are used. I am using expresso-store and have a function I need to call when the order is complete and gets to the success page (on hook '...
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Clearing the cache via API
The Expression Engine documentation for caching explains that the caches are automatically cleared upon:
Submission, updating or deleting of an Entry through API
I need to clear the caches via my ...
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Accessing extension settings from plugin throws a PHP warning
I have written a custom add-on which consists of an extension and a plugin.
The extension basically loops through a set of channel entries, gets some matrix data and performs a calculation based on ...
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Determine template from extension
Is there a good way to determine which page template was loaded for a given URI? I'd like to be able to use this information from an add-on.
For example, if my root template group is home and the ...
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LayerSlider Responsive Slider for ExpressionEngine
Does exists something similar to LayerSlider Responsive WordPress Slider Plugi for EE?
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Expresso Store custom tax rule
I've worked on a few custom plugins/add-ons before but am a bit rusty on extensions. I need to write a custom tax rule for Store and looking for guidance on targeting one of the Store extension hooks, ...
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EE3 Extension not showing up - what am I missing?
I've read this:
https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/development/conversion/index.html
and this:
https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/development/extensions.html
I have a folder called:
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Shipping Rates in {shipping_method} Dropdown - Expresso Store
Is it possible to show the shipping rate next to the shipping option in the {shipping_method} dropdown? I'm using the Store USPS Shipping Extension to calculate shipping costs.
I would like to show ...
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Installing Extension Ctrl+S Need Help
There is an EE extension (Ctrl+S) I want to install, but when I download it, it is just a php file, with no ReadMe file as to where to install it.
I am stuck, I don’t know where to put this, to make ...
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extension error when using function>redirect
$this->EE->functions->redirect('account/not-found');
When this is triggered in my extension, I get this error:
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
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Unable to load ext.rte.php after updating from V2 to V6
After updating from version 2 to version 6, I get the following error when I want to edit an entry. Can anyone help me out?
Notice
Undefined index: extension
ee/legacy/libraries/Extensions.php, line ...
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How can I use stash->parse in my extension
I'm writing an addon which can take an EE template, replace some variables and then crucially parse the EE tags in it and then email it.
I was hoping stash:parse might come to my rescue after a day ...
