Starting a new plugin

[mary]

Alternatively, I believe you can also upload the plugin to the right directory via ftp, and then run OJS' upgrade script; the script finds and adds any new plugins' version.xml file information.

Apologies for the obtuseness, but which upgrade script is this? Neither of these seem to do it:

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php tools/upgrade.php check

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php tools/upgrade.php latest

I haven't checked "download" and "patch" yet but I'm reluctant to, since I don't want to upgrade OJS itself, I want it to see my plugin.

[mary]

Apologies for the obtuseness, but which upgrade script is this?

Got it:

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php tools/upgrade.php upgrade

Seems foolish, but this isn't actually one of the options presented by

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php tools/upgrade.php

so I completely forgot about it.

[MMeijer]

Hi James,

Back after two weeks holiday, it's a nice surprise to see that my findings about uploading/deleting supplemental files have been escalated to official bugs.
Thanks!

However, with regard to my conceived plugin, the most serious "bug" is the absence of any hooks in the "supplemental_files_editing" part of OJS.

Your further questions regarding adding plugin functionality to the supplementary files pages is beyond my knowledge, so I'll be passing this thread on to a developer who will get back to you shortly.

OK, I'll be waiting ...

gr. Maarten

[mcrider]

Hi Maarten,

There's not much to be done about the hooks but adding them yourself. Typically though, if there is a good reason to have new hooks in the system, we can include them in an official release. Just create a bug and submit a patch (or make a pull request on github) and we will likely put it in the official codebase.

Cheers,
Matt