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Hi,

I am about to start making an addon for Concrete 5.7 and am a bit lost as to how to start. It's basically a collection of testimonials managed in the dashboard, similar to https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/studio-testimonials-pro...

I could just buy the addon, but I need to learn how to do it because I have to create similar admin panels for special offers and other items, so I'd rather learn how to do it.

I can create my own blocks, but I don't know how to create a management section from the dashboard. Can anyone give me any pointers?

Thanks,
Erik
 
StefSmeers replied on at Permalink Reply
StefSmeers
Were you searching for something like this?
https://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/5.7/working-with-...
a575606 replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks for the answer, yes, I'm looking for something like that, but find the documentation a bit thin.

I added a controller to Application/controllers/single_page/dashboard/testimonials.php
Then added a single page at Application/single_pages/dashboard/testimonials/view.php

controller contains:

<?php
namespace Application\Controller\SinglePage\Dashboard;
use \Concrete\Core\Page\Controller\DashboardPageController;
class Testimonials extends DashboardPageController
{
    public function view()
    {
    }
}


and view.php contains:

<?php defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die("Access Denied."); ?>


But nothing showing up on the dashboard. What am I missing?
a575606 replied on at Permalink Reply
Also, if I add a single page manually via the Pages admin panel at 'dashboard/testimonials' a Testimonials link shows up, but nothing I do with the pages I created seems to have an effect.

i.e. I added this code to the view method of the Testimonials controller:

$this->set('message', 'My regular message');


But I still get a blank screen.
StefSmeers replied on at Permalink Reply
StefSmeers
Did you try to clear your Cache yet?

- Stef
a575606 replied on at Permalink Reply
It turned out to be a typo in the name space. Thanks for your help anyway.
a575606 replied on at Permalink Reply
It turned out to be a typo in the name space. Thanks for your help anyway.

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