3PD plugins page tab
As of v2.3 of the Jomres plugin manager, third party developers can now add their own tabs to the Jomres plugin manager.
The idea is that you would include a copy of this script with all of your plugins. This means that you will not need to override the showplugins minicomponent in your own extensions.
The script is a simple example showing you how to structure data which is returned to the plugin manager. The key part is this line
$this->ret_vals = array ( "TAB_ID" => "testty" , "TAB_NAME" => "test" , "TAB_CONTENTS" => "tab contents") ;
The TAB_ID is to allow the tab to actually work. It's a basic html id attribute.
TAB_NAME is what will show at the top of the pages, in this example it's hard coded but you could use jr_gettext(.... too for creating multilingual content.
TAB_CONTENTS here is again hard coded, for simplicity. In reality you would probably want to make one or more Guzzle or CURL calls to your own server to an endpoint or page with details of your plugins ( including versions ). This gives you then the opportunity to highlight to your users if there's an update to your currently installed plugins, news about new plugins that you have created, etc.
ABOUT US
Developed and maintained by Vince Wooll, Jomres was initially conceived in early 2005 as a Mambo based solution to a client’s hotel management needs. While it wasn't originally expected to be an online booking system it quickly morphed into one as users requested more and more features.
As the number of feature requests grew Vince knew that he would need to dedicate more time to the project and in July 2005 Jomres was released as a commercial project. Since then Jomres has become the world's oldest online booking plugin for any PHP CMS. It has been used in Joomla 1.0, 1.5, 2.5, 3 & 4 and WordPress 4, 5 & 6.
Aladar joined the project in 2010 after using Jomres for his own projects. He was active on the forum, helping other members of the community and eventually Vince invited him to join the team. Between 2010 and 2018 he was an integral part of the project and made many significant contributions.
Whilst not formally part of the Jomres project, Rodrigo Rocco and Vince have become firm friends. Rod is a freelancer who specialises in doing custom work for Jomres users and developing custom plugins for the system that take advantage of it's modular design. He has built many useful extensions including his fabulous Valentina Template Override Package.