Comments on: MODx ManagerManager Plugin

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By: Gregory Smart

Gregory Smart — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:43:24 +0000

if you are running 1.0.3 there should be an assets/plugins/managermanager directory, but you don't need to go into that directory.

In Elements->Manage Elements->Chunks there will be a Demo Category with a chunk named mm_demo_rules. This is where the ManagerManager plugin is pointed to by default in it's Configuration. Just place your rules in that chunk. There's a little bit of a learning curve with ManagerManager, but it's completely worth it since you can use it to customize the administrative side of MODx.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:52:01 +0000

Hi Greg.

I'm trying to figure out how to customize modx to hide all the unneccessary fields from an end user. Your article is useful, but I'm new to modx, and I'd love it if you could provide just a little more detail.

I'm playing with 1.0.3, which has mm installed by default. However, there is no mm directory under assets/plugins. Do I simply create that directory, and put in a file containing rules within that directory?

By: dextersl2

dextersl2 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:43:06 +0000

Great, thanks for the reply, your idea gives me something else to try.

By: Gregory Smart

Gregory Smart — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:24:17 +0000

I don't see in the snippet docs/fields.htm documentation page where the mm_default supports that function. I have always used directories to manage this since once created the children will inherit the template of the parent. I will usually take the template field away from the user through ManagerManager too. Other than that I don't know of a more direct method for assigning a default template.

By: dextersl2

dextersl2 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:27:20 +0000

Hi Gregory, I love your site very informative. I have been looking for a way to have a default template used when a new resource is created by an end user. For example i tried this:

mm_default('template', 'template_name', '4')

also tried:

mm_default('template', 'template_ID', '4')

Wondering if you know a work around?

By: Gregory Smart

Gregory Smart — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:33:08 +0000

Let's say I have a template that has 5 template variables associated with it. I will use the plugin to hide the rest of the normal fields that would otherwise show up (longtitle, alias, summary, content, etc…). So when the end user goes to update that page they essentially see a form specific to that template, no extraneous fields. You basically hide everything you don't want them to see. Does that make sense?

By: Geron

Geron — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:38:41 +0000

Thanks for the info…would you mind posting an exmple of how it can be used?

By: Gregory Smart

Gregory Smart — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:33:08 +0000

By: Geron

Geron — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:38:41 +0000

Thanks for the info…would you mind posting an exmple of how it can be used?