Comments on: Howto: Repackageable custom extension development in Magento – Part 2 – Admin Controller

By: Aswin S

Aswin S — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:42:24 +0000

Wow great dude.. For the first time I’m looking at a Magento tutorial thats written for a beginner like me.. Thanks

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:55:15 +0000

Hi gawee,

thanks so much for you quick reply and for giving me the idea what is possible.
I know better now what to look for and found this solution that I can use: http://activecodeline.com/entityextender-extend-all-magento-entity-objects-at-once/
I am not sure how often others are updating their store(s), if Magento puts out updates every 2 weeks it’s quite time demanding to each time properly test it.
Thanks again for this superb tutorial, things are so much clearer now!!!

By: gaweee

gaweee — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:49:29 +0000

Hey Kat From what i understand you could extend the Controller and the Model then edit the view. But thats reallyyyyyyyy troublesome. you need to make sure all your layout's child blocks definitions are properly copied and that you got everything. At some pt its really much easier to just hack magento and make sure you record the hacks down somewhere for future upgrades. Hey thats wat a test server is for isnt it? =)

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:29:29 +0000

This is exactly why I dont’ like updates.. I am not even sure I’ll regularly update my Magento store (when it’s done)… You make something work, and then some minor (or not so minor) change breaks it completely.

And also I agree with everyone here, this tut is one of the best out there regarding Magento!!! (I just finished all 9 steps). THANKS!!

One thing I still need to figure it out is when to write models with Capitals and when not to.

Perhaps just a question, I am thinking of adding some attributes to Customer admin and I don’t want to change core files. Is there a way to create a block in admin that I could use to extend/append to existing Customer Module without harming existing one? Any thoughts on this?

Cheers

By: Ron Peled

Ron Peled — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:20:24 +0000

Nice article – thank you! I wish there was more on this from the Magento team.
As I look into existing Magento extensions most make use of the adminhtml namespace instead of creating the AdminController as listed in this article. Anyone know of another article explaining the adminhtml extension mechanics?

By: gaweee

gaweee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:18:09 +0000

what does your url look like?
it should be /twits/admin right?

By: Sam Granger

Sam Granger — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:57:30 +0000

Please ignore my previous message, I had a language installed so it’s quite obvious why it wasn’t showing in the menu, silly me! However, when I click the link (I see a key is made so thats not the problem), I get redirected to the dashboard url.

By: Sam Granger

Sam Granger — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:45:08 +0000

I just don't know whats wrong with the following code, using magento 1.3.1, but the Adverts menu just won't display in the adminpanel 1.0.0 ISAAC_Adverts_Block ISAAC_Adverts_Helper Adverts 100 adverts/admin standard ISAAC_Adverts adverts

By: gaweee

gaweee — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:52:43 +0000

Since Magento 1.3, they’ve added a security feature that doesnt allow backend controller urls to be access directly. The key has to be provided. As such, even if you do the rewrite, you’ll still need the menu to generate the key for you, then click on the menu to access it. This feature is to prevent the CSRF attacks. Try it with the key!

By: Sam Granger

Sam Granger — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:23:53 +0000

Great stuff guys! However, when I try to access my admin page (index.php/default/twit/admin & index.php/default/twit/admin/index) I just see the dashboard page. I just don’t know what I’m doing wrong, any ideas? I’ve added the rewite etc… I’m running on 1.3.1