Suggestion: ACP extensibility

[Massive Dynamics]

I know this probably won't make it into 3.2 if you accept it, and maybe not even 3.3 if it will exist, but I say that it is a much needed feature.

The front end of the forums can be extended with hooks, and so are all of the applications. However, there is one part of the forum that cannot be changed without file edits...

The ACP (Admin Control Panel) can only be changed with new applications (and settings etc with hooks), but the general layout stays the same. It has no hooks as such, and cannot be skinned without file edits (as far as I know!)

Please, at least think about implementing this. I don't care if it doesn't make it until even IPB 5, as long as it happens at some stage

[Morrigan]

I'd like to second this. I haven't fully fixed the Recount and Rebuild for my mod but I had to manually change it so that when someone recounts posts it will recount my character posts and I will eventually fix the recount and rebuild to fix starter and last poster information *once I figure it out*. It would be nice to just be able to data overload the recount posts and the starter and last poster data.

[Fishfish0001]

I third this. I was tying to add new tabs to the meber page, and I had to manually edit files just to do so. This would also allow me to put up some modifications here if the ACP had hooks.

[Massive Dynamics]

I'm sorry about the epically late post, but I thought it would be better than making a whole new topic.

Is there any news about this? I am really excited about possibly being able to hook into the ACP with, well, hooks.

[teraßyte]

Action overloader hooks are already supported in IPB since 3.0.


Library hooks are supported as well starting with IPB 3.1.2 and with 3.2 I've added them almost everywhere, you can also hook into ACP templates now (files in skip_cp folder for each app).

[Massive Dynamics]

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