=== Easy WP Plugin documentation ===


	So you would like to create your own Easy WP plugins? No problem!
	Here's a small manual on how to create a basic plugin. 
	For the sake of simplicity, we'll be walking through the steps of creating an 
	"Agenda" plugin.

	We start by creating a standard wordpress plugin. Easy WP plugins are detected
	by name, so naming-conventions are very important. Create a folder named easy-wp-agenda
	and add an empty php file called 'easy-wp-agenda.php'. You then start the php file with
	standard Wordpress-setup:
	
		#	<?php
		#	/*
		#	Plugin Name: Easy WP Agenda
		#	Plugin URI: http://www.easy-wp.com
		#	Description: Easy WP agenda enables super-simple agenda management
		#	Version: 0.1
		#	Author: To Wonder
		#	Author URI: http://www.to-wonder.com
		#	Contributors: Motief:Collectief (http://www.motiefcollectief.com)
		#	*/
		#	?>	
	
	That's the first step! You've setup a new plugin!	
	
	
	>	"Wordpress plugin 101" can be found here:
		http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin


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	The second thing you are going to need is a custom posttype and some naming conventions

	>	To register a custom posttype, check the wordpress-codex:
		http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type
		
	
	Again, naming convention is important, it needs to be 'agenda', in this case but if you're creating something
	else; name your posttype after your folder (everything after 'easy-wp-' is the name of your posttype).
	
	After that, you're plugin needs to register some options. We use the admin_init hook for this:
	
		#	add_action('admin_init', 'ewp_agenda_setname');
		#
		#	function ewp_agenda_setname(){
		#		$name = get_option('easy-wp-agenda-name');
		#		
		#		if(empty($name)){
		#			add_option('easy-wp-agenda-name', 'Agenda');
		#		}	
		#		
		#		$posttype = get_option('easy-wp-agenda-posttype');
		#		if(empty($posttype)){
		#			add_option('easy-wp-agenda-posttype', 'agenda');
		#		}
		#	}
			
	Here you'll add the name of the posttype and the menuname to the database.	
	Also, if you add /easy-wp-agenda/img/btn.png, Easy WP automatically picks up the
	icon you'd like to use for this plugin.
	
	
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	Step 3: Main UI:
	
	Easy WP loads standard css + images in on every page, so use these standards and (for consistancy)
	don't change the layout:
	
		#	add_action('admin_footer', 'ewp_agenda_ui');
		#
		#
		#	function ewp_agenda_ui(){
		#		global $pagenow;
		#		$posttype = $_GET['post_type'];
		#
		#		if($pagenow == 'edit.php' && $posttype == 'agenda'){
		#		
		#			//get all the agenda items:
		#			$ps = new WP_Query("post_type=agenda");
		#
		#			$posts = array();
		#			$i = 0;
		#			//put 'em in an array:
		#			foreach($ps->posts as $p){
		#
		#				$start = get_post_meta($p->ID, 'agenda_date', true) ;
		#				$posts[$i]['ID'] = $p->ID;
		#				$posts[$i]['post_date'] = $p->post_date;
		#				$posts[$i]['post_title'] = $p->post_title;
		#				$posts[$i]['begin'] = $start;
		#				$i++;
		#			}
		#			
		#			//dynamically calculate the width of #innermenu
		#			$amount = count($posts) +1;
		#			$width = $amount * 140;
		#
		#			?>
		#			<div id="bigmenutitle">
		#				Which agendaitem would you like to edit?
		#			</div>
		#			
		#			<div id="newmenu">
		#				<div id="innermenu" style="width:<?php echo $width?>px;margin-left:-<?php echo floor($width / 2);?>px">
		#					<!-- first the 'create new' button: -->
		#					<div class="page_menuitem">
		#						<a href="<?php echo admin_url()?>post-new.php?post_type=agenda">
		#							<img src="<?php echo plugins_url()?>/easy-wp/img/new.png" /><br/>
		#							New agenda item
		#						</a>
		#					</div>
		#					
		#					<?php
		#					//then all the posts:
		#					foreach($posts as $post){
		#						
		#						//here we add the 'draggable' class:
		#						echo '<div class="page_menuitem draggable" id="'.$post['ID'].'">';
		#						echo '<a href="'.get_site_url().'/wp-admin/post.php?post='.$post['ID'].'&action=edit&post_type=agenda">';
		#						
		#						//here we use an icon, this can ofcourse be anything you'd like:
		#						echo '<img src="'.plugins_url().'/easy-wp-agenda/img/point.png" width="80px"/>';
		#						echo '<br/>'.ucwords($post['post_title']).'</a>';
		#						echo '</div>';
		#					}				
		#					?>
		#				</div>
		#			</div>
		#
		#			<!-- add the #droppable div as trash: -->
		#			<div id="droppable">
		#			</div>
		#
		#			<?php 
		#		}
		#	}
		#	
		#	?>
			
			
	Using the divnames draggable and droppable will automatically enable drag & drop page-deletion (just drag an agenda item to the trashcan).
	
	
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	Step 4: Edit:
	
	And now we'll add information to the 'admin_menu' hook, so Easy WP know's which is the current page:
	
		#	add_action('admin_menu', 'ewp_agenda_admin_menu');
		#	
		#	function ewp_agenda_admin_menu(){
		#		global $pagenow;
		#		$view = get_option('easywp_adminview');
		#		$posttype = $_GET['post_type'];
		#
		#		if($view == 'false'){
		#			if($pagenow == 'edit.php' && $posttype == 'agenda') {
		#				
		#				// set all variables for the "back"-button:
		#
		#				$url = plugins_url().'/easy-wp-agenda/img/btn.png';
		#				update_option('easy-wp-current-button', $url);
		#				update_option('easy-wp-current-title', 'Agenda');
		#				update_option('easy-wp-current-backlink', 'agenda');
		#			}
		#		}
		#	}
	
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	Okay, that's it. We've setup a basic Easy WP plugin. Ofcourse you can do everything the wordpress-pluginengine also can, but
	this is the way we use this engine. We try to keep it simple and consistent. Easy WP is, after all, meant to be the 
	little guy's dashboard!
	
	
	Have fun experimenting!
	Cheers,
	To Wonder & Motief:Collectief