Plugins
Using the advanced Plugin system of the I-Metrics CMS create your own plugins or integrate existing ones to gear your website around your niche.
This section contains technical information of the Plugins Manager, integrated Plugins and each of these add-ons operates on the web-front and back end of the framework
04/13/2010
One of the first plugins introduced with the I-Metrics CMS is the demonstration message that displays here at the top of the main content section as an error message. The Demonstration Message Plugin has a single configuration option to enter a message to display.
04/14/2010
There are two separate Plugins bundled with the stock I-Metrics CMS. The left and right column systems. As the functionality of the 2 plugins is very similar, we will describe their functionality in this common article.
04/12/2010
he Alternative Content Display plugin allows the visitor to display a text page in printable format. There are no configuration options but there are template dependencies. Edit the alt_display.tpl for the template you are going to use to setup the icon for the printing button.
04/13/2010
The Comments System binds a comments form with a text page or a site collection page. When activated it appears as an additional module at the end of the page on the website front-end.
04/13/2010
The CSS Drop-Down menu is another Plugin of the I-Metrics CMS used for navigation purposes on the web-front. The plugin deploys a CSS stylesheet and it is binded to the template in use.
04/14/2010
Demonstrating the capabilities and flexibility of integrating jQuery plugins with the I-Metrics CMS, the popup image system is basically a PHP wrapper with configuration options around the fancybox.
04/13/2010
The code tags plugin is one of the simplest add-ons for the I-Metrics CMS. There are no configuration options as everything is controlled via an additional stylesheet. There are template dependencies and during installation the plugin displays the available templates supported.
04/13/2010
The History System operates on the administration end only. It records certain pages as you browse through the admin and generates a box of these navigation entries that should appear on the left-hand side of your administration panel.
08/12/2011
Perhaps one of the most difficult tasks is to promote the I-Metrics
CMS capabilities and this maybe accomplished by demonstrating its use when developing complex
plugins.
