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Community => Elxis Community => Topic started by: mannes on April 07, 2008, 17:59:32
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Hi,
I need some tips to create a sample data package. Is there some written info out there?
Regards
mannes
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There is no documentation on this. You should examine how the default data package works.
Here is a very short how-to:
1. Pick a name for your sample data package without spaces and strange symbols (i.e. personalsite, tourism_site, etc). Let's say you picked "mysite" as the name of your package.
2. Create a mysite.php file inside installation/schema/ folder
Inside this file you should place at least 3 functions having names:
//runs exactly after installing sample data
function mysite() {}
//displays a preview of the package
function mysite_preview() {}
//runs at the end, when sample data and multilingual menus have been created
function mysite_finalize() {}
Add inside these functions any code you like.
3. Create a mysite.sql file and put inside it the sql queries you want to be executed during installation. These are the sample data main queries.
4. Create a /installation/schema/mysite/ folder and place inside it all the other required files as well as the multi-lingual sql queries for the multi-lingual menus (optional).
For more see how the default_data package is built.
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thanks, that helps
mannes