Farms

ATTENTION: This page is mainly aimed at gathering ideas about farm setup/administration/implementation.

• Define (inc/preload.php):
  • DOKU_FARM
    • 0 ⇒ Animal
    • 1 ⇒ Farmer

• Configuration (inc/preload.php)
  • set value for global $config_cascade
    • load default farm settings after default dokuwiki settings
    • load protected farm settings after local settings

• Events:
  • Previously mentioned, PLUGIN_NAME_ISDISABLED, PLUGIN_NAME_DISABLE, PLUGIN_NAME_ENABLE won't work due to chicken and egg problem. By the time a plugin can control other plugins its too late. Problem solved by implementing a replaceable “plugin controller”, see below.
  • PLUGIN_PLUGINMANAGER_PLUGINLIST, PLUGIN_CONFIG_PLUGINLIST (implemented)

• Plugin Controller (preload.php)
  • replace DokuWiki's default plugin controller (inc/plugin_controller.class.php)
    • redefine isDisabled method to control which plugins an animal uses
    • retrieve plugin enable/disable settings from farm/animal configuration (see plugin manager below)

• Plugin Manager:
  1. disable upload/install for animals
  2. enable/disable for animals
  3. per animal & farm-wide disable for farmer

• Farm Admin Plugin:
• farmer needs to be able to take over animals

• automatic creation of an animal
• ability to disable an animal
• ability to take control of an animal
• ability to set a default configuration of/for embryonic animals
• ability to set default user(s), at least an admin
• ability to set/edit “protected” configuration values - values that animals can not change
• modifications to plugin management:
  • upload/delete plugins (while not allowing animals to upload/delete them)
  • enable/disable plugins farm wide
• mechanism for recording details of animal administrators
• mechanism for notifying (emailing) animal administrators