Add a button in the side bar

mrnemesys

Hi all.
For the moment, i just need a way to add a button on top of the button "Start a discussion"
I've checked on the views files, but don't find where to do it.
Thanks 🙂

clarkwinkelmann

mrnemesys you need to extend the javascript views. The place you're looking for is probably IndexPage.navItems. To put the link at the top you'll have to give it a priority value in the ItemList.

You can see how other extensions added a link there:

https://github.com/clarkwinkelmann/catch-the-fish/blob/master/js/src/forum/addNavLinks.js
https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/user-directory/blob/master/js/src/forum/index.js#L30

mrnemesys

Thanks, with the right direction i will certainly make it 😉

mrnemesys

I've got this error after using reflar extension generator 😀
[InvalidArgumentException] Could not find a matching version of package ThierryParlierAddGroupButton. Check the package spelling, your version constraint and that the package is available in a stability which matches your minimum-stability (beta).

Composer.json is like this
{ "name": "thierryparlier/addgroupbutton", "description": "Add an external link to create group", "keywords": [ "flarum" ], "type": "flarum-extension", "license": "MIT", "require": { "flarum/core": "^0.1.0-beta.9" }, "authors": [ { "name": "Thierry Parlier", "email": "dev.thierryparlier@gmail.com", "role": "Developer" } ], "autoload": { "psr-4": { "ThierryParlier\\AddGroupButton\\": "src/" } }, "extra": { "flarum-extension": { "title": "Add a Button With an External Link", "icon": { "name": "", "backgroundColor": "", "color": "" } }, "flagrow": { "discuss": "" } } }

clarkwinkelmann

mrnemesys what command are you running when you get the InvalidArgumentException ?

If that extension is in your workbench folder you should be able to install it with composer require thierryparlier/addgroupbutton:*@dev

mrnemesys

it's in "packages" folder, and i use the command like you write it

clarkwinkelmann

mrnemesys the error above seems to indicate you wrote "ThierryParlierAddGroupButton" somewhere in the command. Otherwise I have no idea where this text is coming from.

Could not find a matching version of package ThierryParlierAddGroupButton

EDIT: maybe that wrong package name is already in your composer.json. If so remove the line from the json file before trying again.

mrnemesys

i've just intalled reflar extension package with git bash / npm
create an extension based on the example video
use the same command line as you for require it in the project

datitisev

mrnemesys Packages follow the name <vendor>/<package name>. The folder in which the extension is located in packages does not mater. You have to require the extension by its name in composer.json.

mrnemesys

datitisev composer.json in root folder ?

mrnemesys

got i work. i've made lot of folder in package to have multiple configuration and use command line in composer with lowercase, if think it was some uppercase in the namespace who make it fail