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I was thinking of adding a few options to a plugin I created that would allow the user to change the settings to their own preference, rather than site wide settings.
It occurred to me that this might be better done as a stand alone "User Settings" plugin - ie an options toolbar button that allows the user to access various settings. Preferences could be saved in a cookie and potentially saved to the host server via an ajax post if desired.
Obvious settings would be toolbar selection - basic / advanced for example. If done correctly the "User Settings" plugin could then provide functionality to other plugins and so on - e.g. I was looking to allow saving of enable / disable and the timeout for an auto save feature. Rather than build the save function into that plugin, it could be done through a "User Settings" plugin if installed. Various features could share the same code and keep the project size down.
Does any of this exist already? Is this a good / bad idea?
cheers, mike
I was thinking of adding a few options to a plugin I created that would allow the user to change the settings to their own preference, rather than site wide settings.
It occurred to me that this might be better done as a stand alone "User Settings" plugin - ie an options toolbar button that allows the user to access various settings. Preferences could be saved in a cookie and potentially saved to the host server via an ajax post if desired.
Obvious settings would be toolbar selection - basic / advanced for example. If done correctly the "User Settings" plugin could then provide functionality to other plugins and so on - e.g. I was looking to allow saving of enable / disable and the timeout for an auto save feature. Rather than build the save function into that plugin, it could be done through a "User Settings" plugin if installed. Various features could share the same code and keep the project size down.
Does any of this exist already? Is this a good / bad idea?
cheers, mike
RE: plugin idea - User Settings