Module store

For 4.3 the goal is to to provide at least a listing of existing modules integrated in the admin interfaceinto AdminCentral, with links for manual download. It may just be an iframe that loads a page from magnolia.info, we -cms.com. We may want to just to add a launcher page to pass all the needed information about magnolia version and already installed modulesinformation about the installation that acesses the module store, e.g. installed modules and version info. A nice/cheap addon could be a page that lists currently installed modules (this one generated directly by magnoliaMagnolia).

This is an idea of how it could look:

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Menu and pages configuration

A new magnolia module "modulestore", adding a menu item "Module store" in the magnolia admin interface, and .
The module provides two freemarker pages:

• all modules list: displays all available modules (loaded from a url set in module's configuration);
• installed modules list: displays only modules installed in the current application.

All modules page

Selecting the "Module store" menu item shows the all modules page; the module list is requested to the remote server (magnolia-cms.infocom): Image Removed
Parameters are posted in the form of <module-name>=<module-version>: Image Removed

 Current application's data is posted as a json-encoded parameter:
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All modules page layout
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Clicking on a module shows a details page:
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Installed modules page

Selecting the "Installed modules" sub-menu item shows the list of installed modules.

Module definitions are retrieved from the ModuleRegistry.

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The details on available modules are maintained server-side, in the form of editorial content:

The "module-list" page aggregates module informations, and handles requests made by "All modules" page of the "Module store" menu.

Each subpage stores details on a single module:

The "Module details" button opens the dialog: