Hi .. just bought dadabik pro as it looks like it might do the job (or at least part of it) for a society membership database. I've been playing with it to get an idea of how it works and have one main issue and a couple of questions at the moment.
The main issue ... I've created a MySql database with a few fields and then added them using DBSyncho. The records and fields all show in the front end but the three icons (view, delete and edit) are missing. I've tried changing permissions (which are all set to 'yes') and looked in detail at the field definitions but I can't see anything that might give me back those 3 icons.
Some questions:
1) When I log in as admin, I see two main Admin entries in the sidebar, one with a users sub menu and the other with groups sub-menu. In the demos, there is one admin entry with users and groups as sub-menus. How do I get this structure ?
2) Can someone explain how the password system works please i.e. when I edit a user the password has 'hash' in parens and then a link to 'crypter'. What is this all about please as non-crypted passwords entered directly into the password field don't seem to work.
And finally, could I ask for some advice ? I know Wordpress pretty well and I'm looking to implement a society membership system with different membership types and subscription rates. I also need to record in the database dates when subscriptions were taken out so I can send email renewal notices and invoices and then update the DB when payments are received.
I was thinking of using dadabik as simply a CRUD interface to keep static membership data up to date and then maybe write a WP plugin and code to do all the other more dynamic stuff.
Question: would it make more sense (and is it possible) to do everything with dadabik ? I would need to be able to have a view which is basically a subset of the database for expired subscriptions and then click buttons which would invoke plugin function to dynamically create the renewal emails/invoices.
Any help gratefully received.
Thanks
Ron
The main issue ... I've created a MySql database with a few fields and then added them using DBSyncho. The records and fields all show in the front end but the three icons (view, delete and edit) are missing. I've tried changing permissions (which are all set to 'yes') and looked in detail at the field definitions but I can't see anything that might give me back those 3 icons.
Some questions:
1) When I log in as admin, I see two main Admin entries in the sidebar, one with a users sub menu and the other with groups sub-menu. In the demos, there is one admin entry with users and groups as sub-menus. How do I get this structure ?
2) Can someone explain how the password system works please i.e. when I edit a user the password has 'hash' in parens and then a link to 'crypter'. What is this all about please as non-crypted passwords entered directly into the password field don't seem to work.
And finally, could I ask for some advice ? I know Wordpress pretty well and I'm looking to implement a society membership system with different membership types and subscription rates. I also need to record in the database dates when subscriptions were taken out so I can send email renewal notices and invoices and then update the DB when payments are received.
I was thinking of using dadabik as simply a CRUD interface to keep static membership data up to date and then maybe write a WP plugin and code to do all the other more dynamic stuff.
Question: would it make more sense (and is it possible) to do everything with dadabik ? I would need to be able to have a view which is basically a subset of the database for expired subscriptions and then click buttons which would invoke plugin function to dynamically create the renewal emails/invoices.
Any help gratefully received.
Thanks
Ron