# Reorder + Copy/Move extensions **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [July 3, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407 "2007-07-03T07:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407/1 "2007-07-03T07:47:11Z")
Hello everybody. I installed copy/move extension and got a button for copy/move action on a page list then i installed reorder extension and gor reorder button but copy/move disappeared. as far as i understand that’s because reorder extension provides it’s own version for admin/pages view. maybe we should implement some hooks for extensions to let them modify administrative page only in those parts we want? P.S. that button for copy/move had an image and that image could not be found for some reason - i got 404. image was in the correct place under /vendor/extensions/copy\_move/public/images/admin - somebody had similar problem? ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407/2 "2007-07-03T10:11:32Z")
> maybe we should implement some hooks for extensions to let them modify > administrative > page only in those parts we want? ``` Definitively. I my Radiant related to-do list i have a point about ``` sending to this list an e-mail about exactly this topic. ``` There must be an API so extensions can modify the UI without ``` interfering others or with Radiant itself. I find this issue to the a big problem of the otherwise good extension system. ``` A client-side JavaScript API would be OK, a server-side Ruby one ``` would be better. ``` /AITOR ``` ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407/3 "2007-07-03T10:15:32Z")
> P.S. that button for copy/move had an image and that image could not be > found for some > reason - i got 404. image was in the correct place under > /vendor/extensions/copy\_move /public/images/admin - somebody had similar > problem? You didn’t run all the migrations, read the README file of the extension. I you did, it’s possible that the migration was copying the file to the Radiant gem instead of to you app directory. Writing into the gem directory usually fails on unix machines (linux, osx) unless you are root. /AITOR ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407/4 "2007-07-03T10:35:34Z")
i have few thoughts about it 1. obvious one: think we should crystallize some parts of each administrative page where extensions could add their functional parts 2. we should have some way to define in which order extension-hooks are called. 3. those hooks maybe should be implemented in route mapping style and last thing - i think server side API can’t be as flexible as client-side Javascript. We can follow some conventions in defining classes and id’s for elements and then each extension will modify page after onLoad event. ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407/5 "2007-07-03T10:53:37Z")
thank you! anyway that button is gone because of reorder extension 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407/6 "2007-07-03T10:42:36Z")
Il giorno 03/lug/07, alle ore 07:45, Keymone ha scritto: > it’s own > reason - i got 404. image was in the correct place under > /vendor/extensions/copy\_move/public/images/admin - somebody had > similar > problem? You need to type: rake radiant:extensions:copy\_move:install …and it should copy the image in the public folder…let me know… > – > Regards, Keymone > > * * * > > Radiant mailing list > Post: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > Search: [http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/](http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/) > Site: [http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant](http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant) * * * Andrea F. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://bigchieflabs.com/blog/](http://bigchieflabs.com/blog/) [http://think.bigchief.it](http://think.bigchief.it) ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reorder-copy-move-extensions/108407/7 "2007-07-03T17:47:53Z")
On Jul 3, 2007, at 12:45 AM, Keymone wrote: > I installed copy/move extension and got a button for copy/move > action on a > page list > then i installed reorder extension and gor reorder button but copy/ > move > disappeared. Keymone, The current implementation has the extension rewriting the entire view, so multiple extensions that rewrite the same view overwrite each other. The current workaround for that is to diff the two views and modify the view that is getting loaded with the proper changes from the one that is not being loaded. The core team is working on solutions for this and IIRC these have already begun being rolled into edge from their branch. It would be great if a core member could give us an update. dm