I'm using project pier to do project management for an animated film. I'd like to take Task List and Tasks, and create a plugin that almost duplicates its their functionality but customize it for shots. The idea would be instead of creating a Task List with individual tasks assigned to users you'd create a Shot, and there would be pipeline steps (layout, animation, etc.) assigned to users.
So I took a look at the recommendations for creating a plugin that said to basically duplicate an existing plugins hierarchy and change it to do what you wanted it to do. It makes most sense to duplicate the Task List and change its function...but thats not a plug in. Any suggestions?
I am working on something similar so I would love to see what the responses are.
Hi,
You could try and change the translation with the Internationalization function built into 0.8.8. You can change the "translation" of task into Shot and so on. I dunno if that is enough for your case, but you could try it. Check the translation guide in the development section on this site for more info. ( http://www.projectpier.org/node/376 )
Hoping this helped.
Greets,
engelbert
I don't think translation will work 100%. I need very slight modifications to the task structure. Basically a Task List would become a Shot. The shot would need a Shot Code, a short Description, a Sequence variable, and a Status variable (In Progress, Waiting, Final, etc.). Individual tasks would become Pipeline Steps. The Steps would be things like Layout, Animation, FX, etc. Each step would still be assigned to people like a task, but they would also need a Status variable.
So its not exactly a simple translation.
Would it just be easier to add stuff like Status and Sequence to the core Task List / Task workflow?