Hello,
I am looking for advice on how to extend the existing message board portlet in Liferay by adding more functionality. I've been Googling, reading up on the documentation as well as studying the source code but I still can't figure out quite how I should approach this (or perhaps: what is the best approach).
An example of the types of added functionality I would like to implement, is to include some ranking functionality to the individual MB posts, in addition to the existing user ratings. With such an extension, would it be best to add a completely new service, or should I try to extend or even override existing MB-classes?
A related question is also wether I should I develop a Hook or an ext-plugin for this kind of extension?
Obviously, if I were to override existing source I have to go for ext-plugin, but in my mind this would not be a good idea. Especially since I do not want to change existing functionality, just add new. So my question here is if it is possible to add new services to a Hook, and use them in conjuction with the original MB-classes (for instance MBMessage, MBStatsUser, etc.), or does this also need to be implemented as an Ext-plugin.
I am obviously still quite the newbie so any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I am looking for advice on how to extend the existing message board portlet in Liferay by adding more functionality. I've been Googling, reading up on the documentation as well as studying the source code but I still can't figure out quite how I should approach this (or perhaps: what is the best approach).
An example of the types of added functionality I would like to implement, is to include some ranking functionality to the individual MB posts, in addition to the existing user ratings. With such an extension, would it be best to add a completely new service, or should I try to extend or even override existing MB-classes?
A related question is also wether I should I develop a Hook or an ext-plugin for this kind of extension?
Obviously, if I were to override existing source I have to go for ext-plugin, but in my mind this would not be a good idea. Especially since I do not want to change existing functionality, just add new. So my question here is if it is possible to add new services to a Hook, and use them in conjuction with the original MB-classes (for instance MBMessage, MBStatsUser, etc.), or does this also need to be implemented as an Ext-plugin.
I am obviously still quite the newbie so any advice would be greatly appreciated!
