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"__nav_5_2">
1180 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1183 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1192 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--active">
1194 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle" type=
"checkbox" id=
"__toc">
1200 <label class=
"md-nav__link md-nav__link--active" for=
"__toc">
1202 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1205 <a href=
"./" class=
"md-nav__link md-nav__link--active">
1211 <nav class=
"md-nav md-nav--secondary" aria-label=
"Table of contents">
1218 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__toc">
1219 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1222 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-component=
"toc" data-md-scrollfix
>
1224 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1225 <a href=
"#built-in-pips" class=
"md-nav__link">
1245 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1246 <a href=
"acl-option/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1259 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1260 <a href=
"acp-menu/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1273 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1274 <a href=
"acp-search-provider/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1287 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1288 <a href=
"acp-template/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1301 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1302 <a href=
"acp-template-delete/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1315 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1316 <a href=
"bbcode/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1329 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1330 <a href=
"box/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1343 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1344 <a href=
"clipboard-action/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1357 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1358 <a href=
"core-object/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1371 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1372 <a href=
"cronjob/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1385 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1386 <a href=
"database/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1399 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1400 <a href=
"event-listener/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1413 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1414 <a href=
"file/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1427 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1428 <a href=
"file-delete/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1441 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1442 <a href=
"language/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1455 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1456 <a href=
"media-provider/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1469 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1470 <a href=
"menu/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1483 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1484 <a href=
"menu-item/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1497 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1498 <a href=
"object-type/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1511 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1512 <a href=
"object-type-definition/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1513 objectTypeDefinition
1525 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1526 <a href=
"option/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1539 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1540 <a href=
"page/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1553 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1554 <a href=
"pip/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1567 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1568 <a href=
"script/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1581 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1582 <a href=
"smiley/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1595 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1596 <a href=
"sql/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1609 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1610 <a href=
"style/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1623 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1624 <a href=
"template/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1637 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1638 <a href=
"template-delete/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1651 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1652 <a href=
"template-listener/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1665 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1666 <a href=
"user-group-option/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1679 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1680 <a href=
"user-menu/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1693 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1694 <a href=
"user-notification-event/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1695 userNotificationEvent
1707 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1708 <a href=
"user-option/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1721 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1722 <a href=
"user-profile-menu/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1742 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1743 <a href=
"../database-php-api/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1765 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1770 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6" >
1774 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6" id=
"__nav_6_label" tabindex=
"0">
1776 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1779 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"1" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
1780 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6">
1781 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1784 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1792 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1797 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_1" >
1801 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_1" id=
"__nav_6_1_label" tabindex=
"0">
1802 From WoltLab Suite
5.5
1803 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1806 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_1_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
1807 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_1">
1808 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1809 From WoltLab Suite
5.5
1811 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1818 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1819 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc55/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1832 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1833 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc55/javascript/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1834 TypeScript and JavaScript
1846 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1847 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc55/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1860 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1861 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc55/icons/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1874 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1875 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc55/dialogs/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1888 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1889 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc55/libraries/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1890 Third Party Libraries
1902 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1903 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc55/deprecations_removals/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1904 Deprecations and Removals
1924 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1929 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_2" >
1933 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_2" id=
"__nav_6_2_label" tabindex=
"0">
1934 From WoltLab Suite
5.4
1935 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1938 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_2_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
1939 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_2">
1940 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1941 From WoltLab Suite
5.4
1943 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1950 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1951 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc54/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1964 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1965 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc54/javascript/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1966 TypeScript and JavaScript
1978 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1979 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc54/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1992 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1993 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc54/libraries/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1994 Third Party Libraries
2006 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2007 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc54/deprecations_removals/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2008 Deprecations and Removals
2028 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
2033 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_3" >
2037 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_3" id=
"__nav_6_3_label" tabindex=
"0">
2038 From WoltLab Suite
5.3
2039 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2042 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_3_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
2043 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_3">
2044 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2045 From WoltLab Suite
5.3
2047 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
2054 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2055 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc53/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2068 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2069 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc53/session/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2070 Session Handling and Authentication
2082 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2083 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc53/javascript/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2084 TypeScript and JavaScript
2096 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2097 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc53/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2110 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2111 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc53/libraries/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2112 Third Party Libraries
2132 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
2137 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_4" >
2141 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_4" id=
"__nav_6_4_label" tabindex=
"0">
2142 From WoltLab Suite
5.2
2143 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2146 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_4_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
2147 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_4">
2148 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2149 From WoltLab Suite
5.2
2151 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
2158 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2159 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc52/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2172 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2173 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc52/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2174 Templates and Languages
2186 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2187 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc52/libraries/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2188 Third Party Libraries
2208 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
2213 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_5" >
2217 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_5" id=
"__nav_6_5_label" tabindex=
"0">
2218 From WoltLab Suite
3.1
2219 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2222 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_5_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
2223 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_5">
2224 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2225 From WoltLab Suite
3.1
2227 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
2234 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2235 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc31/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2256 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
2261 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_6" >
2265 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_6" id=
"__nav_6_6_label" tabindex=
"0">
2266 From WoltLab Suite
3.0
2267 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2270 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_6_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
2271 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_6">
2272 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2273 From WoltLab Suite
3.0
2275 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
2282 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2283 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc30/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2296 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2297 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc30/javascript/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2310 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2311 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc30/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2324 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2325 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc30/css/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2338 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2339 <a href=
"../../migration/wsc30/package/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2360 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
2365 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_7" >
2369 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_7" id=
"__nav_6_7_label" tabindex=
"0">
2371 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2374 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_6_7_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
2375 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_7">
2376 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2379 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
2386 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2387 <a href=
"../../migration/wcf21/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2400 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2401 <a href=
"../../migration/wcf21/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2414 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2415 <a href=
"../../migration/wcf21/css/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2428 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2429 <a href=
"../../migration/wcf21/package/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2458 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
2463 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_7" >
2467 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_7" id=
"__nav_7_label" tabindex=
"0">
2469 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2472 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"1" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_7_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
2473 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_7">
2474 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2477 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
2485 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
2490 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_7_1" >
2494 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_7_1" id=
"__nav_7_1_label" tabindex=
"0">
2496 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2499 <nav class=
"md-nav" data-md-level=
"2" aria-labelledby=
"__nav_7_1_label" aria-expanded=
"false">
2500 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_7_1">
2501 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2504 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
2511 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2512 <a href=
"../../tutorial/series/overview/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2525 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2526 <a href=
"../../tutorial/series/part_1/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2539 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2540 <a href=
"../../tutorial/series/part_2/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2553 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2554 <a href=
"../../tutorial/series/part_3/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2567 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2568 <a href=
"../../tutorial/series/part_4/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2581 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2582 <a href=
"../../tutorial/series/part_5/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2595 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2596 <a href=
"../../tutorial/series/part_6/" class=
"md-nav__link">
2625 <div class=
"md-sidebar md-sidebar--secondary" data-md-component=
"sidebar" data-md-type=
"toc" >
2626 <div class=
"md-sidebar__scrollwrap">
2627 <div class=
"md-sidebar__inner">
2630 <nav class=
"md-nav md-nav--secondary" aria-label=
"Table of contents">
2637 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__toc">
2638 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
2641 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-component=
"toc" data-md-scrollfix
>
2643 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
2644 <a href=
"#built-in-pips" class=
"md-nav__link">
2659 <div class=
"md-content" data-md-component=
"content">
2660 <article class=
"md-content__inner md-typeset">
2668 <h1 id=
"package-installation-plugins">Package Installation Plugins
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#package-installation-plugins" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h1>
2669 <p>Package Installation Plugins (PIPs) are interfaces to deploy and edit content as well as components.
</p>
2670 <div class=
"admonition info">
2671 <p class=
"admonition-title">For XML-based PIPs:
<code><![CDATA[]]
></code> must be used for language items and page contents. In all other cases it may only be used when necessary.
</p>
2673 <h2 id=
"built-in-pips">Built-In PIPs
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#built-in-pips" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h2>
2678 <th>Description
</th>
2683 <td><a href=
"acl-option/">aclOption
</a></td>
2684 <td>Customizable permissions for individual objects
</td>
2687 <td><a href=
"acp-menu/">acpMenu
</a></td>
2688 <td>Admin panel menu categories and items
</td>
2691 <td><a href=
"acp-search-provider/">acpSearchProvider
</a></td>
2692 <td>Data provider for the admin panel search
</td>
2695 <td><a href=
"acp-template/">acpTemplate
</a></td>
2696 <td>Admin panel templates
</td>
2699 <td><a href=
"acp-template-delete/">acpTemplateDelete
</a></td>
2700 <td>Deletes admin panel templates installed with
<a href=
"acp-template/">acpTemplate
</a></td>
2703 <td><a href=
"bbcode/">bbcode
</a></td>
2704 <td>BBCodes for rich message formatting
</td>
2707 <td><a href=
"box/">box
</a></td>
2708 <td>Boxes that can be placed anywhere on a page
</td>
2711 <td><a href=
"clipboard-action/">clipboardAction
</a></td>
2712 <td>Perform bulk operations on marked objects
</td>
2715 <td><a href=
"core-object/">coreObject
</a></td>
2716 <td>Access Singletons from within the template
</td>
2719 <td><a href=
"cronjob/">cronjob
</a></td>
2720 <td>Periodically execute code with customizable intervals
</td>
2723 <td><a href=
"database/">database
</a></td>
2724 <td>Updates the database layout using
<a href=
"../database-php-api/">the PHP API
</a></td>
2727 <td><a href=
"event-listener/">eventListener
</a></td>
2728 <td>Register listeners for the event system
</td>
2731 <td><a href=
"file/">file
</a></td>
2732 <td>Deploy any type of files with the exception of templates
</td>
2735 <td><a href=
"file-delete/">fileDelete
</a></td>
2736 <td>Deletes files installed with
<a href=
"file/">file
</a></td>
2739 <td><a href=
"language/">language
</a></td>
2740 <td>Language items
</td>
2743 <td><a href=
"media-provider/">mediaProvider
</a></td>
2744 <td>Detect and convert links to media providers
</td>
2747 <td><a href=
"menu/">menu
</a></td>
2748 <td>Side-wide and custom per-page menus
</td>
2751 <td><a href=
"menu-item/">menuItem
</a></td>
2752 <td>Menu items for menus created through the menu PIP
</td>
2755 <td><a href=
"object-type/">objectType
</a></td>
2756 <td>Flexible type registry based on definitions
</td>
2759 <td><a href=
"object-type-definition/">objectTypeDefinition
</a></td>
2760 <td>Groups objects and classes by functionality
</td>
2763 <td><a href=
"option/">option
</a></td>
2764 <td>Side-wide configuration options
</td>
2767 <td><a href=
"page/">page
</a></td>
2768 <td>Register page controllers and text-based pages
</td>
2771 <td><a href=
"pip/">pip
</a></td>
2772 <td>Package Installation Plugins
</td>
2775 <td><a href=
"script/">script
</a></td>
2776 <td>Execute arbitrary PHP code during installation, update and uninstallation
</td>
2779 <td><a href=
"smiley/">smiley
</a></td>
2783 <td><a href=
"sql/">sql
</a></td>
2784 <td>Execute SQL instructions using a MySQL-flavored syntax (also see
<a href=
"../database-php-api/">database PHP API
</a>)
</td>
2787 <td><a href=
"style/">style
</a></td>
2791 <td><a href=
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</a></td>
2792 <td>Frontend templates
</td>
2795 <td><a href=
"template-delete/">templateDelete
</a></td>
2796 <td>Deletes frontend templates installed with
<a href=
"template/">template
</a></td>
2799 <td><a href=
"template-listener/">templateListener
</a></td>
2800 <td>Embed template code into templates without altering the original
</td>
2803 <td><a href=
"user-group-option/">userGroupOption
</a></td>
2804 <td>Permissions for user groups
</td>
2807 <td><a href=
"user-menu/">userMenu
</a></td>
2808 <td>User menu categories and items
</td>
2811 <td><a href=
"user-notification-event/">userNotificationEvent
</a></td>
2812 <td>Events of the user notification system
</td>
2815 <td><a href=
"user-option/">userOption
</a></td>
2816 <td>User settings
</td>
2819 <td><a href=
"user-profile-menu/">userProfileMenu
</a></td>
2820 <td>User profile tabs
</td>
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