tweaked a bit for clarity:

/*
Extension Name: Custom HTML Message in Panel
Extension Url: http://lussumo.com/docs/
Description: Adds Custon HTML to the panel
Version: 1.0
Author: BJ
Author Url: http://lussumo.com/docs/
*/

$MessageTitle = "My Title";
$HTMLToDisplay = "My <i>HTML</i> message";

if (in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array("index.php"))) {

$Panel->AddList("$MessageTitle");

$Panel->AddListItem("$MessageTitle", "</a> $HTMLToDisplay <a>", "" , "", $Position = "1", $Attributes = "");

}

since this is the "official" post for this extension, could you provide examples of where in the code to put images that you want displayed, or text - for us non-coders? :) thanks!

I was just about to post that I played with it a bit too.

<?php
/*
Extension Name: Custom HTML Message in Panel (HEREDOC version)
Extension Url: http://lussumo.com/docs/
Description: Adds Custon HTML to the panel
Version: 1.0
Author: BJ
Author Url: http://lussumo.com/docs/
*/

if(in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array("index.php"))) {
$Panel->AddList("htmlblock");
$HTMLBlockTitle = "OMGWTF!";
$HTMLToDisplay = <<< ENDHTML

<p>A BIG FAT BLOCK OF AD CODE COULD BE HERE!</p>

ENDHTML;
$Panel->AddListItem($HTMLBlockTitle,"</a>$HTMLToDisplay<a>","","",$Position="1",$Attributes="");
}
?>

> </a> $HTMLToDisplay <a>

because when you add something to the list, the Vanilla object wants to make it a URL. We don't want our batch of HTML to appear as a big link for this extension, so we </a> to keep us from w/in the tag and <a> so when the object tries to close it the rest of the page doesn't get jacked.

in other words - it is a hack

save it as CustomHTML.php, put "<?php" on the first line and "?>" on the last, and put it in your extension folder. Go in your admin section and enable the extension.

nice! worked like a champ..

AddString...

WHO KNEW?! ;)

Thx for the heads up, Mark.!

you know i was thinking about control loading on the page and whether you could insert controls (at specific points) during the page_load event.

and btw, marks page life cycle for this app is very similar to the asp.net page life cycle

How about assigning 'weights' to the extensions, (or the extensions that load data inot the panel).

Example of weights: -10, -9, -8, ..., 0, 1, 2, 3

Lighter weights 'float' to the top and are exectued first, while 'heavier' weights sink to the bottom.

Admins could order the extensions in anyway they wanted. i would recommend a drop down box, as user defined entires (text field) would require error checking.

If no weights are assigned (0 by default), then they execute in alphabetical order.

That's a great idea.

I was thinking that the extensions form should change anyway - it's wayyyyy to bloated. I'd kind of like to make it a table and have the users able to move extensions up or down like you can move categories up or down.

Want to add it to the enhancement list on the bugs page?

For those using this extension, if you need to add a stylesheet for the html you're inserting, you can add it by adding this line ($StyleSheetLocation is obviously the location of the stylesheet to add):

$Head->AddStyleSheet($StyleSheetLocation);