====== Farms ======
**ATTENTION:** This page is mainly aimed at gathering ideas about [[tips:farm|farm]] setup/administration/implementation.


===== Enabling / Disabling Plugins =====

  * Define (''inc/preload.php''):
    * ''DOKU_FARM''
      * 0 => Animal
      * 1 => Farmer

  * Configuration (''inc/preload.php'')
    * set value for global $config_cascade
      * load default farm settings after default dokuwiki settings
      * load protected farm settings after local settings

  * Events:
    * Previously mentioned, ''PLUGIN_NAME_ISDISABLED'', ''PLUGIN_NAME_DISABLE'', ''PLUGIN_NAME_ENABLE'' won't work due to chicken and egg problem.  By the time a plugin can control other plugins its too late.  Problem solved by implementing a replaceable "plugin controller", see below.
    * ''PLUGIN_PLUGINMANAGER_PLUGINLIST'', ''PLUGIN_CONFIG_PLUGINLIST'' (implemented)

  * Plugin Controller (''preload.php'') 
    * replace DokuWiki's default plugin controller (''inc/plugin_controller.class.php'')
      * redefine isDisabled method to control which plugins an animal uses
      * retrieve plugin enable/disable settings from farm/animal configuration (see plugin manager below)

  * Plugin Manager:
    - disable upload/install for animals
    - enable/disable for animals
    - per animal & farm-wide disable for farmer
  
  * Farm Admin Plugin:
    * farmer needs to be able to take over animals

===== Farm Administration =====

  * automatic creation of an animal
  * ability to disable an animal
  * ability to take control of an animal
  * ability to set a default configuration of/for embryonic animals
  * ability to set default user(s), at least an admin
  * ability to set/edit "protected" configuration values - values that animals can not change
  * modifications to plugin management:
    * upload/delete plugins (while not allowing animals to upload/delete them)
    * enable/disable plugins farm wide
  * mechanism for recording details of animal administrators
  * mechanism for notifying (emailing) animal administrators