CUNY Academic Commons

Hi Gina - I'm afraid I can't allow these plugins on the Commons. They allow anyone to run arbitrary PHP code on the server, which is a significant risk to site security and stability.

Are there specific bits of functionality that you're looking to implement? Maybe we can help you get them up and running.

Attaching the requested functionality for posterity. I can add it somewhere - with a few modifications, like a `function_exists()` wrapper on a couple of functions.

Can I get some clarification on where you want these to live? I can put them in your theme's functions.php, though it'll mean (a) that you will have to switch to a custom child theme of Canvas (I'm not sure how smooth that transition will be - I can't remember if Woo saves its settings in a way that makes them portable), and (b) the mods will be linked to the theme.

Another option is that I can put them into a custom plugin, to be activated only on acert.commons.gc.cuny.edu (and whatever other sites you tell me you'd like it whitelisted for). This is probably a more flexible option. If it's what you want to do, please let me know.

In https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/60e5eb37eb3769092db4af6a62f3af40aef3d834, I added the custom plugin, and whitelisted it for acert, acertdev, and acertdev2. The plugin, called "ACERT Custom", will be available to activate on those sites (and only those sites) after tonight's release.

I've attached a tarball called cac-acert-custom.tar that contains the plugin. Note that, for each function, I've either wrapped it in function_exists() or given it the prefix 'cac_acert_'. I did the former in cases where it appeared that you were copying functionality that might appear in another theme/plugin, and the latter when it looked like you'd put together some code from StackOverflow examples, etc. For future enhancements, please use this plugin as a base for development, and please open new tickets where you attach the modifications. Thanks!