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I've tried to set up some simple hooks as written out in the documentation, but no matter what I do there is no difference registered in CiviCRM. I have even tried copying some the sample hooks verbatim like -

<?php
function hook_civicrm_tabs( &$tabs, $contactID ) {
// unset the contribution tab, i.e. remove it from the page
unset( $tabs[1] );
// let's add a new "contribution" tab with a different name and put it last etc...
$url = CRM_Utils_System::url( 'civicrm/contact/view/contribution',
"reset=1&snippet=1&force=1&cid=$contactID" );
$tabs[] = array( 'id' => 'mySupercoolTab',
'url' => $url,
'title' => 'Contribution Tab Renamed',
'weight' => 300 );

but I get no response at all. The .module and .info files are both recognized by Drupal and enabled (in sites/all/modules/mycustomcivi). Any clues?




Also, in a separate issue, I need to make an exact copy of the Notes tab - our multiple notes on all contacts are split into two separate departments and we don't want all the notes jumbled on the same page. What files do I look for to copy/tweak?

Thanks!

Thanks Eileen, that was it - I should have noticed.

Anyone have any pointers for me on the notes thing?

What Eileen means is that you can use Custom Data and create a new Tab by creating a new Group of custom fields. Then use a "multiple" text field in that group to allow multiple notes.

Eileen: I have updated the documentation as requested.

I know about the Custom Data Multiple Fields option, but the no-import is a deal breaker.


In a little more detail, this is our situation: I am setting up CiviCRM for the events division of a charity. They do nothing but make events all year round for the charity. The idea was to make a separate tab which would only list the events that each contact attended, with the date the event was and other event-specific info. This would give the team really strong search options for identifying attendees of specific events. However, because they do not use CiviEvent due to a still-binding contract they have with a ticketing company, they get all the event-attendee data in a csv file which is then imported to CiviCRM. If I cannot import data to the custom multiple fields tab when I import each event's csv file, then the custom multiple fields tab is of no use: The idea is that the only time data would ever be added to the multiple fields would only be during import!

Of course, I could use tags instead, making a new tag for each event, but in a few years they will have a couple hundreds tags, and it will be too messy. Anyone know if import to multiple fields is being worked on for the next release or if it is on the backburner for the foreseeable future?

-Dave

Hi - try searching the forums for event import - I'm sure someone did some work on it & may have been able to share some beta code. I would go down the track of trying to get event imports working & tracking it using civiEvent in CiviCRM even though online registrations can't be done that way at this stage