Extension to render a plain html

[STARFLEET]

HI all,

although I had a look into the developer documentation, it is unclear for me if I want to create any extension without needing all the typical espo references, just a plain html page for example.

When trying to create my first Espo extensions i want to cover the following usecases:

1. First Extension lets call it: HTML Render Extension
2. Second Extension lets call it: HTML With Angular container Render Extension

Regarding the first Extension:
- The html page should be rendered by using the same navitem of EspoCRM, similar an entity
- the source of the html can be an html flle itself and / or a Espo .tpl file

SO far I have understood to create the following extension structure:

Extension ZIP File Structure;
- manifest.json
- files
- scripts

As i dont expect to have any scripts I will leave scripts folder empty.
The files folder structure is as follows:

a.) files
aa.) |_ client
aaa.) |__ modules
aaaa.) |__ my-html
aaaaa.) |_ src
aaaaaa.) |__ controllers
aaaaaa.) |__ views

At this point I am struggeling as it is not clear whether I need a controller ( maybe because of the navitem I would need ) and how to implement a view for this usecase.

Any help is appreciated.
Thank you all.

[Kharg]

Hi,

if your scripts folder is gonna be empty you can just remove it,
manifest.json and files folder will be enough.

If you want to make the html page a new entity probably you can follow this tutorial even if it's for php pages, I don't think it will require a lot of modifications to use html instead.

https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/developer-help/86705-tutorial-define-a-custom-navigation-menu-option-to-display-custom-php-content