[asterisk-users] manual mods with GUI in place

[Curt Shaffer]

This post spurred off of the comment of Michael Collins on the Asterisk with
PABX thread. I am going to post the relevant information here:

 

"I started w/ AAH, then went back and learned the dialplan apps, scripting,
etc.  For some guys like me, it's easier to start with a working (if
limited) system, and then tinker with it, break it, etc.

After breaking a few systems I then went back and did a vanilla install to
learn some more.  I ended up settling on a compromise: I load Trixbox and
then make a bunch of manual mods.  I get the best of both worlds - a system
that has all of the prereqs loaded for me, plus a GUI for stuff that I don't
want to do a cmd line and also the power and flexibility of hand-editing my
.conf files to get exactly what I want out of the dialplan.

 

For those wondering how to get started, I can highly recommend STARTING with
Trixbox, but definitely don't STOP with Trixbox.  After you play with a
pre-installed, working system, go out and get your hands dirty on a plain
install.  You'll be better off for it in the long run.  Having both GUI and
cmd line experience will make you a well-rounded Asterisk user.

 

-MC

I started w/ AAH, then went back and learned the dialplan apps, scripting,
etc.  For some guys like me, it's easier to start with a working (if
limited) system, and then tinker with it, break it, etc.

After breaking a few systems I then went back and did a vanilla install to
learn some more.  I ended up settling on a compromise: I load Trixbox and
then make a bunch of manual mods.  I get the best of both worlds - a system
that has all of the prereqs loaded for me, plus a GUI for stuff that I don't
want to do a cmd line and also the power and flexibility of hand-editing my
.conf files to get exactly what I want out of the dialplan.

 

For those wondering how to get started, I can highly recommend STARTING with
Trixbox, but definitely don't STOP with Trixbox.  After you play with a
pre-installed, working system, go out and get your hands dirty on a plain
install.  You'll be better off for it in the long run.  Having both GUI and
cmd line experience will make you a well-rounded Asterisk user.

 

-MC"

 

 

My question to everyone is this...This is where I am at now. I have been
using FreePBX for about a year, after moving from A at H. I am starting to need
some manual changes and modules. My question is can anyone point me in a
direction on how to learn how to create these. I read the O'Riley book and
thumbed though some of the others, although I plan on reading them all the
way through as time permits. I guess my question is where do I add these
things. I would still like to use FreePBX because it just saves a ton of
coding but I want to add my own things too. Do I put them in the
*_additional configs (which appear to be written over by freePBX), the .conf
files or the features.conf? Any web links with beginner how to's or more
info on this would be appreciated as well!

 

I didn't want to cross post ;)

 

Thanks

 

Curt

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