[asterisk-users] Re: manual mods with GUI in place

[Steven]

I believe that he meant _custom.conf files.

I also use freepbx for my staff to create and edit extensions.
But I have heavily modified the _custom.conf files for anything that I "add" to the system functionality.


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  "Rushowr" <rushowr at phreaker.net> wrote in message news:005401c6cad5$1befc120$b10fa8c0 at MUSASHI...
  You'll want to put them in the _additional.conf files, because AAH/TB/FPBX doesn't always play nice with changes to the configuration files that it modifies directly.

  Rushowr / SKM



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    From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Curt Shaffer
    Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:54 PM
    To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
    Subject: [asterisk-users] manual mods with GUI in place


    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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