Title: Modify / Extend .json file
Last modified: September 23, 2018

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# Modify / Extend .json file

 *  Resolved [pare81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pare81/)
 * (@pare81)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-extend-json-file/)
 * Hi David,
 * it would be nice, if it where possible to have the following options:
 * 1. On admin options a textarea to modify the plugins description instead of a
   single text field.
 * 2. On admin options a textarea to extend the .json information with a changelog
   section.
 * 3. On amin options a textarea to extend the .json information with a installation
   option.
 * 4. The option to set imagelinks to the .json file for plugin information popup.
 * Is this possible, or can i modify the .json file manualy for some of these options?
 * Thanks and regards
    Patrick

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-extend-json-file/#post-10717051)
 * Hi Patrick,
 * Do you want to send in a patch? I’ll be happy to look at and merge things which
   add value.
 * N.B. The changelog is automatically taken out of readme.txt or changelog.txt,
   and I don’t think that allowing that to be separately editable would be a good
   idea (you’d then have two separate changelogs which might disagree with eachother).
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [pare81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pare81/)
 * (@pare81)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-extend-json-file/#post-10718872)
 * Hi David,
 * I think:
    within your options.php on line 742 you can change from…
 *     ```
       <label for="udm_newform_description"><?php _e('Description:', 'updraftmanager');?></label> <input id="udm_newform_description" type="text" name="description" value="<?php echo (isset($use_values['description'])) ? htmlspecialchars($use_values['description']) : ''; ?>" size="60">
       			<span class="udm_description"><em><?php echo htmlspecialchars(__('This is shown in the WordPress dashboard when showing update information.', 'updraftmanager'));?></em></span>
       ```
   
 * to someting like this (not tested).
 *     ```
       <label for="udm_newform_description"><?php _e('Description:', 'updraftmanager');?></label> <textarea id="udm_newform_description" name="description" rows="10" cols="90"><?php echo (isset($use_values['description'])) ? htmlspecialchars($use_values['description']) : ''; ?></textarea>
       			<span class="udm_description"><em><?php echo htmlspecialchars(__('This is shown in the WordPress dashboard when showing update information.', 'updraftmanager'));?></em></span>
       ```
   
 * to get a textarea for the description. It is more userfriendly for mor than one
   line of description.
 * Additional you can add another textarea like the one for description to edit 
   the installation instruction for example and 4 normal textfields for image path
   to plugin banner images. Following the parts of the .json which should be filled
   from wordpress options page:
 *     ```
       	"sections": {
       		"description": "THIS IS FILLED BY YOUR PLUGIN ALREADY",
       		"installation": "THIS SHOULD BE FILLE BY A TEXTAREA FROM OPTIONS PAGE",
       	},
   
       	"icons" : {
       		"1x" : "http://website.xx/assets/icon-128x128.png",
       		"2x" : "http://website.xx/assets/icon-256x256.png"
           },
   
       	"banners": {
       		"low": "http://website.xx/assets/banner-772x250.png",
       		"high": "http://website.xx/assets/banner-1544x500.png"
       	},
       ```
   
 * Best regards
    Patrick
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [pare81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pare81/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [pare81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pare81/).
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-extend-json-file/#post-10922304)
 * Hi Patrick,
 * Does “I think” mean that you’ve tested this and it’s working for you? I have 
   too little time to do my own debugging of something untested, unfortunately (
   sorry).
 * David

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