Is there a tutorial on how to create Umbraco v4 backoffice extensions

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Since the recent announcement that umbraco 5 is discontinued, I have to be work with umbraco 4.7. I need to extend and/or add functionality to the umbraco backoffice. Does anyone know a good tutorial or a forum post on the subject.

Thanks,
Peter

What are you trying to extend exactly? Are you looking to add another section, like the content, media or settings sections? Or are you looking for information on how to create a package? — Douglas Ludlow, Jun 18 '12 at 13:20
That too, but my imediate task is to contribute to the search functionality. (For example to be able to search for a particular image that was uploaded.). I was wondering how can I register an extension to that bit, if possible at all. I guess my question is more general, how does one go about building an extension to the backoffice. — pmanolov, Jun 18 '12 at 13:23
possible duplicate of [Extending the umbraco dashboard](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/967464/extending-the-umbraco-dashboard) — Richard J. Ross III, Jun 19 '12 at 14:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '12 at 14:51

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This article will get you along way towards what you want:

http://www.geckonewmedia.com/blog/2009/8/3/how-to-create-a-custom-section-in-umbraco-4

answered Jun 18 '12 at 14:51

E.J. Brennan

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '12 at 18:06

The easiest way to extend Umbraco's functionality is to subscribe to Umbraco events. The Umbraco wiki gives a simple example of how to this. I don't see any specific event for searching. That seems more like a core feature. If you want to get involved with the Umbraco project, you can fork the source and make a pull request with your edits on CodePlex.

Is there a tutorial on how to create Umbraco v4 backoffice extensions

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