How to add a button or link to the product list page in the admin area?

Question

How to add a new button / link to the product list page in the admin area? I have a plugin that will generate an xml file from products in nop db and would like to add a button to this page for use by the admin user. Any ideas?

EDIT

Please note that I know that I can change Views\Product\List.cshtml to add additional html, but since I am writing a plugin, I cannot change the source code of the main application. In the past, I added new tabs to the Edit Product page by implementing IConsumer<AdminTabStripCreated> , and I was hoping there might be something like this. If it is not possible to enter any html in the product list, then I am open to suggestions for the next best. Perhaps a link to the navigation menu or something else?

EDIT 2

I just tried implementing IAdminMenuPlugin according to this Nop thread: http://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/21123/how-can-i-add-admin-menu-items-from-plugin.aspx

It doesn't seem to work. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the plugin.

From RouteProvider :

 routes.MapRoute("Plugin.Widgets.ZapXml.Generate", "Plugins/ZapXml/Generate", new { controller = "ZapXml", action = "Generate" }, new[] { "Nop.Plugin.Widgets.ZapXml.Controllers" } ); 

From the plugin class (which inherits BasePlugin and IAdminMenuPlugin ):

 public void BuildMenuItem(Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.MenuItemBuilder menuItemBuilder) { menuItemBuilder.Text("Generate Zap XML File"); menuItemBuilder.Url("Plugins/ZapXml/Generate"); menuItemBuilder.Route("Plugin.Widgets.ZapXml.Generate"); } 

I set a breakpoint in BuildMenuItem , but it never hits. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Well, I couldn’t find a way to add a button or link to the Product List page as I wanted. Instead, I discovered IAdminMenuPlugin and implemented this. At first I had some problems when it didn’t work even after the plugin was restored, uninstalled and reinstalled. However, after clearing the cache, reloading the site, etc., it began to work. Therefore, it is not perfect, but that will be enough.