adding addons dir and sample addon which enables the use of a new input element in forms for referencing other content. "addons" is a conceptual plugin-like feature, similar to wordpress "plugins" dir, but not as sophisticated

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+package reference
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/bosssauce/ponzu/content"
+	"github.com/bosssauce/ponzu/management/editor"
+	"github.com/bosssauce/ponzu/system/db"
+)
+
+// New returns the []byte of a <select> HTML element plus internal <options> with a label.
+// IMPORTANT:
+// The `fieldName` argument will cause a panic if it is not exactly the string
+// form of the struct field that this editor input is representing
+func New(fieldName string, p interface{}, attrs map[string]string, contentType, fmtString string) []byte {
+	ct, ok := content.Types[contentType]
+	if !ok {
+		log.Println("Cannot reference an invalid content type:", contentType)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// get a handle to the underlying interface type for decoding
+	t := ct()
+
+	fmt.Println(t)
+
+	// // decode all content type from db into options map
+	// // map["?type=<contentType>&id=<id>"]t.String()
+	options := make(map[string]string)
+	jj := db.ContentAll(contentType + "__sorted")
+
+	for i := range jj {
+		err := json.Unmarshal(jj[i], t)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("Error decoding into reference handle:", contentType, err)
+		}
+
+		// make sure it is an Identifiable
+		item, ok := t.(content.Identifiable)
+		if !ok {
+			log.Println("Cannot use type", contentType, "as reference as it does not implement content.Identifiable")
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		k := fmt.Sprintf("?type=%s&id=%d", contentType, item.ItemID())
+		v := item.String()
+		options[k] = v
+	}
+
+	options[""] = contentType + "Content loading..."
+
+	return editor.Select(fieldName, p, attrs, options)
+}
+
+/*
+<script>
+        // fmtString = "{name} - ( Age: {age} | Power: {power} )"
+		// $(function() {
+		// 	var API = '/api/contents?type=` + contentType + `';
+		// 	var select = $('select[name="` + name + `"]);
+
+		// 	$.getJSON(API, function(resp, status) {
+		// 		if (status !== '200' || status !== '304') {
+		// 			console.log('Error loading Reference for', '` + contentType + `')
+		// 			return
+		// 		}
+
+		// 		var data = resp.data,
+		// 			options = [],
+		// 			re = /{(.*?)}/g,
+		// 			tmpl = '` + fmtString + `'
+		// 			tags = tmpl.match(re),
+		// 			keys = [];
+
+		// 		// get keys from tags ({x} -> x)
+		// 		for (var i = 0; i < tags.length; i++) {
+		// 			var key = tags[i].slice(1, tags[i].length-1);
+		// 			keys.push(key);
+		// 		}
+
+		// 		// create options as objects of "?type=<contentType>&id=<id>":displayName
+		// 		for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+
+		// 		}
+		// 	});
+		// });
+	</script>
+*/