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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2004 - 04:39 AM

  1. A database backup tool, (like the one in phpnuke and Mysql_Tool in MD)
  2. Postwrap should be included!
  3. Allow pop-up open option when clicking on the link in main menu
  4. pnForum with full integration
  5. module activation page will be enhanced to RED, GREEN, .. icons
  6. typetool is not good enough, FCKEditor is good. FCKEditor with full integration is cool!!
  7. UpDownload
  8. Subjects
  9. A calendar/event block
  10. Your_Account, allows user to upload their photo. and administrator/User can select the options in User detail to shown in Member_List
  11. bulk user important, input one by one, ... horrible! (import csv/excel)
  12. allow selecting more than one user when assigning user to group, one by one, ... :( www.mantisbt.org does very good here!
  13. Admin Message (the message order should be adjustable)
  14. User Point System
  15. ~ Frontpage@envolution
  16. ~ Errore@envolution
  17. Group the icon in admin page into different category as envolution
  (mambo does very very very good in this way)
  18. Enhanced multisite support (site specific modules)
  19. allows a specific modules to have its own template look, say only the center part, left and right blocks are hidden
  
  the multisite tutorial is confusing.
  the default setting should be multisite-able.
  whoisit.inc.php is dummy. should advice the user to create a folder
  named club1.site.com,club2.site.com instead of club1, club2
  that few lines in whoisit.inc.php is useless and confusing.
  
  thanks for your time!
  I love postnuke!
  Absorb the good things from somewhere else to make PN the best is my idea.

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2004 - 04:43 AM

  MySQL is not free under some situation.
  How about the support of PostgreSQL (only MySQL by default installation).
  ADODB works for it, right? that's why ADODB here!
  
  PostgreSQL for Windows will be released very soon!
  think about my suggestion!
  
  anyway, you guys did very very good job on 0.7.5.0

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• markwest
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2004 - 05:13 AM

  Feature requests should be formally logged at noc.postnuke.com however taking your suggestions in order.
  
  1) Why? You should always backup your site using the same tool that you'll need when you have to restore the site. It's best to learn that tool in the less stressful environment of Backing Up rather than when you have to do a restore. A tool such as phpMyAdmin or the like is better at this than any module could ever be. There are circumstances when you'll need to restore outside of PN (such as user table corruption).
  
  2) Why? The aim of PN has always been a lean core with many add-ons available. There's no need to bundle every possible module.
  
  3) No - openling links in new windows goes against all accessability guidelines. PN is aiming for high standard of complaince with all published standards and support for all initiatives that widen the potential audience of a site.
  
  4) See pnForum from http://www.pnforum.de - a fully templated, API compliant forum for PN.
  
  5) Already part of the .8x modules module
  
  6) editors are modular in .8x - we already have typetool, htmlarea and tinymce. FCKEditor is a work in progress.
  
  7) Uploads are still an issue that needs looking at but any solution would involve a method of enabling upload features for all modules
  
  8) Subjects is an ok module but something like Pagesetter or a re-coded (already done) sections module with full category support, hooks etc. will do a similar (or better) job.
  
  9) Why - see 2
  
  10) Again an uploads issue but an enhanced user profile is likely
  
  11) Not really a PN issue but a database tool - you can already import csv files using phpMyAdmin
  
  12) I'll take a look as i've been looking for good ideas on potential interfaces for this one....
  
  13) possible but would need some though on what level of customisation would be an effective use of coding time.....
  
  14) Why - see 2
  
  15) Why - see the start module from Jorg Napp or my Dynamod module. In combination with the pnblockshow plugin you can re-create this. For inclusion in the core package see 2
  
  16) Errors will be handled by an exception system and may use a similar module for output of these errors
  
  17) The envo and mdpro admin categories are a horrible, horrible hack (IMO) orignally procuded by the postnuke-sweden team. It's difficult producing new admin skins using this setup. .8x already has a category system for the admin panel and implements the skinning using a simple stylesheet to control the output.
  
  18) I've already written the basics of a new multisites module allowing definition of the sites and table sharing from an admin panel. I've still to test how this will work in practice.
  
  19) Xanthia themes (and autothemes) already provide this functionality - it's a theme function rather than a module function but all output will be templated both in modules and themes so look and feel will be 100% customisable
  
  20) Postgresql support is scheduled based on adodb's data dictionary features.
  
  And lastly thanks for the postive comments on .750.
  
  -Mark
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2004 - 07:22 AM

  markwest

  
  7) Uploads are still an issue that needs looking at but any solution would involve a method of enabling upload features for all modules
  

  
  
  check out pnMedia specifications, and step up and help out...
  http://www.elfisk.dk/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=7&pid=55
  
  

  markwest

  
  19) Xanthia themes (and autothemes) already provide this functionality - it's a theme function rather than a module function but all output will be templated both in modules and themes so look and feel will be 100% customisable
  

  
  
  Xanthia is Suppose to provide this functionality... but it is broken:(

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• Landseer
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2004 - 07:24 PM

  mgp7419

  Xanthia is Suppose to provide this functionality... but it is broken:(

  
  
  I can remember you mentioned this before and contacted the pnDevs, what did they say?
  
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• markwest
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2004 - 08:36 PM

  mgp7419

  Xanthia is Suppose to provide this functionality... but it is broken:(

  
  
  While some things don't work as Larry had originally intented - mostly due to me misunderstanding his aims it's not true to say everything is broken. Each module can have it's own master template and this works fine....
  
  For example my main page & my forum use entirely different templates (note different doctypes, block zones).
  
  -Mark
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 04:30 AM

  Block zones is riddled with problems... If you beat on it, you can get it to work... Me and phpNut where unable to get the template system to work... We also ran into allot of errors and SQL statement failures along the way... block controls works without an issue... and I am sure the theme colors works too (though I still don't understand why you would use such a system). Theme settings probably works, but I don't use it.
  
  Content Wrappers, Theme templates and Block Position Tags all have many problems. Also the documentation on these areas are poor.
  
  Theme templates:
  Some Module templates have "Download template" (which doesn't work), while other has "Reload template", making it impossible to reload some of the templates. Also, the [EDIT] action doesn't work like intended, causing multiple copies to exist (one in the database and one on the hard drive). I still cant get a theme template other then the main ones to work. It is also impossible to delete templates once added.
  
  Content Wrappers:
  This section again contradicts the documentation in a few areas, and doesn't work very well. example- Content Wrappers are now required for Block Position Tags to work. I forget what other issues exist.
  
  Block Position Tags
  More problems then I care to list... Sorry, but issues exist all the time here...
  
  Visual Block Editor
  Tends to give hints to what is going on... that is assuming you have enough knowledge despite all the issues above to understand the details. Again, SQL and other errors riddle this usage. Poor to little documentation only makes the problem worse.
  
  Conclusion
  I would recommend that users don't use Xanthia at this time. This product is minimally tested with allot of problems. The terminology inconsistency between different pages and the documentation only exaggerates the issues. Constant error messages, and incomplete execution paths may riddle your database with unused records and fields.
  
  
  I really love postNuke, and find all other modules and applications to be flawless. I feel that Xanthia is an exception to this rule and appears to have been rushed out. I really dont enjoy these issues, or even talking about them because I fear they may cause people to shy away from using Xanthia. I really think people should develop Xanthia in the HOPES that a patch is on the top priority of the developers. I am also afraid that developers might take these harsh words as a personal attack on their work. I just think Xanthia wasnt released before its time...

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• **unknown user**
  

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  Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 09:17 AM

  mgp7419

  the documentation on these areas are poor.
  
  Theme templates:
  Some Module templates have "Download template" (which doesn't work), while other has "Reload template", making it impossible to reload some of the templates. Also, the [EDIT] action doesn't work like intended, causing multiple copies to exist (one in the database and one on the hard drive). I still cant get a theme template other then the main ones to work. It is also impossible to delete templates once added.
  

  
  
  The reason some have download and some have reload is:
  I had not finished the download code before it was packaged to ship. That line of code should have been commented out so it would not show.
  
  Download template is used for themes that where created in the web browser. You can not reload these unless they are on the file system :)
  
  Create a template in the browser. Then upload a template to the theme directory with the same name and then see if a reload template link shows.
  
  

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  Conclusion
  I would recommend that users don't use Xanthia at this time. This product is minimally tested with allot of problems. The terminology inconsistency between different pages and the documentation only exaggerates the issues. Constant error messages, and incomplete execution paths may riddle your database with unused records and fields.
  
  
  I really love postNuke, and find all other modules and applications to be flawless. I feel that Xanthia is an exception to this rule and appears to have been rushed out. I really dont enjoy these issues, or even talking about them because I fear they may cause people to shy away from using Xanthia. I really think people should develop Xanthia in the HOPES that a patch is on the top priority of the developers. I am also afraid that developers might take these harsh words as a personal attack on their work. I just think Xanthia wasnt released before its time...

  
  
  Without users using it and giving corrective feedback some of the issues would not have been found. You suggesting that people not use it then saying
  
  

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  I fear they may cause people to shy away from using Xanthia.

  
  
  Kinda makes me laugh a little. Anyway I am working on the code. The work Mark has done to Xanthia has really improved the performance of the system. Now I will be working on the other issues, along with feedback from users who are willing to use Xanthia, I hope to correct all things that seem to not work properly

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 10:12 AM

  phpnut

  
  Kinda makes me laugh a little. Anyway I am working on the code. The work Mark has done to Xanthia has really improved the performance of the system. Now I will be working on the other issues, along with feedback from users who are willing to use Xanthia, I hope to correct all things that seem to not work properly

  
  
  "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. "
  - Walt Whitman
  
  I cant wait... please, draw upon my resources if necessary.

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 19, 2004 - 04:28 AM

  Can the user module has a function or an option to list all the members, and ranking them by the date of last visit. By doing so, the admin can easily delete those individuals who have not visit the site for more than a year???
  
  Also, can the mail modules has the options to tell which member whose email address is no longer working? Having it so, the admin can also delete those individuals who have not maitain a good record of their own info????

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