Feature Requests for TP 2!!!

[bloc]

I see.

I think this will be too much for blocks only, because it involves adding custom content types. The block cannot know what you need to create, so some sort of pre-arranged setup which it can follow must be there.

It does stray into modules area, because I have plans for a custom content module, where you define pages and data types yourself, and where blocks can show these types and layouts you define, with whatever access you define.It will be able to provide a sorting system, and searching within it. It can for example make you construct a review section, where you define the fields, the input form, the layout and the categorisation. its still in planning stage, but I think it will be quite useful.

So def. a interesting idea this one, but not possible within the block system only atm.

[pheasant_plucker]

I would like to see a dynamic menu system for the themes in tp2. An section in the admin panel where you can add buttons and choose either a conventional button strip or dropdown menu. That would be fairly simple to execute and be a fantastic feature for Tiny Portal!

Gerry

[Zetan]

I would like to see a dynamic menu system for the themes in tp2. An section in the admin panel where you can add buttons and choose either a conventional button strip or dropdown menu. That would be fairly simple to execute and be a fantastic feature for Tiny Portal!

Gerry

These are theme features... and as most themes, if not all have their own index.template.php file.. it's unlikely that TP itself would have any direct influence on custom theme templates. If at all, it would be more a feature of SMF.

[bbTURK]

i've two more idea but this topic is long to read for me i don't remember if these posted before. if they posted before, sorry

maybe optional ajax mode can be possible. if the ajax mode is on, blocks, article categories and frontpage were always updated.perhaps this mode include some smf functions too such as pm.
and community summary block can be good for community sites. in this block, recent user's changes can be displayed. like this

• bbturk add a new article
  
• bbturk add a new file
  
• bbturk vote brn's article
  
• bbturk change his avatar
  
• bbturk post to forum a topic
  
• bbturk reply brn's topic
  
• etc...

[G6Cad]

To me that seems a little bit over the top 
The idea both SFM and TP aim for is less stress to the DB with a lot less db queries, these ideas makes it the opposite IMHO 

[bloc]

In a way yes..at least if you simply check each of these things on each page-load. But, as TP beta5 is already doing, if you cache the links and actions when they are actually been created/done, then all you need is to read that cached list back in one single db call.

The biggest problem is actually SMF. For TP to record the many things happening within SMF, we have to mod many source files. So right now it only does this for TP functions.