[Phpwebsite-developers] Re: request for comments ^_^

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

> Hi all.
> Thinking about post bug-#486233-defeat (i'm working on it) times, I
> have some ideas about next items in my todo list, and I would love to
> hear your comments about them.
>
> 1- an on-the-fly themes configuration system: to change themes from the
> admin panel instead of having to edit config.php

Yes agreed.

> 2- an on-the-fly translation system: instead of having localized
> builds, I thought it would be nice to have such a thing...eventually
> with the possibility to switch language from the admin panel.

Nuke did this and it slowed down the system with a huge switch statement. I
was talking to Brian about having a built in system for compiling the
program into a certain language. You could then run the compile again later
if you wanted another language. The language file could also possibly help
you write a translate file and identify phrases not yet translated. Overall
though, it would keep the translation straight HTML.

> 3- a native downloads module: i'm pretty unhappy with the existing
> downloads plugins which are ported from phpNuke/postNuke.

Not familiar with this really although I have heard there are problems with
security with this. Let me know more.

> Please anyone feel free to make comments, suggestions, criticisms (even
> rude ones...), etc...

Rude ones? Who would do such a thing?

Matt



Matthew McNaney
Internet Systems Architect
Electronic Student Services
Email: ma...@tu...
URL: http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu
Phone: 828-262-6493