[Spgm-updates] Future plans as for SPGM.
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From: Sylvain P. <syl...@is...> - 2003-03-26 14:01:10
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Hello everyone, Like I promised in my last email, here are my plans for the next releases... I am gonna keep improving the actual script (code clean-ups, improvements, comments... and maybe some new features) for a few minor releases, while preserving PHP3 compatibility. PHP3-compliant SPGM will then remain in 1.3.x . Once the script reaches a high level of maturity, it will switch to 1.4 which is the start point to full PHP4 compliance, and the end of 1.3.x development. It will come with features that weren't allowed before (EXIF support, better integration within webpages [no more header/footer files]...) and it will keep evolving from 1.4.x to 1.9.x at most... Besides developping the script, I'll begin to write add-ons to make SPGM very useful and user-friendly. I have already thought about comment assessment functionnalities for visitors, "mail this picture to a friend" facilities, maybe statistic tools. And most of all... An administrative interface ! It will allow to upload pictures, generate thumbnails, assess captions and so on... Note that all those tools will be packaged in separate modules, not in the script itself, whose scope is clearly defined... ... And then 2.0 !! Well, this is a very important project to me... Some of you already know it, my goals include the use of W3C standards and tools (http://www.w3c.org). I would like SPGM to turn to an XML'ed picture gallery generator. As XML and XSLT (a language for transforming XML documents) gets more and more supported by browers, make the use of such technologies would give the script much more extensibility, specially because XSLT is the perfect way to generate templates for your galleries... I have no idea regarding release dates, this is just an announcement about future SPGM's milestones. It will depend on my disponibilities and involvement, 'cause I am now done with my studies (yeah !) and I have other stuff to take care of... Anyways, your requests are always welcomed. Hope you are as confident as I am about my ideas ;) Sylvain |