Wishlist for XOOPS 25

From XOOPS Web Application System

XOOPS 2.5 will be

• Escalation of PHP4 code to PHP5 (ie. Use of __construct, __destruct )
• More Database Support
• More variables
• Class & Function Level Hook for procedural distribution in xoops (no more need for hacks). - 100% distribution

Database Support

• Support PDO - Procedural Database Objectivity
• Support Oracle
• Support Ingress
• Support Firebird
• Support Postgress
• Support MaxDB
• Support MS SQL
• Support MSDE
• Support any further PHP Database Types

PHP 5

• Use of the __construct, __destruct calls for class frameworks
• NO MORE PHP4

Modules

• Procedural HOOK Distributed through the code
• New Installer for configuration field types - system module
• New xoops_version variables - sitemap, hook
• New System Module - From France

Control Panel

• French Theme - GUI

USER Wishlists

Please list below your wishlist with bulleted lists. (Use * in the front of each line)

(Jimmyx)

• ajax user profile eg slyss work
• multilanguage in core
• Comment Pagination & close for comment Option
• Avatar Uploading Auto Resize

http://www.xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=63735&forum=27&post_id=315948

• Checkboxes Select All/Unselect All

http://www.xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=321838

• Option to control user signature

http://www.xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=21569

• enable/disable captcha option in preferences
• a core integration of option to clear caches ..(this is a must)
• Ability to choose direction of the site Right-to-Left(RTL) or Left-to-Right (LTR)

(bjuti)

• Full SEO support with SEF urls, sll suported in core.
• Comment system - Ability anonymous to comment and to enter his nickname, email, website url, etc. Like in Wordpress.

(sabahan)

• update icons in front end - text editor
• hide empty field in standard profile
• Logo Manager
• Menu system
• option to set caricafoto option in admin preference
• ajaxed also in front end. example the standard profile page - register - edit user
• avatar auto resize when uploading
• better folder structure in images and uploads folder - example subfolder - example special folder for smilies, rank images etc

(fdeconiac)

• Regroup admin modules for database (like xoopscare, xoopsinfo, backpack,...) and ftp (like filemanager, net2ftp,...) in the system module
• Join sabahan on the fact to clean the upload folder by creating subdirectories (uploads/smileys, uploads/banners/, uploads/avatars,...) and the fact to be able to choose in admin the default directory for avatars, smileys... would be wonderful!
• Add the possibility to (temporary) quickly activate/deactivate banners without having to change display number/order (for example with a green/red button, like for a link in multimenu)

(Mechs)

• Shortcut edit button for custom block automatically available once the custom block is created. The button will be located at the bottom of each custom block and only will be displayed when the registered user logged in.