Thursday 24 June 2004 7:49:53 am
Good thread Eirik! For the most part I agree with your points. While I do not need some of the features you ranked higher (Subscription Based Products and Bulk Mail), I too would rank things a bit differently.
<b>Product Options</b> Having multiple options per product that affect the price is important. But I also need the ability to assign a product number to each combination of options.
<b>Event Calendar</b>
This is extremely important for any site that runs specials, provides press releases or announcements, not just Event calendars. I really think it should just be general functionality to allow any object to be assigned a period of time before it is automatically removed, or moved to an archive location.
<b>General Thoughts on Features, Priorities and Direction</b> I would really like to see eZ publish focus on corporate (products, large-scale content management) needs over personal sites (blogs, photo galleries and the like). I know my statement may prove unpopular among some people who use the product, but, as it stands eZ publish has a solid foundation in the corporate CMF market, while the blog software market is overfilled with packages that already do an amazing job. I say this as someone who uses eZ publish for a couple of medium to large sites (with a third in the works), yet I choose to run several personal sites on other packages because they focus on the needs of those sites. eZ publish cannot be everything to everyone, just as personal publishing systems like MovableType or WordPress cannot meet the needs of a large enterprise. I think this focus really needs to be kept in mind in prioritizing features and the general direction of eZ publish. Anyway, those are my thoughts. Alex
Alex
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