As I said before here it goes some image suggestions to represent Farcry Open Source CMS
http://www.emanuelcosta.com/farcry/ On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:52:43 -0500, Emanuel Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tom and Farcriers, > > I am sorry for not been able to post this document earlier. I have > been talking to this "web user interface" expert. Here are some > suggestions he have made to the admin section of Farcry. We don't have > muck knowledge in Farcry so may be some of this suggestions are > already in place. > > 1 - Separate the Help, View Site and Logout tabs from the other tabs > 2 - Have a default Farcry logo in the back end (he already made one > and I will submit later) > 3 - Have unique CSS files for each admin user (sysadmin.css, > contributor.css, and so on). > 4 - Been able to edit the admin homepage just like in the front end, > adding containers and rules for content people for instance and then > been able to pick what the admin users will see or let them choose by > themselves. > 5 - He would like the ability to combine tabs with drop down menus > reducing in at least one click several tasks. Of course this could > implicate in more time to build the menu (but hey we may cache, can't > we?). And again may be by extending the core is already possible.... > 6 - This one may be is already possible, but they would love the idea > to have the ability to choose to display multiple step forms or not. I > don't know if I am clear enough on this one. But basically display all > the plp steps in one single step or combined. For example, have teaser > form and html body together. Or in the message centre, have the text > and html body together, or even all the steps in just one single > page.... > 7 - Make the help content available so people could edit/update and > add comments as well. > > If any of this suggestions are not worth or feasible for changing the > core I would like to know so we could start planning to implement them > by ourselves. > > Best Regards > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:45:03 -0800, Tom Cornilliac > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great! Thanks Emanuel. I look forward to reading that document. > > > > ~tom > > > > > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:42:15 -0500, Emanuel Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Tom, I asked them to wright it down a document about that. So in > > > the next couple days I will submit to the list. In few words they > > > compared to Microsoft's sharepoint > > > (http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/)... they said it is much more > > > intuitive for non technical users (contributors) and the first thing > > > they ask is the ability to manage the admin section of farcry. > > > > > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:26:55 -0800, Tom Cornilliac > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Emanuel, > > > > > > > > I assume you're referring to the Farcry admin when you say "Back end > > > > usability". Can you give some examples? I am very keen on what folks > > > > perceive as usability issues. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > ~tom > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:48:34 -0500, Emanuel Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Back end usability, so far, is the only one complain I have heard > > > > > about Farcry. If we could improve that, Farcry will be even more > > > > > powerful! So far I have been able to create any funcionlity I want on > > > > > both front and back end and this is making everyone happy here! ;o) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:53:02 +1100, Geoff Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > > > > > > > We're building our plans for the next milestone release of FarCry. > > > > > > This > > > > > > should be considered a work in progress and has not been finalised. > > > > > > I > > > > > > put this out to the community to really get some feedback on what > > > > > > people > > > > > > are eager to see and spark some discussion about the priorities we > > > > > > need > > > > > > to give to various areas of the code base. > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** > > > > > > * FarCry 2.4 is codenamed "Glamour" * > > > > > > ************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > --/ Mission Statement /-- > > > > > > *Glamour* is all about the users. We must overhaul the UI of FarCry > > > > > > administration, and surface as much hidden functionality as > > > > > > possible. > > > > > > FarCry will become an elegant and beautiful thing to behold. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > > > > Emanuel Costa > > > > > site: http://www.emanuelcosta.com > > > > > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ICQ: 8013683 > > > > > Orkut: Emanuel Costa > > > > > Skype: Emanweb > > > > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > > > > "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." > > > > > - Will Durant > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > > Emanuel Costa > > > site: http://www.emanuelcosta.com > > > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ICQ: 8013683 > > > Orkut: Emanuel Costa > > > Skype: Emanweb > > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > > "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." > > > - Will Durant > > > > > > --- > > > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > -- > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > Emanuel Costa > site: http://www.emanuelcosta.com > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 8013683 > Orkut: Emanuel Costa > Skype: Emanweb > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." > - Will Durant > > --- > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Emanuel Costa site: http://www.emanuelcosta.com msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 8013683 Orkut: Emanuel Costa Skype: Emanweb =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." - Will Durant --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
