> 1) Documentation sucks.
I assume you've read through the design spec and all the stuff on
freetrade.faqts.com. A link to Kent's tutorial ought to be added to the
FAQTS archive.
> I have done a fair amount of database design work and have some
> suggestions
> for the current design. Is this something to discuss in this list or is
> there a better one for these detailed discussions?
Please feel free to comment on the database design. Nows the time to make
changes to the schema since we're doing a lot of work re-arranging thing in
FreeTrade 2.
> 2) The sample site should be more interesting.
I get your point, but isn't it better just to point to
www.restorationhardware.com, www.dantz.com, www.linuxyen.com ?
> - If there is interest, I will have the graphic artist on our project mock
> up a bookstore front end for the sample. Nothing outrageous, but something
> to let people see the potential of this framework.
It would be nice for people to contribute their own sets of graphics, layout
modules and navigation modules. I can put them in the contrib directory.
What we really need is expert knowledge in usability.
> Hope I haven't pissed anyone off. I really think this project
> holds tons of
> promise and I am anxious to contribute to it. I really like the dual
> implementation aspect (PHP or Servlets/Java/EJB etc) that is
> exactly what I
> am looking for in a framework.
Well, you are walking up to a project that's been running for more than a
year and saying a bunch of it sucks. :) You make a some valid points. Like
many open-source projects, there's still lots left to do. I'm taking your
words in the best possible way, and I seem to hear you saying you'd like to
contribute to the project. Cool.
> One more thing: Is anyone working on adding the auction capabilities?
No one's publicly working on this functionality. Auctions are significantly
different from a tree of fixed-price items. I think it's going to take
changes to invoice-related tables.
Leon
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